2026 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT)

The NCAA has announced that the 2026 and 2027 Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament semifinals and finals will be in Wichita, Kansas at Charles Koch Arena on the Wichita State University (WSU) campus. This will be the first year that Wichita will host the final WBIT games. Wichita has experience hosting women’s basketball tournament games, most recently when it hosted a March Madness regional in 2022. It will be the third year of the WBIT, with Minnesota taking home the WBIT trophy in 2025 and Illinois in 2024. The WBIT postseason tournament is owned and funded by the NCAA. The Association provides 100 postseason opportunities for Division I women’s basketball teams through its two events (the 68-team championship and 32-team WBIT). Selections, pairings and the bracket for the 2026 WBIT will be announced March 15.