Ball State University Athletics
WBB Hosts Inaugural NCAA WBIT First-Round Tourney Game vs. Belmont Thursday
March 17, 2024 | Women's Basketball
The Cardinals will host the Bruins at 4 pm ET in Worthen Arena
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Ball State women's basketball team has been chosen as a host for the inaugural NCAA Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament. The Cardinals are a No. 4 seed in the 32-team field and will host Belmont Thursday in Worthen Arena. The time for the contest is 4:00 p.m.
Ball State will be making its ninth postseason tournament appearance under Ball State 12th-year head coach Brady Sallee. The Cardinals enter the WBIT with a 28-5 overall record. Ball State went 16-2 in Mid-American Conference play and made it to the semifinal game of the 2024 MAC Tournament for the third-straight season which was also under Sallee. The 20-win season marks the seventh time within the last nine campaigns he has reach the 20-win plateau. The 28 overall wins and 16 MAC victories are both program records.
Sallee, is the only head coach in program history to take the Cardinals to nine postseason tournaments. He is also the program's winningest coach with 237 victories.
Belmont comes to Ball State for the second-straight season as the Bruins competed in Muncie in the 2023 WNIT with the Cardinals winning that contest, 101-86 on March 16. Belmont enters Thursday's contest with an overall record of 25-8.
The NCAA announced last July the creation of the WBIT. The 32-team postseason event will be played March 21 (first-round), March 24 (second-round) and March 28 (quarterfinals), with the highest-seeded teams hosting games at campus sites. WBIT semifinal and final games will be conducted at Butler University's historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on April 1 and 3. All games of the WBIT are broadcast on the ESPN platforms.
Ball State will be making its ninth postseason tournament appearance under Ball State 12th-year head coach Brady Sallee. The Cardinals enter the WBIT with a 28-5 overall record. Ball State went 16-2 in Mid-American Conference play and made it to the semifinal game of the 2024 MAC Tournament for the third-straight season which was also under Sallee. The 20-win season marks the seventh time within the last nine campaigns he has reach the 20-win plateau. The 28 overall wins and 16 MAC victories are both program records.
Sallee, is the only head coach in program history to take the Cardinals to nine postseason tournaments. He is also the program's winningest coach with 237 victories.
Belmont comes to Ball State for the second-straight season as the Bruins competed in Muncie in the 2023 WNIT with the Cardinals winning that contest, 101-86 on March 16. Belmont enters Thursday's contest with an overall record of 25-8.
The NCAA announced last July the creation of the WBIT. The 32-team postseason event will be played March 21 (first-round), March 24 (second-round) and March 28 (quarterfinals), with the highest-seeded teams hosting games at campus sites. WBIT semifinal and final games will be conducted at Butler University's historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on April 1 and 3. All games of the WBIT are broadcast on the ESPN platforms.
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