The 2024 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I women's college basketball teams not selected to participate in the 2024 NCAA tournament. The tournament began on March 21 and ended on April 3. The first three rounds were played on campuses, with the semifinal and championship final played at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. It was the inaugural edition of the postseason Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament. Illinois won the tournament, marking the program's first postseason tournament championship.
Participants Teams and pairings for the 2024 WBIT were released by the WBIT Committee on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Thirty–two teams qualified for the WBIT, including both automatic qualifiers and at-large selections.
Automatic qualifiers The regular-season champion of any NCAA Division I conference (as determined by the conference's tiebreaking protocol) not otherwise selected for the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship will, if eligible, secure an automatic qualification invitation to the WBIT. Like the Division I tournament committee, the WBIT Selection Committee will use a variety of resources to determine the participating teams.
TeamConferenceOverall recordHawaiiBig West20–10LamarSouthland24–6TulsaAmerican23–9High PointBig South20–11Stony BrookCAA27–4Cleveland StateHorizon 29–5ToledoMAC26–5
At-large bids The following teams were awarded at-large bids.
TeamConferenceOverall recordGeorge MasonAtlantic 1023–7VCUAtlantic 1026–5Saint Joseph'sAtlantic 1026–5Georgia TechACC17–15VirginiaACC15–15North TexasAmerican23–8TCUBig 1220–11BYUBig 1216–16St. John'sBig East17–14VillanovaBig East18–12GeorgetownBig East22–11Seton HallBig East17–14Penn StateBig Ten 19–12IllinoisBig Ten14–15Ball StateMAC28–5BelmontMVC25–8Missouri StateMVC23–9CaliforniaPac-1218–14Washington StatePac-1218–14WashingtonPac-1216–14Mississippi StateSEC21–11ArkansasSEC18–14FloridaSEC16–15James MadisonSun Belt23–11Santa ClaraWCC24–8
Declined bids Miami (FL) declined to play in the 2024 WBIT.
Bracket
* Denotes overtime period
Media ESPN Inc. had exclusive rights to all WBIT games. It telecast every game across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPN+. Westwood One had exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and the championship.
See also 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2024 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Footnotes
References