2015 Women's Basketball Invitational
The 2015 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament or 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The field of 16 was announced on March 16, 2015.[1] All games were hosted by the higher seed throughout the tournament, unless the higher seed's arena was unavailable. The championship game was hosted by the school with the higher RPI. The tournament was won by the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns.
Season | 2014–15 | ||||
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Teams | 16 | ||||
Champions | Louisiana–Lafayette | ||||
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Bracket
Top seed of match-up will get home site, not including Furman vs. McNeese State.[2]
West Region
1st Round March 18–19 | Quarterfinals March 21–23 | Semi-finals March 25–26 | ||||||||||||
1 | New Mexico | 54 | ||||||||||||
8 | North Dakota | 51 | ||||||||||||
1 | New Mexico | 61 | ||||||||||||
5 | Oral Roberts | 63 | ||||||||||||
4 | Texas State | 54 | ||||||||||||
5 | Oral Roberts | 57 | ||||||||||||
5 | Oral Roberts | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 65 | ||||||||||||
2 | Louisiana–Lafayette | 78 | ||||||||||||
7 | Texas–Pan American | 56 | ||||||||||||
2 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 63 | ||||||||||||
6 | McNeese State | 58 | ||||||||||||
3 | Furman | 70 | ||||||||||||
6 | McNeese State | 86 |
East Region
1st Round March 18–19 | Quarterfinals March 22 | Semi-finals March 25–26 | ||||||||||||
1 | Northern Kentucky | 79 | ||||||||||||
8 | Marshall | 81 | ||||||||||||
8 | Marshall | 71 | ||||||||||||
4 | Mercer | 73 | ||||||||||||
4 | Mercer | 83 | ||||||||||||
5 | Troy | 68 | ||||||||||||
4 | Mercer | 54 | ||||||||||||
3 | Siena | 65 | ||||||||||||
2 | Xavier | 57 | ||||||||||||
7 | William & Mary | 56 | ||||||||||||
2 | Xavier | 49 | ||||||||||||
3 | Siena | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | Siena | 53 | ||||||||||||
6 | Stony Brook | 46 |
WBI Championship Game
Championship Game March 29 | ||||
3 | Siena | 50 | ||
2 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 52 |
See also
References
- "WBI Selection Process". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- "2015 WBI Bracket" (PDF). Women's Basketball Invitational. Presto Sports. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
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