Boston College to Host Maine in First Round of WNIT

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The Boston College women's basketball team will face Maine in the opening round of the 24th annual Women's National Invitational Tournament on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Conte Forum. The game will be streamed on ACCNX.

BC earns a postseason bid for the 11th time in program history, while it's the first postseason appearance since 2010-11 when the Eagles earned a WNIT berth.

The Eagles are 19-11 and finished 10-8 in the ACC. Boston College is 4-2 over its last six games going into the tournament. BC is 6-3 in three WNIT appearances, including a 4-1 mark at Conte Forum.

Maine is coming off a 20-11 season and finished 15-3 in the America East Conference en route to capturing the regular-season title. . The Black Bears advanced to the AEC Tournament finals, falling to Albany 56-47.

The Eagles are 7-3 all-time against the Black Bears and 4-1 at home. It's the first time the two teams will face off since the 2017-18 season.

The winner of of Thursday's contest will advance to the second round to face the winner of Rhode Island and Quinnipiac. The second round game will take place between March 19-22.

Schedule of WNIT
Round 1 - March 16-18
Round 2 - March 19-22
Round 3 - March 23-26
Quarterfinals - March 26-28
Semifinals - March 30-31
Championship - Saturday, April 2 (broadcast by CBS Sports Network)

"We are thrilled to welcome each of these 64 programs to the Postseason WNIT, as they've all had to confront pandemic challenges while continuing to put in work in the classroom and on the court in representing their schools," said WNIT event director Jared Rudiger. "But through it all the level of basketball skill just keeps escalating, and that should make the WNIT an exciting showcase as teams dig deep for a memorable championship run."

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About Triple Crown Sports
Based in Fort Collins, CO., Triple Crown Sports has been producing youth, high school and college events for 40 years. TCS runs both the preseason and postseason WNIT basketball events and produces the men's and women's DI Cancun Challenge tournaments in November. Triple Crown is also powering "WNIT" concept events in D-I softball (NISC) and volleyball (NIVC), with those two events debuting in 2017. Triple Crown's PV College Challenge features 8-10 of the top DI college softball teams in the country each year in Puerto Vallarta, MX. TC fastpitch tournaments (including the 1,000-team Sparkler/Fireworks event) draw the nation's finest club programs, and hundreds of college coaches attend TCS events for recruiting purposes. TCS produces one of the largest youth baseball events in the world with the 650-team Omaha SlumpBuster during the College World Series. The Triple Crown Volleyball NIT has become the top-recruited club volleyball event in the country each February when 550 teams compete in Kansas City, MO.

Boston College to Host Maine in First Round of WNIT

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