The 2016 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16

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(NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament or 2016 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2016 field was announced Monday, March 14. All games were hosted by the higher

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throughout the tournament, unless the higher seed's arena was unavailable. First round WBI games were held March 16 and 17 while second-round games were held March 19 and March 20. The tournament semifinals were held March 23 with the 2016 WBI Championship game played on March 26. The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns defeated the Weber State Wildcats in double-overtime, winning the WBI for the second consecutive season.

Bracket

''Lower Seed hosts unless noted.''
''Louisiana Lafayette and Weber State will host Quarterfinals as higher seed.'' *All times are listed as

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WBI Championship Game

* - Denotes overtime

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Bracket

WBI Championship Game

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