2011 Women's Basketball Invitational

The 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament. All games were hosted by the higher seed throughout the tournament, unless the higher seed's arena was unavailable. The championship game was hosted by the school with the higher end of the season RPI. The UAB Blazers defeated the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners in the final.[1]

2011 Women's Basketball Invitational
Teams16
ChampionsUAB
Women's Basketball Invitationals
«20102012»

West Region

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#8 IPFW and #7 South Dakota hosted first round games

1st Round
March 17,18
Quarterfinals
March 21
Semi-finals
March 25
         
1Cleveland State73
8IPFW62
1Cleveland State50
5Chicago State68
4Eastern Illinois64
5Chicago State73
5Chicago State92
3Cal State Bakersfield93OT
2Idaho47
7South Dakota62
7South Dakota64
3Cal State Bakersfield90
3Cal State Bakersfield83
6Northern Colorado74

East Region

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#5 Morehead State, and #7 Central Arkansas hosted first round games
#3 Elon hosted quarterfinal game
#5 Manhattan hosted semifinal game

1st Round
March 17,18
Quarterfinals
March 21
Semi-finals
March 25
         
1Wright State82
8Buffalo79
1Wright State73
5Manhattan75
4Sacred Heart48
5Manhattan52
5Manhattan43
2UAB62
2UAB58
7Central Arkansas54
2UAB59
3Elon50
3Elon103
6USC Upstate72

WBI Championship Game

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Hosted by UAB

Championship game
March 27
   
3WCal State Bakersfield60
2EUAB68

References

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  1. ^ "2011 WBI Bracket" (PDF). womensbasketballinvitational.com. Retrieved March 13, 2012.[permanent dead link]