New Women’s Basketball Tournament Creation Announces By NCAA
The NCAA is announced a brand new Women’s College Basketball Tournament creation. This new College Basketball tournament is owned and funded by the NCAA which will begin in 2024.
The Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) will cover 32 teams. The host sites and the selection protocols for this brand-new basketball event are yet to be announced by the NCAA.
Jamie Boggs, chair of the Division I Women’s Basketball Oversight Committee and vice president of athletics for Grand Canyon said,
“Women’s basketball is at an all-time high with records being set for the national championship and Final Four viewership, and the tournament was the most viewed since 2009,”
He also stated the popularity of women’s basketball is grown over the years.
“This tournament will create an additional NCAA-funded postseason opportunity for women’s basketball, and it comes at a time when we are seeing tremendous growth in popularity for women’s basketball.”
NCAA announces creation of Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament:https://t.co/wsaOZuV0Ed
— NCAA PR (@NCAA_PR) July 17, 2023
There’s been already a private WBIT running around since 1998 with the 64-team postseason tournament. It is uncertain whether this private WBIT will continue or not. However, programs occasionally turned down an invitation because they’d have to pay their own way.
The NCAA will create the selection committee in 2024 for the WBIT in the summer.
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