The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference announced the bracket for the 2013-14 NSIC/Sanford Health Women’s Basketball Tournament Saturday. The Bemidji State University women’s basketball is the No. 8 seed in the NSIC North and will travel to play the No. 1 seed in the NSIC South, Wayne State College, Feb. 26 beginning at 7 p.m.

The 16-team tournament will begin with first round games Feb. 26 at campus sites and continue March 1-4 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. for the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals of the tournament. The winner of the tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2013-14 NCAA Central Region Tournament.

The Beavers went 9-17 overall and 5-17 in league play, to finish eighth in the NSIC North and will travel to Wayne, Neb. Wednesday to play first-seeded and No. 11 nationally, Wayne State (26-3, 19-3 NSIC), in the first round at Rice Auditorium. Wayne State won the NSIC Overall and South Division Championships.

Brian Schultz of the Beaver Radio Network will broadcast the contest on 1360 AM KKBJ and online at http://beaverradionetwork.com.