The GW women’s basketball team was offered a bid to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, in a move some likely consider surprising. After losing in the first round of the Atlantic 10 tournament to lowly Rhode Island, many did not expect the Colonials to receive one of the 17 at-large bids to the 48-team tournament.

GW (17-13, 9-5 A-10) will start with a March 19 matchup with Florida Gulf Coast University, the regular season champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference, in Fort Myers, Fla. If the Colonials win, they will face the University of South Florida March 21 in Tampa, Fla.

The bid marks GW’s third trip to the WNIT and 18th postseason appearance in the past 19 seasons. Obviously, this will be first-year head coach Mike Bozeman’s first postseason appearance as head coach.

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out our photo feature of Bozeman’s first year on the job.