Western Illinois secures OVC Title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
From WGEM Sports:
https://www.wgem.com/2026/03/08/western ... ournament/
2026 NCAA Tournament
The latest bracketology on ESPN has WIU being a 15 seed and playing Iowa. I don't know if they have any guidelines for not having teams play in the first round if they played in the regular season, but i am hoping this doesn't happen.Wiufan87 wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 8:45 pm Nice win in hard fought game. Anxious to see who we play in NCAA tournament. Go Western proud to be a Leatherneck!
Personally, I think Iowa would be fine, for a few reasons:
- our team is familiar with the team and their arena, so it's not an all-new experience
- Iowa City isn't very far away, so of the possible locations, it's the one that's going to draw the largest crowd of Leatherneck fans. Evansville is 5 hours from Macomb and the championship game felt like a home game with the difference between our contingent and Lindenwood's
- Any #2 seed (who we will likely play) is going to be tough.
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- our team is familiar with the team and their arena, so it's not an all-new experience
- Iowa City isn't very far away, so of the possible locations, it's the one that's going to draw the largest crowd of Leatherneck fans. Evansville is 5 hours from Macomb and the championship game felt like a home game with the difference between our contingent and Lindenwood's
- Any #2 seed (who we will likely play) is going to be tough.
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I saw a CBS version that has us as a 14 and playing 3 seeded Duke
ESPN updated last night currently has us as #15 seed playing at #2 Iowa (also #7 Oregon and #10 South Dakota State at the same regional)
CBS is a couple days old, but has us as #14 seed playing at #2 Duke
USA Today updated last night has us as #13 seed (really?) playing at #4 West Virginia (with #5 Ole Miss and #12 Miami OH in the same regional)
TheIXSports (updated today) has us as #13 seed playing at #4 Maryland (with #5 Notre Dame and #12 Miami OH in the same regional)
herhoopstats.com (updated last night) has us a #14 seed playing at #3 Louisville (with #6 Baylor and #11 Fairfield at the same regional)
CBS is a couple days old, but has us as #14 seed playing at #2 Duke
USA Today updated last night has us as #13 seed (really?) playing at #4 West Virginia (with #5 Ole Miss and #12 Miami OH in the same regional)
TheIXSports (updated today) has us as #13 seed playing at #4 Maryland (with #5 Notre Dame and #12 Miami OH in the same regional)
herhoopstats.com (updated last night) has us a #14 seed playing at #3 Louisville (with #6 Baylor and #11 Fairfield at the same regional)
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Leathernecks Set for Selection Sunday Watch Party in Western Hall.
https://goleathernecks.com/news/2026/3/ ... -hall.aspx
https://goleathernecks.com/news/2026/3/ ... -hall.aspx
Western Illinois awaits Selection Sunday.
From WGEM Sports:
https://www.wgem.com/2026/03/15/western ... on-sunday/
From WGEM Sports:
https://www.wgem.com/2026/03/15/western ... on-sunday/
13 seed playing at 4 seed North Carolina
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