2024 WBIT bracket selection show
GOOD EVENING A FIRST EVER WBIT SELECTION SHOW. I’M YOUR HOST, AND I’M SO EXCITED TO BE JOINING YOU AS WE GET READY TO UNVEIL THE FIRST FIELD OF TEAMS TO PART TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL INV . THE BRACKET CONSISTS OF 32 TEAMS, WITH THE TOP 16 SEEDS HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THE FIRS TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF ON MARCH 21ST, FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND ROUND ON THE 24TH AND THE QUARTERFINALS, TAKING PLACE ON THE 28TH. THE TOP FOURS WILL THEN HEAD TO THE SEMIFINAL. FINAL GAMES TAKING PLACE AT THE HISTORIC HINKLE FIELDHOUSE ON APRIL
1ST AND THE THIRD NOW THE FIRST FOUR TEAMS OUT OF THE DIVISION. ONE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WILL RECEIVE AUTOMATIC BIDS TO THE WBIT AND WILL BE THE TOP FOUR SEATS. THE REMAINING AT LARGE FIELD BY AN EIGHT MEMBER WBIT SELECTION COMMITTEE. AND ALL GAMES OF THE WBIT WILL BE BROADCASTED ON THE ESPN PLATFORMS. SO ENOUGH TALKING, LET’S GO AHEAD AND SEE WHICH TEAMS ARE HEADING TO THE POSTSEASON. TA FIRST EVER WBIT WE BEGIN AT THE TOP LEFT OF YOUR BRACKET. THE FIRST TEAM IN THINGS OFF WITH MIAMI. THE HURRICANES BEAT NORTH CAROLINA IN THE SECOND
ROUND AFTER RECEIVING A SINGLE BUY IN THE AC C TOURNAMENT TO ADVANCE TO THE CONFERENCE QUARTERFINAL ROUND. THIS GROUP I CHEYENNE DAY, WILSON AND JASMINE ROBERTS TO EACH AVERAGED 11 POINTS PER GAME
GONZALEZ WAS NAMED COASTAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION PLAYER OF TH COACH ASHLEY LANGFORD EARNED COACH OF THE YEAR LEADING THIS TEAM TO TH CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON TITLE. UNDER THE MATCHUP. WE SEE THEIR FIRST BIG 10 TEAM. IT’S THE FIGHTING ILLINI OF ILLINOIS. THE LINE I EARNED THE FOUR SEAT THIS GROUP IS IN YEAR NUMBER TWO UNDER HEAD COACH SEAN O GREEN. THIS BIG 10 OFFENSE PUTS UP ON AVERAGE 74 POINTS PER GAME WHILE SHOOTING 45% FROM THE FIELD. AND THEY WILL MISSOURI STICK. THE LADY BEAR IS WORK THEIR WAY TO THE NBC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THEIR 17TH APPEARANCE
IN PROGRAM HISTORY IN THE CONFERENCE TITLE GAME, THEIR LAST COMING IN 2019, THE NBC NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR, LACEY STOKES HAS B SCORER ALL SEASON, AVERAGING 12 POINTS PER GAME. HALFWAY THROUGH THIS QUARTER OF THE BRACKET. WE’RE ON TO THE THREE SEED AND IT BELONGS TO TULSA. THE GOLDEN EAGLES WERE THE A AC REGULAR SEASON CHANC TIME SINCE THE 2005 TO 2006 SEASON. TULSA ALSO SECURE 13 CONFERENCE WIN FOR MOST IN SCHOOL HISTORY. THIS IS A TEAM TH THEIR HOME COURT SO WELL THIS SEASON GOING 13 TO 1 IN GAMES PLAYED AT REYNOLDS CENTER. THE
GOLDEN HURRICANES WILL BATTLE IT OUT WITH THE RAZORBACKS BECAUSE ARKANSAS IS HEADING TO THE POSTSEASON. ARKANSAS ENDED THE YEAR WITH 18 WINS AND IS LED BY TALIA SCOTT, WHO AVERAGES 22 POINTS PER GAM PLAYER IN THE SEC TO AVERAGE MORE THAN 20 POINTS PER GAME. WITH THE TWO WINS IN THE WBIT, THE RAZOR PACKS COULD CLINCH BACK TO BACK 20 WIN SEASONS UNDER HEAD COACH MIKE NEIGHBORS. THE FINAL MATCH UP IN THE TOP LEFT, THE SECOND SEED GOES TO WASHINGTON. NOW WASHINGTON STARTED THEIR SEASON ON AN 11 GAME WIN STREAK AND THE HUSKIES THEY CAME
AWAY WITH SOME IMPRESSIVE WINS ALONG THE WAY THIS SEASON, AGAINST US, C, OREGON STATE AND UTAH. TRAVELING OUT WEST TO FACE THE HUSKIES. IT’S GEORGETOWN THE WAY HAS WORKED THEIR WAY TO THE BIG EAST TITLE GAME THIS SEASON AFTER UPSETTIN SEMIFINALS. THIS IS THE HOYAS FIRST TRIP TO THE CONFERENCE TITLE GAME IN PROGRAM HISTORY. A REMARKABLE SEASON THAT ISN’T FINISHED YET FOR GEORGETOWN AFTER THEY LOS TASHA BUTTS THIS PAST MARCH. WE HAVE EIGHT TEAMS DOWN 24 TO GO TO THE BOTTOM NUMBER ONE SEED ITS WASHINGTON STATE, A MARQUEE WIN OVER WAS ONE OF THE MANY
HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE COUGARS THIS SEASON. THAT WAS ONE OF TWO ROAD WINDS OVER RANKED OPPONENTS AS A TEAM THIS SEASON, THE COUGARS SHOT NEARLY 45% FOR THE FIELD WHILE DISHING OUT OVER 15 ASSISTS PER GAME. TAKING ON THE HUSKIES IN THE FIRST ROUND. IT’S LAMAR THE LAMAR CARDINALS CELEBRATED A REGULAR SEASON SOUTHLAND SOUT TITLE THIS YEAR AFTER WINNING 13 STRAIGHT GAMES DURING THE REGULAR SEASON, LAMAR FINISHED WITH DEPRESSIVE 11 AND ONE RECORD ON THEIR HOME COURT. TO THE MAT. NEXT MATCHUP. SANTA CLARA EARNS THE FOUR SEAT, THE BRONCOS WENT ON A NINE GAME WINNING STRE
THEIR REGULAR SEASON WITH 24 WINS. THIS GROUP ONLY DROPPED ONE HOME GAME ALL SEASON AS SOPHOMORE LED THE WAY, AVERAGING JUST SHY OF 20 POINTS PER GAME. ONE OF SANTA THE FREE THROW LINE, THE BRONCOS RANKED SECOND IN NATION WITH AN ASTOUNDING 81.7 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE. AND THEY’LL FACE OFF AGAINST BYU. THE COUGAR SEASON IS STILL ALIVE. LAUREN GUSTIN HAS MADE HISTORY IN A COUGARS UNIFORM. T CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM SELECTION IS THE FOURTH RANKED REBOUNDER IN THE HISTORY OF NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, AN US ALL TIME REBOUNDING LEADER. EIGHT MORE TEAMS TO GO AND THIS HALF
OF THE BRACKET NEXT. FLORIDA TAKES THE THREE SEED THE GATORS SNAG MISSOURI AND VANDERBILT TO ADVANCE TO THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE SEC TOURNAMENT FOR THE GATORS. SENIOR GUARD LELANI CORREA WAS VOTED SIX WOMEN OF THE YEAR IN THE FACING THE GATORS IN THE FIRST ROUND. IT’S SAINT JOHN’S. THIS NEW YORK TEAM IS HEADED TO B SOUTH WITH AN OVERALL RECORD OF 1714 AND 11 AND EIGHT BIG EAST RECORD UNIQUE. DRAKE WAS A UNANIMOUS SELECTION FOR THE FIRST TEAM FILLING THE STATUE FOR THE RED STORE WITH 1220 PLUS POINT GAMES THIS SEASON. THE FINAL MATCHUP ON
THE LEFT SI . TOLEDO IS THE TWO SEED WITH ONLY ONE CONFERENCE LOSS ALL SEASON. TOLEDO WAS A MID AMERICA CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS THE LAST THREE YEARS. THE ROCKETS RACKED UP BOTH MATT PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND COACH OF THE YEAR HONORS AS THIS TEAM HAS WON THEIR LAST GAMES HEADING INTO THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT. AND THEY WILL HAVE A DATE WITH CLEVELAND STATE. WHAT A SEASON THE VIKINGS HA HAVE PUT TOGETHER HORIZON LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS OF THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY AFTER POSTING A PROGRAM RECORD 18 AND TWO REGULAR SEASON THIS TEAM
NEARLY SWEPT THE HORIZON LEAGUE AWARDS AS WELL AS EARNING PLAYER OF THE YEAR DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. NEW COME OF THE YEAR AND COACH OF THE YEAR. THE 1ST 16 TEAMS UNVEILED IN THIS YEAR’S TAKE A QUICK 32ND BREAK. WE’LL GEAR UP FOR THE SECOND HALF OF OUR BRACKET. IF YOU’RE NOT HERE FOR PHANTOM 101. YOU’RE IN THE WRONG CLASS. HERE WE LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PHONOLOGY. THE BASICS ARE BRINGING THE NOISE AND THE PHYSICS A FREAKING YOUR PATH TO FAN MASTER BEGINS HERE. IT’S ALL PART OF THE CURRICULUM. THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS. ATTENDANCE IS
ENCOURAGED. PASSION IS MANDATORY. BUY YOUR SEATS TODAY AT NCAA.COM/TICKETS. CLASS DISMISSED. WELL WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW. WE JUST FINISHED REVEALING THE 1ST 16 TEAMS WILL BE COMPETING IN THE FIRST ANNUAL WWBIT. SO LET’S WAIT TO NO TIME JUMPING INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE BRACKET. WE PICK THINGS UP IN THE TOP RIGHT OF YOUR BRAC BIG EAST TEAM. VILLANOVA EARNS THE NUMBER WILDCATS ARE LED BY LUCY OLSEN, WHO LED THE BI THIS SEASON WITH A WHOPPING 23 POINT THREE POINTS PER GAME. SHE ALSO EARNED MOST IMPROVED PLAYER IN THE CONFERENCE AND TRAVELING DEFEAT. THE
WILDCATS IS VCU. THE VCU RAMS WRAPPED UP THE REGULAR SEASON GAMES WITH A 26 TO 4 RECORD BRE SEASON WIN MARKS OF 25 SET. IN THE 2008 09 SEASON. THEY ALSO SET THE MARK FOR HIGHEST CONFERENCE WINNING PERCENTAGE IN PROGRAM HISTORY WITH A 15 AND THREE MARK TO THE NEXT MATCH UP. THE FOUR S VIRGINIA. THE CAVALIERS FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON WINNING FIVE OF THEIR LAST SEVEN GAMES, INCLUDING TWO WINS OVER RANKED OPPONENTS, ONE OF WHICH SHE WAS OVER IN STATE RIVAL NUMBER FIVE VIRGINIA TEC IMPRESSIVE YEAR FOR THE VIRGINIA FRESHMAN KY MORE. JOHNSON WHO
LEADS THE TEAM WAS NAMED TO THE ALL AC C SECOND TEAM. AND OUR FRESHMAN TEAM. AND WHO WILL BE BATTLING IT OUT WITH THE CAVALIER HIGH POINT SECURED THEIR 20TH WIN OF THE SEASON WITH A WIN OVER UN C ASHEVILLE IN THE BIG SOUTH QUARTERFINAL ROUND. THE PANTHERS HAD AN IMPRESSIVE RUN TO FINISH OUT , NOT LOSING A SINGLE GAME IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. TWO MORE MATCHUPS ON THE TOP RIGHT OF YOUR BRACKET UP NEXT, IT’S ST JOSEPH’S. THE HAWKS. 26 WINS THIS SEASON IS THE MOST UNDER HEAD COACH CINDY GRIFFIN AND TIED FOR
THE MOST IN PROGRAM HISTORY. JOSEPH ALSO KNOWS HOW TO WIN ON THE ROAD AS THE HAWKS HAD A 14 AND ONE AWAY RECORD THIS SEASON. AND FACING OFF WITH THE FOUR SEAT IT’S THE PIRATES OF SEATON HALL. THE PIRATES RANKED R UP EIGHT CONFERENCE WINS THIS SEASON AND LED BY FIRST TEAM SELECTION. A LOT OF BARNES, WHO IS ONE OF THE BIG PLAYERS IN THE BIG EAST RINK IN THE TOP, 12 IN POINTS, REBOUNDS, STEALS AND BLOCKS. ONE MORE MATCH UP IN THIS CORNER EARNING THE TWO SEED IT’S CALIFORNIA UNDER HEAD COACH SHARMAN SMITH. REACHED
18 WINS WITH SEVEN CONFERENCE WINS. THAT’S THE MOST SINCE THE 2018 19 SEASON. THE GOLDEN BEARS HAD AN OPENING ROUND WIN TOURNAMENT AND SET A PROGRAM RECORD FOR THREE POINTERS MADE TAKING ON THE NEXT WE HAVE HAWAII. HAWAII IS PLAYING IN THE POSTSEASON FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE SEASON, HAWAII WENT 17 TO 3 IN CONFERENCE PLAY THIS YEAR. AND CAPTURED THE BIG WEST REGULAR SEASON TITLE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND HERE WE GO. THE FINAL EIGHT TEAMS IN THIS YEAR’S FIELD, EARNING THE LAST NUMBER ONE SEED ITS PENN STATE. THE LION
HAD ONE OF THE BEST REGULAR SEASONS IN ALMOST A DECADE, BREAKING SEVERAL TEAM RECORDS. THIS GROUP SHATTERED THEIR SINGLE GAME THREE POINT RE AVERAGING OVER 84 POINTS PER GAME, WHICH SETS FORTH ALL TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY. THIS TEAM ALSO REACHED THEIR 1/1000 WIN IN PROGRAM HISTORY THIS YEAR. THIS TEAM WON’T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR UP NEXT. IT’S GEORGE MASON. IT WAS A HISTORIC REGULAR SEASON FOR THE GEORGE MASON PATRIOTS. THIS TEAM SENT A SEASON RECORD FOR ATHLETIC 10 VICTORIES WITH 14 AND REGULAR SEASON WIN RECORD WITH 23 WINS AND IMPRESSIVE HEAD COACH VANESSA BLAIR LEWIS
AS THIS PATRIOTS TEAM WENT 0 TO 14 IN CONFERENCE PLAY JUST LAST SEASON. MOVING DOWN THE LEFT SIDE. IT’S BALL STATE WITH THE FOUR SEAT. IT WAS ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING CARDINALS, ALL RACKED UP 28 WINS SO FAR THIS YE PROGRAM SINGLE SEASON WIN RECORD . ALL STATE ROLLED THROUGH CONFERENCE PLAY WITH A MAC RECORD OF 16 AND TWO WITH FOUR PLAYERS RE AMERICAN CONFERENCE AWARDS THIS YEAR. TAKING ON THE CARDINALS IN THE FIRST ROUND. IT’S BELMONT, ONE OF THE T MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE THIS SEASON. THE BELMONT BRUINS FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON WITH 24 WINS AND
ON A SIX GAME WIN STREAK. JELLY BANKS WAS NAMED MVC FRESHM AVERAGING OVER 12 POINTS PER GAME. TO THE BOTTOM CORNER, EARNING THE THREE SEED IT’S TCU. AFTER BATTLING INJURIES AND OVERCOMING ADVERSITY THIS SEASON , TCU IS PLAYING IN THE POSTSEASON, TCU ADDED THREE WALK ONS TO THE ROSTER MIDWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, BUT TEAM STILL PUTTING UP IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS SHOOTING 43% FROM THE FIELD AND 36% FROM BEHIND THE ARC. THEY’RE LED BY SEDONA PRINCE, WHO AVERAGES 20 POINTS PER GAME. THEY WILL GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH NO FIRST ROUND A 23 WIN REGULAR SEASON FOR
THE MEAN GREEN EARNED THEM A SPOT IN THE POSTSEASON. IN JUST HIS FIRST YEAR AT THE HELM, JASON BURTON, EARNING A COACH OF THE YEAR BY LEADING UN T TO THEIR TURNAROUND IN THE COUNTRY. THE MEAN GREEN EARNED THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE TITLE SINCE 1986 AND ALSO BROKE A WHOPPING EIGHT PROGRAM RECORDS THIS SEASON. BUT WE MADE IT TO HERE ARE THE FINAL TWO TEAMS IN THIS YEAR’S TWO SEAT FROM THE SEC. IT’S MISSISSIPP MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS HAVE RECORDED BACK TO BACK 20 WIN SEASONS AND THEIR LED BY THE DUO OF JESSICA CARTER AND K, JAYLA,
JORDAN, BOTH SECOND TEAM ALL SEC HONOREES. AND THEY WILL TAKE ON ANOTHER CONFERENCE OPPONENT IN GEORGIA TECH. THE YELLOW JACKETS MADE IT TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE AC C TOURN BUT LED BY THE SCORING DUO OF TONY MORGAN AND BOTH AVERAGING 15.6 POINTS PER GAME. WELL, THAT WILL DO IT. THE 32 TEAMS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE FIRST EVER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL INVITATION TOURNAMENT AS JUST A REMINDER. THE FIRST RO MARCH 21ST WITH THE SEMIFINALS AND TAKING PLACE AT HINKLE FIELD HOUSE, APRIL 1ST AND THE THIRD IN INDIANAPOLIS, AND MAKE SURE TO STAY UP TO
DATE WITH ALL THE SCORES AND BRACKETS RIGHT HERE ON NCAA .COM. KELSEY KASPER, AND IT’S BEEN AN HONOR TO JOIN YOU ALL TONIGHT. A HUGE CONGRATULATI TEAMS, COACHES AND STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE MADE IT TO THIS POINT OF THE SEASON. ALL THE STUDENT ATHLETES COMPETING IN THIS YEAR’S W BC. IF YOU’RE NOT HERE FOR PHANTOM 101. YOU’RE IN THE WRONG CLASS. HERE WE LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PHONOLOGY. THE BASICS ARE BRINGING THE NOISE AND THE PHYSICS A FREAKING YOUR PATH TO FAN MASTER BEGINS HERE. IT’S ALL PART OF THE CURRICULUM. THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS. ATTENDANCE IS
ENCOURAGED. PASSION IS MANDATORY . BUY YOUR SEATS TODAY AT NCAA .COM/ TICKETS. CLASS DISMISSED.
