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PostPosted: 03/17/24 8:47 pm    ::: New WBIT Tournament Reply Reply with quote
I totally missed the fact that there is a new WBIT Tournament. It looks like a lot of teams that would have normally have gone to the WNIT are playing in this tournament.

Here's the bracket - https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/images/2024/03/17/2024-WBIT-bracket.png

Info about the tournament:
In 2023 the NCAA announced the creation of an annual 32-team postseason invitation tournament for women’s basketball, which will be owned and funded by the NCAA. The Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) will be held annually beginning in 2024.

FAQ on the tournament site:
https://www.ncaa.com/championships/basketball-women/wbit/faqs
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PostPosted: 03/17/24 9:07 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
This tournament release is confusing, the bracket you posted doesn't even have James Madison on it, and they posted a tweet saying they are a #1 seed. Did a team pull out so they needed a replacement, why is there 5 announced #1 seeds?

https://twitter.com/wbitwbb/status/1769542606445248637

Edit:
Never mind they released a new bracket. Miami was #1 seed and now they aren't in the tournament. Instead of reseeding the whole tournament they just plugged them in as a #1 seed.

https://twitter.com/JacksonHephner/status/1769546630003359823

https://twitter.com/wbitwbb/status/1769545131307258193
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PostPosted: 03/17/24 9:13 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
GEF34 wrote:
This tournament release is confusing, the bracket you posted doesn't even have James Madison on it, and they posted a tweet saying they are a #1 seed. Did a team pull out so they needed a replacement, why is there 5 announced #1 seeds?

https://twitter.com/wbitwbb/status/1769542606445248637


Here's an announcement about the teams participating and I don't see James Madison there either - something is odd here after seeing that tweet you posted - https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-women/article/2024-03-17/inaugural-2024-wbit-pairings-released
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PostPosted: 03/17/24 9:15 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
GEF34 wrote:
This tournament release is confusing, the bracket you posted doesn't even have James Madison on it, and they posted a tweet saying they are a #1 seed. Did a team pull out so they needed a replacement, why is there 5 announced #1 seeds?

https://twitter.com/wbitwbb/status/1769542606445248637

Edit:
Never mind they released a new bracket. Miami was #1 seed and now they aren't in the tournament. Instead of reseeding the whole tournament they just plugged them in as a #1 seed.

https://twitter.com/JacksonHephner/status/1769546630003359823

https://twitter.com/wbitwbb/status/1769545131307258193


I responded before I saw this - the pairing release story they have still has Miami in it. Interesting they didn't have James Madison in there at all and then plugged them in as a #1 seed.
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PostPosted: 03/17/24 10:39 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Yeah, this is the official NCAA secondary tournament, a la the men's NIT (the WNIT is run by a separate organization). I honestly did not expect teams to be able to decline bids.

The husband told me to talk him out of going to Philly for the Seton Hall game at St. Joe's. Did such a great job that now we're both going (since it's probably the only postseason game we get).



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PostPosted: 03/18/24 7:00 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
I understand that Miami declined the WBIT invitation. They can't be the only one who declined. Who are they? Anyone know?
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PostPosted: 03/18/24 7:15 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Queenie wrote:
Yeah, this is the official NCAA secondary tournament, a la the men's NIT (the WNIT is run by a separate organization). I honestly did not expect teams to be able to decline bids.

The husband told me to talk him out of going to Philly for the Seton Hall game at St. Joe's. Did such a great job that now we're both going (since it's probably the only postseason game we get).


It's still so odd to me that they put out a release saying Miami was a 1 seed and listed them as such in their bracket - don't you think you'd verify if the team accepted a bid before publicizing that info? Unless like you said you're not supposed to be able to decline bids.

Ha ha on the Seton Hall game - good luck - hope you bring them luck Smile.
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PostPosted: 03/19/24 5:31 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Well, JMU is playing Stony Brook at home in the AUBC. Should be interesting as Stony Brook's coach is a former JMU assistant and the Seawolves have at least one former JMU player on their roster.



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PostPosted: 03/20/24 1:01 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Where is an actual bracket for the WBIT with the teams listed? I cant find one anywhere.



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PostPosted: 03/20/24 1:28 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Actual bracket

https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/images/2024/03/19/Inaugural%202024%20WBIT%20Bracket-%20Updated.pdf



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PostPosted: 03/20/24 2:12 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Thanks, pilight. Smile



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PostPosted: 03/29/24 11:49 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Down to the final four:

Illinois
Washington St.
Villanova
Penn St.
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