The 2016 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 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament or 2016 Women's National Invitation Tournament.
| Season | 2015–16 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Champions | Louisiana–Lafayette | ||||
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The 2016 field was announced Monday, March 14. All games were hosted by the higher seed throughout the tournament, unless the higher seed's arena was unavailable. First round WBI games were held March 16 and 17 while second-round games were held March 19 and March 20. The tournament semifinals were held March 23 with the 2016 WBI Championship game played on March 26.[1] The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns defeated the Weber State Wildcats in double-overtime, winning the WBI for the second consecutive season.[2]
Bracket
edit[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
edit| Championship Game March 26 | ||||
| 7 | Weber State | 85 | ||
| 1 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 87** | ||
* - Denotes overtime
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Dates Set For 2016 WBI". Women’s Basketball Invitational. PrestoSports. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
- ^ Standard-Examiner. "Weber State loses WBI Championship in double overtime to Louisiana". Standard-Examiner. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ^ "2016 WBI Blank Bracket" (PDF). Women's Basketball Invitational. PrestoSports. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.