In 2023-24 it was the WNIT, a tournament that, in postseason terms, comes after the NCAA and WBIT in prestige. This season they took a step up by getting to, and winning, the WBIT title game.

The new tournament was launched last year, supplanting the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). In the WBIT, higher-seeded teams host their opponents in the opening round. However ...

The Gophers haven't played in the NCAA Tournament since 2017-18, but Plitzwueit has led the program to a Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) runner-up finish and now a WBIT championship ...

The tournament berth also comes partially due to the newly-created Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament which has replaced the WNIT as the new secondary tournament. The addition of the WBIT ...

advance to the WBIT semifinals against Florida on Monday at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The title game is Wednesday. Minnesota lost to St. Louis in last year’s lower-tier WNIT championship.

PULLMAN -- The WNIT field has been announced and Washington ... Wazzu finished the season ranked only No. 123 in the NET rankings, so the WBIT was a long shot. But more basketball is never a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Chellia Watson scored 23 points with seven rebounds and six assists to help Buffalo beat Troy 88-84 at Alumni Arena on Saturday to win the WNIT championship and set a program ...

“The break in between the Big Ten tournament and the time that the WBIT tournament started was ... who lost to St. Louis in the WNIT final last spring. Minnesota is now 8-1 in postseason games ...

It’s NDSU’s third straight invite to the WNIT. Pacific (Calif ... Oral Roberts is playing in the 32-team WBIT that is put together by the NCAA. NDSU, 19-11, saw its Summit tourney come ...

In 12 seasons, he has guided the Cardinals to the NCAA's first-ever postseason Women's Basketball lnvitation Tournament (WBIT), nine postseason Women's National Invitation Tournaments (WNIT), a WNIT ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Freshman Tori McKinney scored a season-high 26 points, Mallory Heyer had 18 points and 16 rebounds, and Minnesota beat Belmont 75-63 on Wednesday night to secure the WBIT ...

Belmont Bruins guard Tuti Jones (0) and Minnesota Golden Gophers guard Alexsia Rose (0) reach for the ball Wednesday, April 2, 2025, during the WBIT championship game between the Minnesota Golden ...