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 ...

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 ...

The Gophers and Gators will face off at 4pm CT on Monday live from Hinkle Fieldhouse on ESPNU MINNEAPOLIS - The University of Minnesota women's basketball team (23-11, 8-10 B1G) will compete in the ...

Qualification for the WBIT gave the Gophers a chance to redeem their disappointing season. Besides an overtime thriller against Gonzaga University, the Gophers proved throughout the WBIT that they ...

CHAMPAIGN — One of Shauna Green's final messages to her team inside Hinkle Fieldhouse last April was the push to close out the inaugural WBIT with a championship win and never return to that ...

They played in the WNIT in 2024 and the WBIT in 2025. Carey previously was on staffs at North Texas for one season, Texas for four and Colorado for two. She also was assistant women’s national ...

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 ...