INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – After winning the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season championship, the Eastern Kentucky University women's basketball team earned the league's automatic qualifier to the 2026 Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament (WBIT) and learned its postseason fate during Sunday night's bracket reveal.
EKU will open the WBIT on Thursday, March 19 in the first-round hosting No. 1-seed Utah at Baptist Health Arena.
Thursday's tipoff has been determined 6:30 p.m. ET. General admission tickets are now available for purchase starting at $16.50 and courtside seating for $26
online here or at the EKU Ticket Office. All fans are required to purchase tickets.
Those unable to attend can find the game streamed live on ESPN+ with Wes Chandler and Kent Miller on the call. Fans can also tune in for free on the Colonels All-Access page and @EKUWBB's X account.
Sunday's selection marks the Colonels' sixth national postseason appearance in program history and their first WBIT berth since the NCAA-owned tournament began in 2024.
EKU (24-8, 15-3 ASUN) captured the 2026 ASUN regular season championship, tying the program record with 24 victories while winning 15 of its 18 conference games. Under head coach
Greg Todd, the Colonels have now posted three consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in school history.
EKU earned a program-record 10 ASUN postseason honors. Todd was named ASUN Coach of the Year, sophomore guard
Liz Freihofer was selected ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year, senior forward
Joseana Vaz was voted ASUN Newcomer of the Year, and senior guard
Ndidiamaka Ndukwe earned ASUN Sixth Woman of the Year honors.
Vaz and Freihofer were both named first team all-conference, marking the first time since 1998 EKU has had two first-team all-conference selections in the same season.
Freshman guard
Kenleigh Woods was also named to the ASUN All-Freshman Team, giving EKU an all-freshman selection in consecutive seasons.
EKU entered the ASUN Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed before falling 45-41 to No. 8 seed Austin Peay in the quarterfinal round. Following the result, the Colonels received the conference's automatic berth into the WBIT by winning the regular season title.
The WBIT is a 32-team postseason tournament owned and funded by the NCAA. The first three rounds will be played at campus sites, while the semifinals and championship game will be held at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas on March 30 and April 1.
