The 2019 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament consisting of 16
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA)
Division I teams that did not participate in the
2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 teams to determine the national champion for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The 38th annual edition of the tournament beg ...
or
2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2019 Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on M ...
. The 2019 field was announced on March 18. First round WBI games took place on March 20 and 21; second-round games were played on March 25 and 26. The tournament semifinals were held March 29 and 30, and the 2019 WBI Championship game was held on April 3.
Appalachian State
Appalachian State University (), or App State, is a public research university in Boone, North Carolina, United States. It was founded as a teachers' college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dou ...
defeated
North Texas
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to win their second WBI championship.
Bracket
See also
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2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 teams to determine the national champion for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The 38th annual edition of the tournament beg ...
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2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2019 Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on M ...
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Women's Basketball Invitational
Women's Basketball Invitational
Women's Basketball Invitational
The Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) is a women's college basketball tournament created in 2009 by Sport Tours. The inaugural tournament occurred at the conclusion of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Selections for ...
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