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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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 2026 WBIT bracket<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 <\/a>Click or tap here to see the printable bracket<\/a><\/p>\n 2026 WBIT: Schedule, game times, TV channels<\/p>\n *All times Eastern<\/p>\n \tSecond Round<\/p>\n \t\tSunday, March 22, at campus\u00a0sites | ESPN+<\/p>\n \t\tMonday, March 23, at campus\u00a0sites | ESPN+<\/p>\n \tQuarterfinals<\/p>\n \t\tThursday, March 26, at campus sites<\/p>\n \tSemifinals<\/p>\n \t\t2:30 and 5 p.m.\u00a0on Monday, March 30, on ESPNU at\u00a0Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan.<\/p>\n \tChampionship<\/p>\n \t\t7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, on ESPN2 at\u00a0Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan.<\/p>\n \tSelection Sunday<\/p>\n \t\t9 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 15 on ESPN+<\/p>\n \tFirst Round<\/p>\n \t\tThursday, March 19, at campus sites<\/p>\n \t\t\tEastern Kentucky 72, No. 1 Utah 58<\/a> How the WBIT field is selected<\/p>\n The regular-season champion of any NCAA Division I conference (as determined by the conference\u2019s tie-break protocol) not otherwise selected to the NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Basketball Championship will secure an automatic qualification to the Women\u2019s Basketball Invitation Tournament. Co-champions who do not receive the declaration of WBIT representative through the conference\u2019s tie-break protocol will not receive automatic qualification. Institutions ineligible for postseason play will not receive automatic qualification as a regular-season champion.<\/p>\n The first four teams out of the NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Basketball Championship \u2014 as determined by the Division I Women\u2019s Basketball Committee \u2014 will receive an automatic bid and will be the top four seeds in the WBIT field.<\/p>\n Click or tap here for more information about WBIT selections.<\/a><\/p>\n WBIT championship history<\/p>\n \t\t\tYEAR 2025<\/p>\n Minnesota<\/p>\n 75-63<\/p>\n Belmont<\/p>\n Tori McKinney, Minnesota<\/p>\n Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis<\/p>\n 2024<\/p>\n Illinois<\/p>\n 71-57<\/p>\n Villanova<\/p>\n Makira Cook, Illinois<\/p>\n Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis<\/p>\n 2026 March Madness: Women’s NCAA tournament schedule, dates, times<\/p>\n All you need to know for March Madness women’s tournament, which runs from selections on Sunday, March 15 through the championship on Sunday, April 5.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n 2026 NCAA women’s basketball tournament: Bracket, schedule, scores<\/p>\n Here is the official bracket for the 2026 NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament. Get the bracket, schedule and scores here.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tNo. 2\u00a0<\/a>Miami (Florida) 82, Georgia Southern 56<\/a>
\n\t\t\tQuinnipiac 71, No.3 George Mason 64<\/a>
\n\t\t\tNo. 4\u00a0<\/a>Columbia 74, Saint John’s (New York) 26<\/a>
\n\t\t\tMissouri 67, Seton Hall 57<\/a>
\n\t\t\tNo. 4\u00a0<\/a>Harvard 73, Navy 52<\/a>
\n\t\t\tNo. 2 Kansas 79,\u00a0Troy 70\u00a0<\/a>
\n\t\t\tNo. 2 Kansas State 69, Georgia Tech 65<\/a>
\n\t\t\tMcNeese 68, No. 1 Texas A&M 48\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>
\n\t\t\tNo. 1 North Dakota State 75, Chattanooga 62\u00a0<\/a>
\n\t\t\tNo. 3 Rice 66,\u00a0Louisiana Tech 61\u00a0<\/a>
\n\t\t\tNo. 1\u00a0<\/a>BYU 72, Alabama A&M 47<\/a>
\n\t\t\tNo. 3\u00a0<\/a>Wisconsin 62, Oregon State 58<\/a>
\n\t\t\tNo. 4\u00a0<\/a>San Diego State 61,<\/a> UC Irvine 55<\/a>
\n\t\t\tNo. 2\u00a0Stanford 79, LMU 7<\/a>6<\/a>
\n\t\t\tNo. 3\u00a0<\/a>Cal\u00a072, Santa Clara 68<\/a><\/p>\n
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