The 2021 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament consisting of eight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2021 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2021 field was announced on March 15. The tournament was held March 19–21 at the William Exum Center on the campus of Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky. The format was an 8-team tournament with a winners and consolation bracket, guaranteeing all participating teams three games. Cleveland State beat Portland in the final.
| Season | 2020–21 | ||||
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| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | William Exum Center Frankfort, Kentucky | ||||
| Champions | Cleveland State | ||||
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Bracket
edit| 5th place game March 21 | Consolation 2nd round March 20 | Quarterfinals March 19 | Semifinals March 20 | Championship March 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 56 | Cleveland State | 64 | |||||||||||||||
| Loyola-Chicago | 51 | Stetson | 54 | |||||||||||||||
| Loyola–Chicago | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 58 | Cleveland State | 67 | |||||||||||||||
| FIU | 59 | Portland | 64 | |||||||||||||||
| Portland | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 42 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th place game | Abilene Christian | 61 | Portland | 80 | 3rd place game | |||||||||||||
| FIU | 78 | Northern Arizona | 65 | |||||||||||||||
| Loyola-Chicago | 74 | FIU | 69 | Stetson | 48 | |||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 55 | Northern Arizona | 82 | Northern Arizona | 51 | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2021 WBI Bracket". www.womensbasketballinvitational.com. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
External links
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