No, it is not ideal. The Gophers women’s basketball team is about to begin its second postseason journey in two seasons. We mean this literally. Having just missed out on the NCAA field, the Gophers are a No.

After not being picked as one of the 68 NCAA tournament teams, the Gophers (20-11) were snapped up by the Women’s Basketball Invitational, where they will be a No. 2 seed and play MAC runner-up Toledo (24-8).

For the second year in a row, the Florida Gators women's basketball team (16-17) is headed to the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT). As a No. 3 seed, they’ll start the tournament at home against No. 6 seed Northern Iowa (17-16) on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the O’Connell Center.