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Here’s everything you need to know about the 2026 WBIT postseason event. The 32-team bracket was announced on Sunday, March 15.

Games began Thursday, March 19, and continue through the title game on Wednesday, April 1. Minnesota won the 2025 event, beating Belmont in the championship game in Indianapolis. This year’s WBIT will conclude in Wichita, Kan.

2026 WBIT bracket

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WBIT bracket

2026 WBIT: Schedule, game times, TV channels

*All times Eastern

Quarterfinals

Thursday, March 26, at campus sites | ESPN+

Semifinals

2:30 and 5 p.m. on Monday, March 30, on ESPNU at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan.

Championship

7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, on ESPN2 at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan.

Selection Sunday

9 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 15 

First Round

Thursday, March 19, at campus sites

Eastern Kentucky 72, No. 1 Utah 58
No. 2 Miami (Florida) 82, Georgia Southern 56
Quinnipiac 71, No.3 George Mason 64
No. 4 Columbia 74, Saint John’s (New York) 26
Missouri 67, Seton Hall 57
No. 4 Harvard 73, Navy 52
No. 2 Kansas 79, Troy 70 
No. 2 Kansas State 69, Georgia Tech 65
McNeese 68, No. 1 Texas A&M 48  
No. 1 North Dakota State 75, Chattanooga 62 
No. 3 Rice 66, Louisiana Tech 61 
No. 1 BYU 72, Alabama A&M 47
No. 3 Wisconsin 62, Oregon State 58
No. 4 San Diego State 61, UC Irvine 55
No. 2 Stanford 79, LMU 76
No. 3 Cal 72, Santa Clara 68

Second Round

Sunday, March 22, at campus sites 

Monday, March 23, at campus sites 

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.

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WBIT championship history

YEAR
CHAMPION
SCORE
RUNNER-UP
MOP
SITE

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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