2019 Women's Basketball Invitational

{{short description|American women's college basketball tournament}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college basketball tournament

| Type = WBI

| Gender = Women's

| Year = 2019

| Image =

| ImageSize = 200px

| Caption =

| Teams = 16

| Champions = Appalachian State

| MOP =

}}

The 2019 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament consisting of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament. 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.{{cite web|title=2019 WBI Bracket|url=http://www.womensbasketballinvitational.com/news/2019/2019_WBI|website=Women's Basketball Invitational|publisher=PrestoSports|accessdate=March 19, 2018|archive-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321234325/http://www.womensbasketballinvitational.com/news/2019/2019_WBI|url-status=dead}} Appalachian State defeated North Texas to win their second WBI championship.

Bracket

{{16TeamBracket-Info|seeds=n

| RD1=First Round
March 20–21

| RD2=Quarterfinals
March 25–26

| RD3=Semifinals

| RD4=Championship

| RD1-team1={{cbb link|year=2018|sex=women|team=UC Riverside Highlanders|school=University of California, Riverside|title=UC Riverside}}

| RD1-score1=60

| RD1-team2=Utah State

| RD1-score2=68

| RD1-team3=North Texas

| RD1-score3=56

| RD1-team4=Texas–Rio Grande Valley

| RD1-score4=42

| RD1-team5=Southern Miss

| RD1-score5=77

| RD1-team6=Nicholls

| RD1-score6=71

| RD1-team7=North Alabama

| RD1-score7=64

| RD1-team8=Georgia State

| RD1-score8=57

| RD1-team9={{cbb link|year=2018|sex=women|team=Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|school=Tennessee Technological University|title=Tennessee Tech}}

| RD1-score9=73

| RD1-team10=Akron

| RD1-score10=59

| RD1-team11=Coastal Carolina

| RD1-score11=54

| RD1-team12={{cbb link|year=2018|sex=women|team=Campbell Lady Camels|school=Campbell University|title=Campbell}}

| RD1-score12=58

| RD1-team13={{cbb link|year=2018|sex=women|team=UNC Asheville Bulldogs|school=University of North Carolina at Asheville|title=UNC Asheville}}

| RD1-score13=55

| RD1-team14=Appalachian State

| RD1-score14=57

| RD1-team15=Davidson

| RD1-score15=64

| RD1-team16=Marshall

| RD1-score16=67

| RD2-team1=Utah State

| RD2-score1=54

| RD2-team2=North Texas

| RD2-score2=56

| RD2-team3=Southern Miss

| RD2-score3=65

| RD2-team4=North Alabama

| RD2-score4=69

| RD2-team5=Tennessee Tech

| RD2-score5=62

| RD2-team6=Campbell

| RD2-score6=70

| RD2-team7=Appalachian State

| RD2-score7=83

| RD2-team8=Marshall

| RD2-score8= 71

| RD3-text1=March 29

| RD3-team1=North Texas

| RD3-score1=56

| RD3-team2=North Alabama

| RD3-score2=53

| RD3-text2=March 30

| RD3-team3=Campbell

| RD3-score3=57

| RD3-team4=Appalachian State

| RD3-score4=70

| RD4-text1=April 3

| RD4-team1= North Texas

| RD4-score1= 59

| RD4-team2= Appalachian State

| RD4-score2= 76

}}

See also

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