{"id":193969,"date":"2024-03-17T17:20:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T03:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=193969"},"modified":"2024-03-18T08:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:05:45","slug":"womens-basketball-wbit-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/17\/womens-basketball-wbit-first-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Wahine to face Cal in inaugural postseason tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa women’s basketball team<\/a> will continue its 2023–24 season by facing California in the first round of the inaugural Women\u2019s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT<\/abbr>) on Thursday, March 21 in Berkeley, California.<\/p>\n

The bracket for the new 32-team event was announced on March 17. The Rainbow Wahine (20-10) earned an automatic berth into the field as the Big West regular-season champion and will face the Golden Bears (18-14) at Haas Pavilion. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Pacific Time (4 p.m. Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Time) and the game will be streamed on ESPN+.<\/p>\n

The first three rounds of the WBIT<\/abbr> will be played at campus sites. The semifinals and final will be played at Butler University\u2019s Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 1 and April 3. The winner of the UH<\/abbr>-Cal game will advance to face St<\/abbr>. Joseph’s or Seton Hall in the second round on March 24.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> will make its third straight postseason tournament appearance, eighth under head coach Laura Beeman, and 19th overall. The ‘Bows made eight appearances in the NCAA<\/abbr> Tournament and 10 in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> went 17-3 in Big West play this season and won its final seven regular-season games to claim the title for the second time in the last three seasons. The ‘Bows reached the 20-win mark for the 17th time in program history and fourth time in Beeman’s 12-year tenure at UH<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

For more, visit the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Athletics website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rainbow Wahine earned an automatic berth into the field as the Big West regular-season champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,82,714,9,550],"class_list":["post-193969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-student-athlete","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t