Women's Basketball Invitational

Women's Basketball Invitational

Women's Basketball Invitational
Sport Basketball
Founded 2009
Founder Sport Tours International
Inaugural season 2010
No. of teams 16
Country  United States
Most recent
champion(s)		 Louisiana-Lafayette
Most titles Louisiana-Lafayette (2)
Related
competitions		 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Official website Website

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 RPI, 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 RPI. 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.

Past champions

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–Lafayette 52 Siena 50 Earl K. Long Gymnasium Lafayette, LA
2016 Louisiana–Lafayette 87 Weber State 85 Earl K. Long Gymnasium Lafayette, LA

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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