2011 Women's Basketball Invitational
Teams | 16 | ||||
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Champions | UAB | ||||
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The 2011 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 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament. 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 end of the season RPI. The UAB Blazers defeated the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners in the final.[1]
West Region
[edit]#8 IPFW and #7 South Dakota hosted first round games
1st Round March 17,18 | Quarterfinals March 21 | Semi-finals March 25 | ||||||||||||
1 | Cleveland State | 73 | ||||||||||||
8 | IPFW | 62 | ||||||||||||
1 | Cleveland State | 50 | ||||||||||||
5 | Chicago State | 68 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eastern Illinois | 64 | ||||||||||||
5 | Chicago State | 73 | ||||||||||||
5 | Chicago State | 92 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cal State Bakersfield | 93OT | ||||||||||||
2 | Idaho | 47 | ||||||||||||
7 | South Dakota | 62 | ||||||||||||
7 | South Dakota | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cal State Bakersfield | 90 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cal State Bakersfield | 83 | ||||||||||||
6 | Northern Colorado | 74 |
East Region
[edit]#5 Morehead State, and #7 Central Arkansas hosted first round games
#3 Elon hosted quarterfinal game
#5 Manhattan hosted semifinal game
1st Round March 17,18 | Quarterfinals March 21 | Semi-finals March 25 | ||||||||||||
1 | Wright State | 82 | ||||||||||||
8 | Buffalo | 79 | ||||||||||||
1 | Wright State | 73 | ||||||||||||
5 | Manhattan | 75 | ||||||||||||
4 | Sacred Heart | 48 | ||||||||||||
5 | Manhattan | 52 | ||||||||||||
5 | Manhattan | 43 | ||||||||||||
2 | UAB | 62 | ||||||||||||
2 | UAB | 58 | ||||||||||||
7 | Central Arkansas | 54 | ||||||||||||
2 | UAB | 59 | ||||||||||||
3 | Elon | 50 | ||||||||||||
3 | Elon | 103 | ||||||||||||
6 | USC Upstate | 72 |
WBI Championship Game
[edit]Hosted by UAB
Championship game March 27 | ||||
3W | Cal State Bakersfield | 60 | ||
2E | UAB | 68 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2011 WBI Bracket" (PDF). womensbasketballinvitational.com. Retrieved March 13, 2012.[permanent dead link ]