WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Eight teams will converge in Walla Walla on the site of the Whitman College campus as Whitman will serve as the host for both the men's and women's Northwest Conference Basketball Tournaments.

In previous postseason tournaments, the higher seed of each semifinal and the championship game would host, but beginning this season, as voted by the league coaches, the top seed will serve as host for all tournament games. With the Whitman men's and women's teams both awarded the top seed, both tournaments will take place at Whitman beginning with the semifinals (4 total games) taking place on Friday, Feb. 24.

The Blues men's squad enters the tournament as NWC regular season champions, the 16th time in program history they have accomplished that feat and first since 2019. They will look to take their success from last season one step further after falling in last season's tournament final.

The Whitman women's team finished the season as co-champions with Puget Sound but secured the top seed through league tiebreaker rules. The Blues enter the tournament winners of 13 straight and seeking their second straight tournament title.

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Tournament Schedule (all games played at the Sherwood Athletic Center)
Friday, February 24
Women's Semifinals
#4 seed Willamette at # 1 seed Whitman, 1:00 p.m.
#3 seed Pacific vs. #2 seed Puget Sound, 3:00 p.m.
Men's Semifinals
#4 seed George Fox at # 1 seed Whitman, 6:00 p.m.
#3 seed Whitworth vs. #2 seed Puget Sound, 8:00 p.m.
 
Saturday, February 25
Women's Final – semifinal winners at 5:00 p.m.
Men's Final– semifinal winners at 8:00 p.m.