2016 Women's Basketball Invitational

The 2016 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) is a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament or 2016 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2016 field was announced Monday, March 14. All games are hosted by the higher seed throughout the tournament, unless the higher seed's arena is unavailable. First round WBI games will begin Wednesday and Thursday, March 16 and 17 while second round games will be played Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20. The tournament semifinals will be held either Wednesday or Thursday March 23 or 24 with the 2016 WBI Championship game played the final weekend of March[1]

The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns defeated the Weber State Wildcats in double-overtime, winning the WBI for the second consecutive season.[2]

Bracket

[3]Lower Seed hosts unless noted.
Louisiana Lafayette and Weber State will host Quarterfinals as higher seed.

*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

First Round
March 16–17 		Quarterfinals
March 19–20 		Semifinals
March 23
         
1 Northern Kentucky 69
8 USC Upstate 71
8 USC Upstate 81
4 Western Illinois 78
4 Western Illinois 99
5 Southern Illinois 97
8 USC Upstate 53
7 Weber State 79
2 New Mexico 67
7 Weber State 75
7 Weber State 76
3 North Dakota 74
3 North Dakota 57
6 Grand Canyon 51
First Round
March 16–17 		Quarterfinals
March 19 		Semifinals
March 23
         
1 Louisiana-Lafayette 69
8 Northwestern State 54
1 Louisiana-Lafayette 56
4 Stetson 47
4 Stetson 89
5 McNeese State 54
1 Louisiana-Lafayette 69
2 Youngstown State 49
2 Youngstown State 67
7 Stony Brook 60
2 Youngstown State 67
3 UMBC 48
3 UMBC 61
6 Fairfield 49

WBI Championship Game

Championship Game
March 26
   
7 Weber State 85
1 Louisiana-Lafayette 87**

* - Denotes overtime

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dates Set For 2016 WBI". Women’s Basketball Invitational. PrestoSports. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Standard-Examiner. "Weber State loses WBI Championship in double overtime to Louisiana". Standard-Examiner. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  3. ↑ "2016 WBI Blank Bracket" (PDF). Womens Basketball Invitational. PrestoSports. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

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