CORVALLIS, Ore. – Postseason basketball returns to Gill Coliseum on Thursday, March 19 when Oregon State hosts third-seeded Wisconsin for the first round of the WBIT. 

Ticket information and tip time is TBD and will be shared on social media and osubeavers.com as soon as it is available. 

The 32-team bracket includes the regular-season champions of NCAA Division I conferences (as determined by the conference’s tie-break protocol) not otherwise selected to the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship as well as at-large teams selected by the WBIT Selection committee. The Beavers earned an at-large bid. 

WBIT committee seeded only the top half of the 32-team field. The remaining 16 teams were placed into the bracket by the WBIT Committee as close to their area of natural interest as possible.

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.

Illinois (2024) and Minnesota (2025) won the first two WBITs. Both teams made the NCAA Tournament the season after winning the WBIT. 

Preliminary round WBIT games will be televised on ESPN+, while the semifinals will be on ESPNU, and the finals will be on ESPN2. Additional WBIT information can be found on ncaa.com/WBIT.

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