The 2025 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I women's college basketball teams not selected to participate in the 2025 NCAA tournament. The tournament began on March 20 and ended on April 2. The first three rounds were played on the campuses of various schools, and the semifinal and championship games were played at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers won the 2025 WBIT over the Belmont Bruins.Youngblood, Kent - Gophers women’s basketball team rolls against Belmont for WBIT title. Star Tribune, April 2, 2025 Minnesota was the sole Big Ten team invited to the 2025 WBIT.Minnesota Selected for 2025 WBIT Field. Big Ten Conference, March 16, 2025
Participants Teams and pairings for the 2025 WBIT were released by the WBIT committee on Sunday, March 16, 2025. 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 tournament will, if eligible, secure an automatic qualification invitation to the WBIT. Like the Division I tournament committee, the WBIT selection committee used a variety of resources to determine the participating teams.
TeamConferenceOverall recordAlbanyAmerica East26–6UTSAAmerican26–4HawaiiBig West22–9North Carolina A&TCAA19–11UNLVMountain West25–7Southeastern LouisianaSouthland26–5James MadisonSun Belt28–5GonzagaWCC22–10
At-large bids The following teams were awarded at-large bids.
TeamConferenceOverall recordArizonaBig 1219–13BelmontMissouri Valley22–12Boston CollegeACC16–17ColoradoBig 1220–12DavidsonA1019–13DrakeMissouri Valley22–11FloridaSEC16–17MarquetteBig East20–10Middle TennesseeCUSA26–8MinnesotaBig Ten20–11Missouri StateMissouri Valley25–8Northern ArizonaBig Sky26–7Northern IowaMissouri Valley17–16Oral RobertsSummit24–8PortlandWCC29–4QuinnipiacMAAC28–4Saint Joseph'sA1023–9Seton HallBig East22–9StanfordACC16–14Texas TechBig 1217–17ToledoMAC24–8VillanovaBig East18–14Virginia TechACC18–12WyomingMountain West22–11
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^ - Due to facilities conflicts with Minnesota, Toledo hosted the first round game and Missouri State hosted the second round game
* Denotes overtime period
See also 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2025 Women's National Invitation Tournament
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