2010 Women's Basketball Invitational
American women's college basketball tournament
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The 2010 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2010 Women's National Invitation Tournament. This was the inaugural edition of the WBI. In the championship game, the Appalachian State Mountaineers defeated the Memphis Tigers.[1]
| Season | 2009–10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site | , | ||||
| Champions | Appalachian State | ||||
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West Region
| 1st Round March 17,18 | Quarterfinals March 21 | Semi-finals March 25 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Memphis | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | UMKC | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Memphis | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Wichita State | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Wichita State | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Akron | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Memphis | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 97 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Cal State Bakersfield | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Washington | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Washington | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Portland | 44 | ||||||||||||
East Region
- 7 Morehead State hosted a first round game.
| 1st Round March 17,18 | Quarterfinals March 21 | Semi-finals March 25 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Appalachian State | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Charleston Southern | 47 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Appalachian State | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Fairfield | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Towson | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Fairfield | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Appalachian State | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | College of Charleston | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | College of Charleston | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Morehead State | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | College of Charleston | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Bradley | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Louisville | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Bradley | 69 | ||||||||||||
WBI Championship Game
The WBI Championship Game was hosted by Appalachian State.
| Championship game March 27 | ||||
| 1W | Memphis | 71 | ||
| 1E | Appalachian State | 79 | ||