The NCAA announced the creation of the Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament on Monday, a 32-team tournament that will be the second NCAA-sponsored women’s college tournament that will tip-off in 2024. The Women’s National Invitational Tournament is an independently run organization and tournament.
“Women’s basketball is at an all-time high with records being set for national championship and Final Four viewership, and the tournament was the most viewed since 2009,” NCAA D-1 women’s hoops Oversight Committee chair Jamie Boggs said in a statement. “This tournament will create an additional NCAA-funded postseason opportunity for women’s basketball, and it comes at a time when we are seeing tremendous growth in popularity for women’s basketball.”
The details about the tournament’s format, as well as a selection committee, will be released later this year.
