2018 Women's Basketball Invitational

2018 Women's Basketball Invitational

Season	2017–18
Teams	16
Champions	Yale
Women's Basketball Invitationals «2017 2019»

The 2018 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament consisting of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2018 field was announced on March 13. First round WBI games occurred on March 14 and 15; second-round games were played on March 19 and 20. The tournament semifinals were held March 23 and 24, and the 2018 WBI Championship game was held on March 29. Yale defeated Central Arkansas, 54–50, to become WBI champions.

Bracket

	First Round March 14–15				Quarterfinals March 19–20				Semifinals March 24				Championship game March 29
	Nevada	70
	UC Irvine	60
					Nevada	86
					Fresno State	74
	Bakersfield	66
	Fresno State	77
									Nevada	56
									Central Arkansas	65
	Texas Southern	56
	Weber State	66
					Weber State	67
					Central Arkansas	82
	Central Arkansas	51
	SIUE	39
													Central Arkansas	50
													Yale	54
	Northeastern	58
	Yale	68
					Yale	70
					Binghamton	64
	Youngstown State	59
	Binghamton	70
									Yale	76*
									South Alabama	74
	UNC Asheville	64
	Furman	65
					Furman	53
					South Alabama	54
	South Alabama	49
	Stetson	33

* - Denotes overtime

External links

• Women's Basketball Invitational Archived 2018-03-12 at the Wayback Machine