WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's basketball team has earned a berth in the inaugural Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) and will travel to face the second-seeded University of Washington on March 21. The Hoyas are currently 22-11 on the season and finished with a 9-9 record in the BIG EAST Conference, earning the No. 6 seed at the 2024 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Tournament and advancing to the championship game for the first time in program history.

About the WBIT

• In 2023, the NCAA announced the creation of an annual 32-team postseason invitation tournament for women's basketball, which will be owned and funded by the NCAA.
• The WBIT Committee seeded only the top half of the 32-team field. The remaining 16 teams were placed into the bracket by the WBIT Committee as close to their area of natural interest as possible.
• The 2024 semifinals and championship will be played at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis.
• Preliminary WBIT games are being televised on ESPN+, while the semifinals will be on ESPNU, and the finals will be on ESPN2.
• The BIG EAST Conference boasted the most bids with four as the Hoyas are joining Seton Hall, Villanova and St. John's in the tournament.

About the Hoyas

• The Hoyas had an outstanding end to the season as the squad went 6-1 in its final seven games.
• The Blue & Gray defeated third-seeded St. John's (53-44) in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals, and then downed second-seeded and then-No. 21 ranked Creighton (55-46) in the semifinals to advance to the championship game for the first time in program history.
• Georgetown fell to top-seeded UConn in the championship by a score of 78-42.
• The Hoyas have posted the most wins in a season since 2010-11 with 22, as well as the best conference record at 9-9 since 2018-19.
• The Blue & Gray is leading the league and ranked 10th in the nation in scoring defense averaging 54.5 ppg.
• GU earned a program-record three BIG EAST Conference major awards and one all-conference honor. Senior guard Kelsey Ransom was named the BIG EAST Co-Defensive Player of the Year as well as being selected First Team All-BIG EAST.  Additionally, for the second year in a row, graduate student Graceann Bennett won the BIG EAST Sportsmanship Award. Junior forward Brianna Scott rounded out the Hoya honorees winning the BIG EAST Sixth-Woman Award.
• Ransom was named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team following a stellar performance over four games.

About the Huskies

• Washington is 16-14 on the season and went 6-12 in Pac-12 play.
• The squad fell to Arizona in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament by a score of 58-50.
• Freshman guard Sayvia Sellers earned a Pac-12 Media Award being named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.

Series Information

• This is the first meeting between the teams.