GVSU Basketball Weekly Report: NCAA Tournament Updates

For the first time since the 2018-19 season, the Grand Valley State Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams both made the NCAA Tournament as the women stayed home in Allendale to host their respective Midwest Regional, while the men traveled out to North Canton, Ohio for the Midwest Regional.

This past weekend saw the GVSU Women secure another Midwest Regional Championship are heading back to Pittsburgh, while the GVSU Men’s season ended in heartbreak during Sunday’s Regional Semifinal battle against Michigan Tech.

Here’s how everything unfolded:

*GVSU MEN’S BASKETBALL*

*GVSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL*

The Laker Women’s Basketball’s chase to back-to-back National Championships is still alive and well heading in to the final week of the season.

The GVSU Men end its successful 2025-26 season with a 26-7 overall record, GLIAC Postseason Tournament Championship, and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2019.

As for the GVSU Women, here’s how the final week of the season stacks up as they look for back-to-back titles inside the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in downtown Pittsburgh:

#2 GVSU WOMEN (33-1, 19-1 GLIAC)

• Elite Eight – Tuesday, March 24th vs. Carson-Newman Lady Eagles (24-10, 15-7 SAC) – 6 pm
• Final Four – Thursday, March 26th– 8:30 pm *IF NECESSARY*
• National Championship – Saturday, March 28th – 3 pm *IF NECESSARY*

You can catch live coverage beginning 15 minutes prior to the opening tip on Thunder 107.3 FM (thunder1073.com), The Ticket West Michigan (106.1 FM, 1340 AM, and theticketmi.com), and Classic Hits 98.3 FM WLCS (983wlcs.com).