FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Offering teams and fans a unique and memorable basketball experience, tournament officials at the Women's Cancun Challenge are pleased to announce the field of NCAA D-I women's programs heading to Mexico in 2017.
The 13th edition of the women's event includes long-respected powers from major conferences and a mix of mid-major teams looking to flex their muscle. The Cancun Challenge will be held Nov. 23-25 at the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya on the Yucatan Peninsula.
In the Riviera Division, it will be Indiana State, Marquette, Montana, Oklahoma State, South Dakota and Tennessee; the Mayan Division will feature Arizona State, Columbia, Green Bay and Mississippi State, which broke UConn's 111-game winning streak in March and reached the NCAA championship game.