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Ooookay.
Let’s think about this……Women’s NCAA tournament includes 68 teams….the downsized WNIT will include 48 teams, so now we have 116 teams already playing in a post-season tournament. This new WBIT will invite 32 teams (theoretically teams ranked #117 – 148. Two questions: 1) are there enough teams to fill the new WBIT field? 2) besides family & friends and die-hard women’s basketball fans, who will want to pay to attend the WBIT games? Or for that matter, watch the games on ESPN?
Just to clarify, the WBIT is expected to jump ahead of the WNIT as the second-tier tournament because it is overseen by the NCAA.
Thanks for the clarification…..that will certainly help the strength of the WBIT field!