2026 WBIT: Bracket, schedule for the women’s basketball tournament

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2026 WBIT postseason event. The 32-team bracket was announced on Sunday, March 15.

Games begin Thursday, March 19, and continue through the title game on Wednesday, April 1. Minnesota won the 2025 event, beating Belmont in the championship game in Indianapolis. This year’s WBIT will conclude in Wichita, Kan.

2026 WBIT bracket

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2026 WBIT: Schedule, game times, TV channels

• First Round
  • Thursday, March 19, at campus sites
• Second Round
  • Sunday, March 22, at campus sites
• Quarterfinals
  • Thursday, March 26, at campus sites
• Semifinals
  • 2:30 and 5 p.m. on Monday, March 30, on ESPNU at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan.
• Championship
  • 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, on ESPN2 at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan.

• Selection Sunday
  • 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 15 on ESPN+

How the WBIT field is selected

The regular-season champion of any NCAA Division I conference (as determined by the conference’s tie-break protocol) not otherwise selected to the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship will secure an automatic qualification to the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament. Co-champions who do not receive the declaration of WBIT representative through the conference’s tie-break protocol will not receive automatic qualification. Institutions ineligible for postseason play will not receive automatic qualification as a regular-season champion.

The first four teams out of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship — as determined by the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee — will receive an automatic bid and will be the top four seeds in the WBIT field.

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WBIT championship history