2025 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament

2025 WBIT

Season	2024–25
Teams	32
Finals site	Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Minnesota (1st title)
Runner-up	Belmont (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Villanova (2nd semifinal) Florida (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Dawn Plitzuweit (1st title)
MVP	Tori McKinney (Minnesota)
WBIT « 2024

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. ^[1]

The Minnesota Golden Gophers won the 2025 WBIT over the Belmont Bruins. ^[2] Minnesota was the sole Big Ten team invited to the 2025 WBIT. ^[3]

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.

Team	Conference	Overall record
Albany	America East	26–6
UTSA	American	26–4
Hawaii	Big West	22–9
North Carolina A&T	CAA	19–11
UNLV	Mountain West	25–7
Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	26–5
James Madison	Sun Belt	28–5
Gonzaga	WCC	22–10

At-large bids

The following teams were awarded at-large bids.

Team	Conference	Overall record
Arizona	Big 12	19–13
Belmont	Missouri Valley	22–12
Boston College	ACC	16–17
Colorado	Big 12	20–12
Davidson	A10	19–13
Drake	Missouri Valley	22–11
Florida	SEC	16–17
Marquette	Big East	20–10
Middle Tennessee	CUSA	26–8
Minnesota	Big Ten	20–11
Missouri State	Missouri Valley	25–8
Northern Arizona	Big Sky	26–7
Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	17–16
Oral Roberts	Summit	24–8
Portland	WCC	29–4
Quinnipiac	MAAC	28–4
Saint Joseph's	A10	23–9
Seton Hall	Big East	22–9
Stanford	ACC	16–14
Texas Tech	Big 12	17–17
Toledo	MAC	24–8
Villanova	Big East	18–14
Virginia Tech	ACC	18–12
Wyoming	Mountain West	22–11

Bracket

	First round March 20 Campus sites					Second round March 23 Campus sites					Quarterfinal March 27 Gainesville, FL
	1	Virginia Tech	61
		North Carolina A&T	45
						1	Virginia Tech	59
							Texas Tech	69
	4	Wyoming	48
		Texas Tech	65
												Texas Tech	63
											3	Florida	67
	3	Florida	83
		Northern Iowa	71
						3	Florida	86
						2	UNLV	84
	2	UNLV	63
		Hawaii	46

	First round March 20 Campus sites					Second round March 23 Campus sites					Quarterfinal March 27 Minneapolis, MN
	1	Colorado	73
		Southeastern Louisiana	41
						1	Colorado	55
						4	Gonzaga	64
	4	Gonzaga	67
		UTSA	51
											4	Gonzaga	77
											2	Minnesota*	82
	3	Missouri State	107
		Oral Roberts	76
						3	Missouri State^	71
						2	Minnesota	78
	2	Minnesota	65
		Toledo^	53

^ - Due to facilities conflicts with Minnesota, Toledo hosted the first round game and Missouri State hosted the second round game

	First round March 20 Campus sites					Second round March 23 Campus sites					Quarterfinal March 27 Harrisonburg, VA
	1	James Madison	77
		Davidson	50
						1	James Madison	80*
							Marquette	76
	4	Drake	69
		Marquette	74
											1	James Madison	45
											3	Belmont	90
	3	Belmont	64
		Middle Tennessee	51
						3	Belmont	81
							Northern Arizona	80
	2	Arizona	69
		Northern Arizona	71

	First round March 20 Campus sites					Second round March 23 Campus sites					Quarterfinal March 27 Villanova, PA
	1	Saint Joseph's	69
		Albany	40
						1	Saint Joseph's	60
						4	Villanova	62
	4	Villanova	76
		Boston College	70
											4	Villanova	71
												Portland	61
	3	Seton Hall	57
		Quinnipiac	40
						3	Seton Hall	55
							Portland	61
	2	Stanford	68
		Portland	69*

	Semifinals March 31 Hinkle Fieldhouse					Final April 2 Hinkle Fieldhouse
	3	Florida	52
	2	Minnesota	66
						2	Minnesota	75
						3	Belmont	63
	3	Belmont	66
	4	Villanova	57

* Denotes overtime period

See also

• 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2025 Women's National Invitation Tournament

References

1. "2025 WBIT: Bracket, schedule, TV channels for the women's basketball tournament". ncaa.com. NCAA. March 16, 2025. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
2. Youngblood, Kent - Gophers women’s basketball team rolls against Belmont for WBIT title. Star Tribune, April 2, 2025
3. Minnesota Selected for 2025 WBIT Field. Big Ten Conference, March 16, 2025