2023 Women's Basketball Invitational

2023 Women's Basketball Invitational

Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Finals site	Clive M. Beck Center Lexington, Kentucky
Champions	Cal Baptist (1st title)
Runner-up	New Mexico State (1st title game)
Winning coach	Jarrod Olson (1st title)
MVP	Grace Schmidt (Cal Baptist)
Women's Basketball Invitationals «2022 2024»

The 2023 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) is a single-elimination tournament consisting of eight NCAA Division I teams not selected to participate in the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2023 field was announced on March 13. The 2023 edition of the tournament was played on the campus of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky at the Clive M. Beck Center. This was the third year in a row the tournament 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. Cal Baptist won the tournament in their first-ever appearance.

Participating teams

The following teams accepted invitations to compete in the 2023 Women's Basketball Invitational:

Team	Conference	Appearance	Last bid
East Tennessee State	SoCon	1st	Never
FIU	C-USA	2nd	2019
New Mexico State	WAC	1st	Never
UIC	Missouri Valley	2nd	2014
Cal Baptist	WAC	1st	Never
North Dakota	Summit	4th	2016
Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1st	Never
Northern Illinois	MAC	1st	Never

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Attendance
First round – Friday, March 17
1	12:00 p.m.	East Tennessee State vs. FIU	81–56
2	2:30 p.m.	New Mexico State vs. UIC	51–41
3	5:00 p.m.	Cal Baptist vs. North Dakota	96–79
4	7:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern vs. Northern Illinois	69–58
Semifinals – Saturday, March 18
5	12:00 p.m.	FIU vs. UIC	68–65
6	2:30 p.m.	East Tennessee State vs. New Mexico State	53–57
7	5:00 p.m.	North Dakota vs. Northern Illinois	102–99
8	7:30 p.m.	Cal Baptist vs. Georgia Southern	82–80
Finals – Sunday, March 19
9	12:00 p.m.	UIC vs. Northern Illinois	71–56
10	2:30 p.m.	FIU vs. North Dakota	76–73
11	5:00 p.m.	East Tennessee State vs. Georgia Southern	96–49
12	7:30 p.m.	New Mexico State vs. Cal Baptist	61–63
Game times in Eastern Time.

Bracket

	5th place game March 19				Consolation March 18				First round March 17				Semifinals March 18				Championship March 19
									East Tennessee State	81
									FIU	56
					FIU	68							East Tennessee State	53
					UIC	65							New Mexico State	57
									New Mexico State	51
									UIC	41
	FIU	76															New Mexico State	61
	North Dakota	73															Cal Baptist	63
									Cal Baptist	96
									North Dakota	79
	7th place game March 19				North Dakota	102							Cal Baptist	82			3rd place game March 19
					Northern Illinois	99							Georgia Southern	80
	UIC	71							Georgia Southern	69							East Tennessee State	96
	Northern Illinois	56							Northern Illinois	58							Georgia Southern	49

See also

• 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament