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]

Women's Basketball Invitational
Current season, competition or edition:
2020 Women's Basketball Invitational
Women's Basketball Invitational
SportBasketball
Founded2009
FounderSport Tours International
Inaugural season2010
No. of teams16
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		Appalachian State
Most titlesLouisiana
Appalachian State (2)
Related
competitions		Women's National Invitation Tournament
Official websiteWebsite

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
Appalachian State
UAB
Minnesota
Detroit
Illinois–
Chicago
Louisiana–
Lafayette
Rice
Yale
WBI Champions
– 2 championships, – 1 championship
Year Champion Runner-up Venue and city
2010 Appalachian State79 Memphis71 Holmes Convocation CenterBoone, NC
2011 UAB68 Cal State Bakersfield60 Bartow ArenaBirmingham, AL
2012 Minnesota88 Northern Iowa74 Williams ArenaMinneapolis, MN
2013 Detroit73 McNeese State62 Calihan HallDetroit, MI
2014 UIC73 Stephen F. Austin64 UIC PavilionChicago, IL
2015 Louisiana52 Siena50 Earl K. Long GymnasiumLafayette, LA
2016 87 Weber State85
2017 Rice74 UNC Greensboro62 Tudor FieldhouseHouston, TX
2018 Yale54 Central Arkansas50 Farris CenterConway, AR
2019 Appalachian State76 North Texas59 Holmes CenterBoone, NC
2020 No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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