NAU Men and Women head to Postseason Tournaments

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NAU Hoops Accepts CBI Invite​

Northern Arizona Basketball's postseason will continue next week as the Lumberjacks announced their participation in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Tournament, set to take place in Daytona Beach from March 22-March 26.

The 16-team tournament will air the first round and quarterfinals on FloCollege while semifinals will air on ESPNU, and the championship airing on ESPN2. The 2025 CBI will be a single-elimination, fully bracketed men's basketball postseason tournament featuring 16 teams from across the country competing for a championship in Florida. The field will consist of teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament.

The Lumberjacks will head into the tournament with an 18-15 record, finishing 8-10 in the Big Sky Conference. Last season, Seattle won the tournament after suffering an early-season loss to the Jacks in Seattle, falling 62-60. Seattle's 2024 CBI championship was backed by wins to Delaware State, Evansville, Fairfield, and High Point.

 

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The Northern Arizona women's basketball team will continue its season as the Lumberjacks have earned the program's first ever Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) berth and will play in-state rival, Arizona, in the first round.

The Wildcats (19-13, 10-8 Big 12) earned the No. 2 seed and will host the Lumberjacks on Thursday, March 20 in Tucson, Ariz., at the McKale Center. A time will be announced at a later date.

This is the third-straight postseason appearance for the Lumberjacks and the fourth in the last five years. Northern Arizona has made back-to-back WNIT appearances, earning its first berth in program history in 2022-23 where it fell at New Mexico in the first round. In 2023-24, the Lumberjacks earned a first-round bye before falling at South Dakota in the second round. In 2020-21, NAU secured a third-place finish in the WBI.