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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/
 
 

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!

 

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.
 

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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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)

Selection Sunday up is next.

Join the team at Western Hall as we find out where the Leathernecks are dancing.

Leathernecks Set for Selection Sunday Watch Party in Western Hall.
https://goleathernecks.com/news/2026/3/ ... -hall.aspx
 
 

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Western Illinois awaits Selection 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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