2017_Women's_Basketball_Invitational Knowpia

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.^[1]

Bracket edit

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 edit

	Championship game March 26

	UNCG	62
	Rice	74

* - Denotes overtime period

References edit

^ "2017 WBI Dates Released". Women’s Basketball Invitational. PrestoSports. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.

[1] "2017 WBI Dates Released". Women’s Basketball Invitational. PrestoSports. Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.

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Summary

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WBI Championship Game edit

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