MIAMI, Fla. – The FIU women's basketball team will host Stetson in an opening round match up of the 2024 Postseason WNIT on Thursday, March 21 beginning at 7 p.m. ET at Ocean Bank Convocation Center in Miami.
 
The winner of Thursday's opening round game will advance to the second round of the 48-team event to face Troy. 
 
The second-round game site and date are to be determined but is expected to take place between March 23-26.
 
The Panthers (20-11) completed the program's best regular season in over a decade in 2023-24, winning 20 games and earning their highest seed in the CUSA Championship since joining the league in 2013.
 
This will mark the Panthers' eighth appearance in the Postseason WNIT – with the most recent coming in 2013.  FIU and Stetson previously squared off in the Postseason WNIT during the opening round of 2012 – which saw the Panthers post a 75-47 victory.
 
FIU faced Florida in the opening round of the 2013 Postseason WNIT, falling 75-68. The farthest an FIU team has ever advanced in the Postseason WNIT is round two, having won first-round contests in 1993, 2006 and 2012.
 
Stetson received an automatic berth after winning the Atlantic Sun regular season title and an overall record of 17-14.  The Hatters lost the Atlantic Sun Championship Game to Austin Peay by a 49-45 margin.
 
The 2024 Postseason WNIT field features 11 automatic qualifiers and 37 teams at-large selections, chosen after consideration of a mix of criteria by WNIT officials. There are 24 teams with 20 or more victories in the bracket.
 
This marks the 26th edition of the Postseason WNIT, powered by Triple Crown Sports and first held in 1998.
 
The tournament field is made up of 11 automatic qualifiers and 37 at-large programs, flexing a mix of Power Four conferences as well as ascending mid-major programs.
 
FIU ALL-TIME IN POSTSEASON WNIT
FIU overall record in WNIT: 5-8
 
1991-92
Rd 1: at Hawaii – L, 73-83
Cons. 1: vs UAB – W, 95-74
Cons. 2: vs Wisc-Green Bay – L, 70-72
 
1992-93
Rd 1: vs Butler – W, 79-75
Rd 2: vs SMU – L, 59-60
Third Place Game: vs Marquette – W, 93-87
 
2000-01
Rd 1: vs UAB – L, 83-96
 
2002-03
Rd 1: at Florida State – L, 51-77
 
2005-06
Rd 1: vs Cincinnati – W, 81-75 (OT)
Rd 2: at Miami – L, 83-95
 
2011-12
Rd 1: vs Stetson – W, 75-47
Rd 2: at USF – L, 61-77
 
2012-13
Rd 1: Florida – L, 68-75
 
Automatic Qualifiers:
Colgate (18-13), Patriot
Grambling (22-9), Southwestern Athletic
Le Moyne (18-13), Northeast
Monmouth (21-9), Coastal Athletic
Niagara (20-13), Metro Athletic
Northern Arizona (25-9), Big Sky
South Carolina Upstate (16-15), Big South
Southern Indiana (24-6), Ohio Valley
Stetson (17-14), Atlantic Sun
UAlbany (25-6), America East
UNC Greensboro (21-11), Southern
 
At Large Qualifiers:
Boise State (21-13), Mountain West
Bowling Green (16-14), Mid-American
Buffalo (19-13), Mid-American
Butler (14-16), Big East
Central Arkansas (21-11), Atlantic Sun
Charleston (21-9), Colonial
Cincinnati (14-17), Big 12
Duquesne (20-12), Atlantic 10
Eastern Kentucky (22-11), Atlantic Sun
FIU (20-11), Conference USA
Illinois State (21-11), Missouri Valley
Louisiana-Monroe (19-13), Sun Belt
Minnesota (16-15), Big Ten
Montana (22-9), Big Sky
Murray State (20-11), Missouri Valley
North Carolina A&T (20-11), Colonial
North Dakota State (21-11), Summit
Northern Colorado (15-15), Big Sky
Northern Iowa (16-15), Missouri Valley
Old Dominion (22-9), Sun Belt
Oral Roberts (21-10), Summit
Pacific (18-14), West Coast
Providence (13-20), Big East
Purdue (13-18), Big Ten
Purdue Fort Wayne (21-12), Horizon
Saint Louis (16-18), Atlantic 10
South Dakota (21-12), Summit
Southern Miss (18-13), Sun Belt
Stephen F. Austin (22-12), Western Athletic
Troy (19-11), Sun Belt
UAB (18-13), American Athletic
UC Riverside (18-13), Big West
UI-Chicago (18-15), Missouri Valley
UT San Antonio (17-14), American
Vermont (22-11), America East
Wisconsin (13-16), Big Ten
Wyoming (16-14), Mountain West
 
TICKETS
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