2022 Women's Basketball Invitational
The 2022 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament consisting of eight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2022 field was announced March 13. The 2022 edition of the tournament was played on the campus of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky at the Clive M. Beck Center. This was the second year in a row the tournament format consisted of an eight-team field played over four days, with a winners and consolation bracket, guaranteeing three games for all teams. There was no winning percentage requirement to compete in the tournament.[1] Saint Mary's beat the defending WBI champions, Cleveland State, in the final.
Season | 2021–22 | ||||
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Teams | 8 | ||||
Finals site | Clive M. Beck Center Lexington, Kentucky | ||||
Champions | Saint Mary's (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Cleveland State (2nd title game) | ||||
Winning coach | Paul Thomas (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Taycee Wedin (Saint Mary's) | ||||
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Bracket
5th place game March 20 | Consolation 2nd round March 19 | First round March 18 | Semifinals March 19 | Championship March 20 | ||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
Furman | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
Furman | 59 | Bowling Green | 67 | |||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 73 | Saint Mary's | 76 | |||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 58 | Saint Mary's | 80 | |||||||||||||||
Davidson | 66 | Cleveland State | 73 | |||||||||||||||
Davidson | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
7th place game March 20 | Davidson | 90 | Nevada | 50 | 3rd place game March 20 | |||||||||||||
Northeastern | 65 | Cleveland State | 58 | |||||||||||||||
Furman | 69 | Cleveland State | 73 | Bowling Green | 73 | |||||||||||||
Northeastern | 61 | Northeastern | 60 | Nevada | 65 | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- "Womens Basketball Invitational FAQ". /www.womensbasketballinvitational.com.