Women's Basketball Invitational

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Women's Basketball Invitational
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021 Women's Basketball Invitational
Women's Basketball Invitational.jpeg
Logo
SportBasketball
Founded2009
FounderSport Tours International
Inaugural season2010
No. of teams16
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		Cleveland State
Most titlesLouisiana
Appalachian State (2)
Related
competitions		Women's National Invitation Tournament
Official websiteWebsite

The Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) is a women's college basketball tournament created in 2009 by Sport Tours. The inaugural tournament occurred at the conclusion of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Selections for the WBI are announced on Selection Monday. The field for the WBI consists of a 16-team, single elimination divided into two regions with 8 seeded teams in each.[1] Teams are picked based on NET, record, conference standings, end of year performance, and quality wins and losses.[2]

Teams in the WBI compete on the home court of the higher seed. The championship game is hosted by the team with the higher NET. Teams not making the NCAA Tournament or WNIT are eligible for the WBI.

Although the WBI shares a similar name with the College Basketball Invitational and fills a similar role (a postseason tournament outside the auspices of the NCAA and NIT tournaments), the two competitions are operated by separate organizations and are unrelated except for the coincidental name.

Champions[]

Women's Basketball Invitational is located in the United States
Appalachian State
Appalachian State
UAB
UAB
Minnesota
Minnesota
Detroit
Detroit
UIC
UIC
Louisiana
Louisiana
Rice
Rice
Yale
Yale
Cleveland State
Cleveland State
WBI Champions
Yellow pog.svg – 2 championships, Red pog.svg – 1 championship
Year Champion Runner-up Venue and city
2010 Appalachian State 79 Memphis 71 Holmes Convocation Center Boone, NC
2011 UAB 68 Cal State Bakersfield 60 Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL
2012 Minnesota 88 Northern Iowa 74 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2013 Detroit 73 McNeese State 62 Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
2014 UIC 73 Stephen F. Austin 64 UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
2015 Louisiana 52 Siena 50 Earl K. Long Gymnasium Lafayette, LA
2016 87 Weber State 85
2017 Rice 74 UNC Greensboro 62 Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
2018 Yale 54 Central Arkansas 50 Farris Center Conway, AR
2019 Appalachian State 76 North Texas 59 Holmes Center Boone, NC
2020 No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Cleveland State 67 Portland 64 William Exum Center Frankfort, KY

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "WBI Frequently Asked Questions". PrestoSports. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  2. ^ "WBI Selection Process". WBI. PrestoSports. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

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