The 2023 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) is a single-elimination tournament consisting of eight NCAA Division I teams not selected to participate in the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2023 field was announced on March 13. The 2023 edition of the tournament was played on the campus of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky at the Clive M. Beck Center. This was the third year in a row the tournament consisted of an eight-team field played over four days, with a winners and consolation bracket, guaranteeing three games for all teams. There was no winning percentage requirement to compete in the tournament. Cal Baptist won the tournament in their first-ever appearance.Cal Baptist Claims 2023 WBI Title
Participating teams The following teams accepted invitations to compete in the 2023 Women's Basketball Invitational: TeamConferenceAppearanceLast bidEast Tennessee StateSoCon1stNeverFIUC-USA2nd2019New Mexico StateWAC1stNeverUICMissouri Valley2nd2014Cal BaptistWAC1stNeverNorth DakotaSummit4th2016Georgia SouthernSun Belt1stNeverNorthern IllinoisMAC1stNever
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreAttendance First round – Friday, March 17112:00 p.m.East Tennessee State vs. FIU81–5622:30 p.m.New Mexico State vs. UIC51–4135:00 p.m.Cal Baptist vs. North Dakota96–7947:30 p.m.Georgia Southern vs. Northern Illinois69–58 Semifinals – Saturday, March 18512:00 p.m.FIU vs. UIC68–6562:30 p.m.East Tennessee State vs. New Mexico State53–5775:00 p.m.^North Dakota vs. Northern Illinois102–9987:30 p.m.Cal Baptist vs. Georgia Southern82–80 Finals – Sunday, March 19912:00 p.m.UIC vs. Northern Illinois71–56102:30 p.m.FIU vs. North Dakota76–73115:00 p.m.East Tennessee State vs. Georgia Southern96–49127:30 p.m.New Mexico State vs. Cal Baptist61–63 Game times in Eastern Time.
Bracket
See also 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament
References