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Arkansas women’s basketball selected for WBIT, will play at Tulsa

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March 17, 2024

Arkansas women’s basketball selected for WBIT, will play at Tulsa

Arkansas women’s basketball is one of 32 teams selected to play in the Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament. Arkansas, an at-large selection, will play at No. 3 seed Tulsa for the first round. That opening round game is set for Thursday, March 21. Tipoff time is TBD at the Donald W. Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Arkansas’ WBIT bid marks its sixth straight postseason qualification in the Mike Neighbors’ era, 27th overall in school history. The Hogs are 18-14 this season and searching for back-to-back 20-win seasons. The Hogs are coming off the 2023 season having qualified for the WNIT Great 8, defeating Louisiana Tech (W, 69-47), SFA (W, 60-30) and Texas Tech (W, 71-66) all at Bud Walton Arena before dropping to Kansas (L, 78-64) on the road.

Tulsa is coming off winning the American Athletic Conference regular season title and a 23-9 record, 13-5 in the league. The Golden Hurricane are led by Temira Poindexter and Delanie Crawford who average 21.1 and 19.1 points per game, respectively. Poindexter was named the American Conference Player of the Year and Crawford was tabbed the league’s Most Improved Player.

Arkansas and Tulsa have a rich history, with Thursday’s matchup marking the 28th of the all-time series, in which the Hogs have the 24-3 edge. The Hogs have a five-game winning streak of the Golden Hurricane, with the last matchup resulting in a 79-70 win in Fayetteville last season.

The winner of Thursday night’s game will take on the winner of No. 2 seed Washington vs. Georgetown in the second round on Sunday, March 24.

The first round of the WBIT is set for Thursday with the second round continuing on Sunday, March 24. The quarterfinals are set to take place on campus sits on Thursday, March 28. The last four teams standing will head to Indianapolis, in which the semifinals and championship game will take place on April 1 and April 3, respectively, at Butler’s historic Hinkle Fieldhouse.

ESPN serves as the television broadcast partner for all WBIT games with ESPN+ serving as the exclusive home for all preliminary contests. The semifinals will be broadcast on EPNU on April 1 at 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. CT, and the championship will air on ESPN2 on April 3 at 6 p.m. CT.

The NCAA created the WBIT to begin this postseason in 2024, which features a 32-team postseason tournament, owned and funded by the NCAA. With the addition of the WBIT, 100 postseason NCAA-funded opportunities are available for DI women’s basketball teams.

TOURNAMENT FIELD

Automatic Qualifiers

1. Tulsa

2. High Point

3. Hawaii

4. Stony Brook

5. Cleveland State

6. Toledo

7. Lamar

At-Large Bids

1. Arkansas

2. Ball State

3. Belmont

4. BYU

5. Cal

6. Florida

7. George Mason

8. Georgia Tech

9. Georgetown

10. Illinois

11. Miami (FL)

12. Missouri State

13. Mississippi State

14. North Texas

15. Penn State

16. Saint Joseph’s

17. Santa Clara

18. Seton Hall

19. St. John’s (NY)

20. TCU

21. Villanova

22. Virginia

23. VCU

24. Washington

25. Washington State

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For more information about Arkansas Women’s Basketball, follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @RazorbackWBB and on Facebook at //Facebook.com/RazorbackWBB. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel, “Kickin’ It In The Neighborhood” for an inside look at the Razorback women’s basketball program and check out The Neighborhood podcasts at CoachNeighbors.com

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Autopsies rule Arkansas mothers death a suicide; twin children’s deaths homicides

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March 4, 2026

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Autopsies rule Arkansas mothers death a suicide; twin children’s deaths homicides

BONANZA, Ark. (KATV) — According to our partners at 40/29 News, autopsies show that Charity Beallis died by suicide, and her six-year-old twin children died by homicide.

Beallis and the children were found on December 3, 2025, in their home in Bonanza. All three had gunshot wounds.

Records show that Beallis and her husband were in the process of divorcing when the murders happened. 40/29 reports that Beallis’ son has asked that their divorce be considered final, while her husband, Randall Beallis, has asked the court to dismiss the divorce proceedings.

The news release listed the following evidence:

— An examination of the transcripts of the deposition of Mrs. Beallis in the divorce/custody case and the final hearing on the case on 12-2-2025, reveal that she wished to be reconciled to her estranged husband, which did not happen. Mrs. Beallis, after being represented by four different attorneys, represented herself in the contested divorce/custody hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, Mrs. Beallis was ordered to begin joint custody of her children with her estranged husband.

–Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband was a driver of a Tesla electric vehicle at that time. Tesla has compiled location data on Tesla vehicles, and according to the information provided by Tesla, Mrs. Beallis’ estranged husband’s vehicle was not near the residence in Bonanza on the night in question. Also, the estranged husband’s phones did not “ping” any of the cell towers proximately related to Ms. Beallis’ location.

–Information from the home security alarm company shows the alarm was deactivated by Mrs. Beallis by her phone (she had exclusive access to the security system) at around 10 pm on the night in question. Even though deactivated, the alarm company was able to provide information showing no doors or windows to the home were opened during that time. When law enforcement arrived after 9:30 am on 12-3-2025, there were no doors or windows open, and they had to use a key to enter the home. SCSO rigorously tested the functioning of each door and window and found them to be operating properly.

The court released an order on Wednesday stating that it does not have jurisdiction to rule on those motions regarding the divorce. Beallis’ body has been released to her son, while the children are with Randall Beallis.

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Frightening times for Hannahs in Israel | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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March 4, 2026

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Frightening times for Hannahs in Israel | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Wally Hall is assistant managing sports editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock after an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, he is a member and past president of the Football Writers Association of America, member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, past president and current executive committee and board member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, and voter for the Heisman Trophy. He has been awarded Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year 10 times and has been inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and Arkansas Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame.

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March 3, 2026

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Welcome to THV11’s YouTube page! Here you’ll find stories from Arkansas that inspire and offer insight to everything happening in the Natural State. We’ll bring you engaging stories as well as full interviews and hilarious moments from our television broadcasts!

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