2011 Women's Basketball Invitational
Appearance
The 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational WBI was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament or 2011 WNIT. All games are hosted by the higher seed throughout the tournament, unless the higher seed's arena is unavailable. The Championship game is hosted by the school with the higher end of the season RPI. UAB defeated Cal State Bakersfield in the inaugural championship game.[1]
West Region
#8 IPFW and #7 South Dakota hosted first round games
1st Round March 17,18 | Quarterfinals March 21 | Semi Finals March 25 | ||||||||||||
1 | Cleveland State | 73 | ||||||||||||
8 | IPFW | 62 | ||||||||||||
1 | Cleveland State | 50 | ||||||||||||
5 | Chicago State | 68 | ||||||||||||
4 | Eastern Illinois | 64 | ||||||||||||
5 | Chicago State | 73 | ||||||||||||
5 | Chicago State | 92 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cal State Bakersfield | 93OT | ||||||||||||
2 | Idaho | 47 | ||||||||||||
7 | South Dakota | 62 | ||||||||||||
7 | South Dakota | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cal State Bakersfield | 90 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cal State Bakersfield | 83 | ||||||||||||
6 | Northern Colorado | 74 |
East Region
#5 Morehead State, and #7 Central Arkansas hosted first round games
#3 Elon hosted quarterfinal game
#5 Manhattan hosted semifinal game
1st Round March 17,18 | Quarterfinals March 21 | Semi Finals March 25 | ||||||||||||
1 | Wright State | 82 | ||||||||||||
8 | Buffalo | 79 | ||||||||||||
1 | Wright State | 73 | ||||||||||||
5 | Manhattan | 75 | ||||||||||||
4 | Sacred Heart | 48 | ||||||||||||
5 | Manhattan | 52 | ||||||||||||
5 | Manhattan | 43 | ||||||||||||
2 | UAB | 62 | ||||||||||||
2 | UAB | 58 | ||||||||||||
7 | Central Arkansas | 54 | ||||||||||||
2 | UAB | 59 | ||||||||||||
3 | Elon | 50 | ||||||||||||
3 | Elon | 103 | ||||||||||||
6 | USC Upstate | 72 |
WBI Championship Game
Hosted by UAB
Championship Game March 27 | ||||
3W | Cal State Bakersfield | 60 | ||
2E | UAB | 68 |
References
- ^ "2011 WBI Bracket" (PDF). womensbasketballinvitational.com. Retrieved 13 March 2012.