2022 Women's Basketball Invitational

2022 Women's Basketball Invitational

Season	2021–22
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)
Women's Basketball Invitationals «2021 2023»

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. Saint Mary's beat the defending WBI champions, Cleveland State, in the final.

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

• 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament

External links

• Women's Basketball Invitational