2013 Women's Basketball Invitational
American women's college basketball tournament
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The 2013 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 2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament or 2013 WNIT. The field of 16 was announced on March 18, 2013.[1] All games were hosted by the higher seed throughout the tournament, unless the higher seed's arena was unavailable. The championship game was hosted by the school with the higher end of the season RPI. The tournament was won by the Detroit Mercy Titans.
Bracket
West Region
| 1st Round March 20–21 | Quarterfinals March 23–24 | Semi-finals March 27–28 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Mercer | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | McNeese State | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | McNeese State | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Elon | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Elon | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | McNeese State | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | South Dakota | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lamar | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Presbyterian | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lamar | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | South Dakota | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Utah State | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | South Dakota | 77 | ||||||||||||
East Region
| 1st Round March 20–21 | Quarterfinals March 23–24 | Semi-finals March 27–28 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Belmont | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Charleston | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Northern Kentucky | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | College of Charleston | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Detroit | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Penn | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Penn | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Howard | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Penn | 49 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Fairfield | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Fairfield | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | St. Francis | 51 | ||||||||||||
WBI Championship Game
| Championship Game March 30 3:00 PM | ||||
| 8 | McNeese State | 62 | ||
| 1 | Detroit | 73 | ||