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Columbia won the 2026 WBIT title, defeating No. 1 BYU, 81-64, marking the Lions’ first WBIT championship. Riley Weiss was named the Most Oustanding Player after dropping 20 points in the championship.
Below is everything you need to know about the 2026 Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament.
Games began Thursday, March 19, as 32 teams competed with hopes of reaching the title game in Wichita, Kansas. Minnesota won the 2025 tournament, beating Belmont in the championship game in Indianapolis.
2026 WBIT bracket
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2026 WBIT: Schedule, results
*All times Eastern
Selection Sunday
9 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 15Â
First Round
Thursday, March 19, at campus sites
Eastern Kentucky 72, No. 1 Utah 58
No. 2Â Miami (Florida) 82, Georgia Southern 56
Quinnipiac 71, No.3 George Mason 64
No. 4Â Columbia 74, Saint John’s (New York) 26
Missouri 67, Seton Hall 57
No. 4Â Harvard 73, Navy 52
No. 2 Kansas 79, Troy 70Â
No. 2 Kansas State 69, Georgia Tech 65
McNeese 68, No. 1 Texas A&M 48Â Â
No. 1 North Dakota State 75, Chattanooga 62Â
No. 3 Rice 66, Louisiana Tech 61Â
No. 1Â BYU 72, Alabama A&M 47
No. 3Â Wisconsin 62, Oregon State 58
No. 4Â San Diego State 61, UC Irvine 55
No. 2Â Stanford 79, LMU 76
No. 3 Cal 72, Santa Clara 68
Second Round
Sunday, March 22, at campus sitesÂ
Monday, March 23, at campus sitesÂ
Quarterfinals:Â
Semifinals
Championship
How the WBIT field is selected
The regular-season champion of any NCAA Division I conference (as determined by the conference’s tie-break protocol) not otherwise selected to the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship will secure an automatic qualification to the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament. Co-champions who do not receive the declaration of WBIT representative through the conference’s tie-break protocol will not receive automatic qualification. Institutions ineligible for postseason play will not receive automatic qualification as a regular-season champion.
The first four teams out of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship — as determined by the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee — will receive an automatic bid and will be the top four seeds in the WBIT field.
Click or tap here for more information about WBIT selections.
WBIT championship history
YEAR
CHAMPION
SCORE
RUNNER-UP
MOP
SITE
2026
Columbia
81-64
BYU
Riley Weiss, Columbia
Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, KS
2025
Minnesota
75-63
Belmont
Tori McKinney, Minnesota
Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis
2024
Illinois
71-57
Villanova
Makira Cook, Illinois
Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis
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