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Mike Tony YOUR 2026 WBIT CHAMPIONS#ElevateTheGame pic.twitter.com/0BFaAWw9Rl
— Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (@wbitwbb) April 2, 2026
A wire-to-wire win to cap an even greater wire-to-wire triumph.
That’s what No. 4 Columbia women’s basketball delivered Wednesday night in Wichita, Kan., by holding off No. 1 Brigham Young, 81-64, to win the WBIT Championship.
Columbia never trailed, wrapping a five-game tournament tear during which it led for 190 minutes and 43 seconds out of a possible 200.
Princeton women’s basketball learned Sunday night it has drawn a No. 9 seed and will face No. 8 Oklahoma State Saturday in Los Angeles in the Tigers’ seventh straight NCAA Tournament berth dating back to 2018.
Princeton and Oklahoma State will tip off at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday on ESPN2.
The Associated Press-ranked No. 23 Tigers will play the AP-unranked Cowgirls in the UCLA quad and would play the host No. 1-seed Bruins if the latter win their Round of 64 game against No. 16-seed California Baptist.
TICKET PUNCHED. 🎟️@PennMBB is GOING DANCING once again! 🌿🏀
No. 14 Penn 🆚 No. 3 Illinois pic.twitter.com/WlJvnN8BHC
— Ivy League (@IvyLeague) March 15, 2026
Four hours after it secured its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2018 on Sunday, Penn men’s basketball learned it’s a No. 14 seed in the Big Dance and will play No. 3 Illinois in Greenville, S.C. in the tournament’s South region.
Penn and Illinois will tip off at 9:25 p.m. Thursday in Greenville, S.C., with Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson on the call on TNT.
In that previous NCAA Tournament appearance, Penn controversially drew a No. 16 seed and a matchup in Wichita, Kan. with No. 1 Kansas, to whom it lost, 76-60.
The 2025-26 Ivy men’s basketball season tips off Friday, so it’s time for Ivy Hoops Online’s preseason poll – not to be confused with the Ivy League-released media preseason poll. Here’s how our contributors collectively predict the league will shake out, with select observations from some of them:
The 2025-26 Ivy women’s basketball season tips off Friday, so it’s time for Ivy Hoops Online’s preseason poll – not to be confused with the Ivy League-released media preseason poll. Here’s how our contributors collectively predict the league will shake out, with select observations from some of them:
The Ivy League’s men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament representatives are set, with a record-high four of them thanks to #3bidivy achieved on the women’s side: