{"id":223222,"date":"2026-03-27T15:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/223222\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:30:07","slug":"uta-movin-mavs-set-for-nationals-as-niwbt-seeds-are-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/223222\/","title":{"rendered":"UTA Movin\u2019 Mavs Set for Nationals as NIWBT Seeds Are Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     ARLINGTON, Texas\u00a0\u2013 The UTA Movin&#8217; Mavs men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s wheelchair basketball teams have officially earned their seeds for the 2026 National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (NIWBT), as announced by the National Wheelchair Basketball Association.<\/p>\n<p>The Movin&#8217; Mavs secured the No. 4 seed in the tournament and will play the winner of\u00a0No. 5 seed Illinois and No. 12 seed Michigan in the National Quarterfinals. The Lady Movin&#8217; Mavs earned the No. 2 seed and are set to face No. 3 seed Arizona\u00a0in the National Semifinals.\u00a0The 2026 NIWBT will be held April 1\u20134 in Tucson, Arizona, hosted by the University of Arizona, and will feature the nation&#8217;s top collegiate wheelchair basketball programs competing for a national championship.<\/p>\n<p>Tournament Outlook<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWith seeding now finalized, UTA is positioned to make a strong run at the national title. The Movin&#8217; Mavs program will look to add to its legacy of 12 national championships. The NIWBT represents the pinnacle of collegiate adaptive athletics, bringing together elite competition from across the country while highlighting the growth and impact of wheelchair basketball at the intercollegiate level. Game times and full bracket details can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/adaptiveathletics.arizona.edu\/niwbt2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official tournament page<\/a>, with updates to follow throughout the week.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; #BuckEm \u2013<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW THE MAVS SOCIALLY<br \/>\nFor up-to-date news, photos and videos, follow UTA Athletics online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/index.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UTAMavs.com<\/a>\u00a0or via several social media accounts on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/utamavs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@UTAMavs<\/a>, Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/utamavs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@UTAMavs<\/a>\u00a0and Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTAMavs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\/UTAMavs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; ARLINGTON, Texas\u00a0\u2013 The UTA Movin&#8217; Mavs men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s wheelchair basketball teams have officially&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-223222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}