INDIANAPOLIS/DAYTON- The Horizon League unveiled a new bracket format for the 2026 Barbasol Horizon League Basketball Championships.
 
The updated championship format brings two additional teams – one men's and one women's – to Indianapolis in 2026, creating a major experience for ten total teams when #MarchStartsHere at the Corteva Coliseum.
 
Reseeding throughout the bracket and Second Round byes for the top remaining teams in Indy rewards regular season success and aims to protect the top seeds, best positioning the League during March Madness.
 
The championships will open with play-in games featuring the No. 10 and No. 11 seeds on Monday, March 2 at the site of the No. 10 seeds. The First Round on Wednesday, March 4 will feature five men's and five women's teams securing their spots in Indy with games on best-seeded campus sites. The action shifts to Corteva Coliseum on Sunday, March 8 with Second Round contests featuring the second-worst seed First Round winners and worst seed First Round winners. The three best-seeded men's and women's teams remaining after the first round will advance to semifinal action on Monday, March 9 at the Corteva Coliseum. The 2026 Barbasol #HLMBB and #HLWBB championships will culminate on Tuesday, March 10 with the champions punching their tickets to the NCAA Tournament.
 
Every game of the tournament will be carried on ESPN networks, with the men's semifinals and championship game, along with the women's championship game, airing nationally on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.
 
ABOUT THE RAIDERS Men's Basketball returns six players from a season ago while adding seven newcomers (four transfers, three freshmen). Logan Woods started 25 games in 2024-25 while shooting 48 percent overall, while Michael Imariagbe (18 starts, 64 percent shooting) and Solomon Callaghan (11 starts, 41 percent shooting) also had double-digit starts and shot over 40 percent from the floor and Andrea Holden connected at a 65 percent shooting clip with five starts. Transfers Sam Alamutu, TJ Burch, Bryan Etumnu and Dominic Pangonis join the Raiders with collegiate experience, along with redshirt freshmen Alex Bruskotter and Ayden Davis and true freshmen Michael Cooper, PJ Douglas and Kellen Pickett.
 
Women's Basketball returns nine players from last season while adding four newcomers (two transfers and two freshman). Claire Henson started all 32 games in 2024-25 while being second on the team in points per game with 9.8, whiles Lauren Scott (23 starts) and Olivia Brown (21 starts) also had double-digit starts for the Raiders last season. Rylee Sagester, Chloe Chard Peloquin, Ellie Magestro-Kennedy, Abbie Riddle, and Florrie Cotterill all look to take another step forward after playing in 20 or more games a season ago. Transfers Breezie Williams and Grace Okih join WSU with some collegiate experience alongside true freshmen Elaina Rager and Maja Dilen.
 
Season ticket renewals for the 2025-26 campaign are now underway. All renewal invoices are distributed digitally and can be accessed through each season ticket holder's WSU Account. The deadline to renew season tickets is September 30, 2025. To keep the same seats, payment must be received in full, or accounts must be enrolled in one of the available interest-free payment plan options by the deadline. To renew season tickets, fans will need to login to their WSU Account or call 937-775-4934. The ticket office will be open from 9am-4pm Monday through Friday to assist with any questions.