2017 Women's Basketball Invitational

2017 Women's Basketball Invitational

Season	2016–17
Teams	16
Champions	Rice
Women's Basketball Invitationals «2016 2018»

The 2017 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) is a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2017 field was announced on March 13. First round WBI games took place on March 15 and 16; second-round games were played March 18 and March 19. The tournament semifinals were held March 23 with the 2017 WBI Championship game played the final weekend of March. Rice won the WBI for the first time ever, beating UNC Greensboro, 74–62.

Bracket

	First Round March 15–16				Quarterfinals March 18–19				Semifinals March 23
	Idaho	64
	Utah State	57
					Idaho	74
					Eastern Washington	67
	Texas State	62
	Eastern Washington	66*
									Idaho	80
									Rice	86
	Rice	73
	Lamar	72
					Rice	73
					Texas–Rio Grande Valley	63
	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	62
	Stephen F. Austin	54

	First Round March 15–16				Quarterfinals March 18–19				Semifinals March 23
	UMBC	75
	Brown	81
					Brown	84
					UNCG	87
	Charleston Southern	37
	UNC Greensboro	45
									UNCG	59
									Milwaukee	49
	Milwaukee	81
	Southern Illinois	53
					Milwaukee	67
					Saint Francis	57
	Campbell	68
	Saint Francis	79

WBI Championship Game

	Championship game March 26
	UNCG	62
	Rice	74

* - Denotes overtime period