{"id":3995,"date":"2026-01-28T20:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:41:48","slug":"nu-womens-basketball-team-top-16-finish-at-west-zone-inter-university-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/nu-womens-basketball-team-top-16-finish-at-west-zone-inter-university-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"NU Women\u2019s Basketball Team \u2013 Top 16 Finish at West Zone Inter-University Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NU Women\u2019s Basketball Team achieved a commendable milestone by securing a Top 16 position at the West Zone Inter-University Basketball Tournament held from Dec 23, 2025 \u2013Dec 27, 2025 at the Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior. The highly competitive tournament featured 96 universities from across the West Zone.<\/p>\n<p>NIIT University began its campaign with a decisive victory against Gujarat Technological University, followed by a walkover win which advanced the team to the Pre-Quarterfinals. In a closely contested pre-quarterfinal match against Parul University, the team displayed exceptional grit, teamwork, and determination, narrowly missing progression.<\/p>\n<p>This achievement reflects the growing strength of women\u2019s basketball at NIIT University. Special appreciation is extended to coach Punit Sharma for his strategic guidance and to Sports Officer Prashant Nayak for unwavering support. The university congratulates the players, coaching staff, and the Department of Sports on this proud accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20251225-WA0024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20251225-WA0024.jpg 240w, https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20251225-WA0024-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20251224-WA0024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4029\" style=\"width:564px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20251224-WA0024.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20251224-WA0024-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20251224-WA0024-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20251224-WA0024-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NU Women\u2019s Basketball Team achieved a commendable milestone by securing a Top 16 position at the West Zone Inter-University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-achievements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3995"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4038,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995\/revisions\/4038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.niituniversity.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}