Women's Basketball Invitational
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]
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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 2009 |
Founder | Sport Tours International |
Inaugural season | 2010 |
No. of teams | 16 |
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Most recent champion(s) | Appalachian State |
Most titles | Louisiana Appalachian State (2) |
Related competitions | Women's National Invitation Tournament |
Official website | Website |
Teams in the WBI compete on the home court of the higher seed. The championship game is hosted by the team with the higher NETeams 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
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Year | Champion | Runner-up | Venue and city | |||
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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. |
References
- "WBI Frequently Asked Questions". PrestoSports. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- "WBI Selection Process". WBI. PrestoSports. Retrieved 23 February 2016.