2018 Women's Basketball Invitational
The 2018 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament consisting of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2018 field was announced on March 13. First round WBI games occurred on March 14 and 15; second-round games were played on March 19 and 20. The tournament semifinals were held March 23 and 24, and the 2018 WBI Championship game was held on March 29.[1] Yale defeated Central Arkansas, 54–50, to become WBI champions.
| Season | 2017–18 | ||||
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| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Champions | Yale | ||||
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Bracket
| First Round March 14–15 | Quarterfinals March 19–20 | Semifinals March 24 | Championship game March 29 | ||||||||||||
| Nevada | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| UC Irvine | 60 | ||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 86 | ||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 74 | ||||||||||||||
| Bakersfield | 66 | ||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 77 | ||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 56 | ||||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 65 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 56 | ||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 66 | ||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 67 | ||||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 82 | ||||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 51 | ||||||||||||||
| SIUE | 39 | ||||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 50 | ||||||||||||||
| Yale | 54 | ||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 58 | ||||||||||||||
| Yale | 68 | ||||||||||||||
| Yale | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| Binghamton | 64 | ||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| Binghamton | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| Yale | 76* | ||||||||||||||
| South Alabama | 74 | ||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 64 | ||||||||||||||
| Furman | 65 | ||||||||||||||
| Furman | 53 | ||||||||||||||
| South Alabama | 54 | ||||||||||||||
| South Alabama | 49 | ||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 33 | ||||||||||||||
* - Denotes overtime
References
- "2018 WBI Bracket". Women's Basketball Invitational. PrestoSports. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
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