Wisconsin vs Miami WBIT: Time, Channel & How to Watch (March 22)

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Wisconsin women’s basketball team continued its postseason run with a 72-65 victory over Miami on Sunday, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBIT). The third-seeded Badgers (15-17) defeated the second-seeded Hurricanes (18-14) at the Watsco Center, snapping a 10-game losing streak that extended into the regular season.

Doris Zara again led Wisconsin in scoring, contributing 18 points to the win. The Badgers’ victory followed a first-round upset of Oregon State on March 19, marking their first two wins since February 19.

Miami, which tied for 11th place in the 18-team Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), had advanced to the second round with an 82-56 win over Georgia Southern. The Hurricanes were led in scoring by [name not provided in sources].

This was just the third all-time meeting between the two programs. Wisconsin now holds a [record not provided in sources] advantage in the series.

The WBIT, established in 2024, provides a 32-team postseason opportunity for teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament. The tournament is scheduled to conclude with a championship game on April 1.

Wisconsin will next face either fourth-seeded Harvard or Eastern Kentucky in a quarterfinal game on March 26. The location and time of that game have not yet been announced. The game was broadcast on ESPN+, according to multiple reports.

Prior to the WBIT, Wisconsin concluded its regular season with a loss to Illinois in the Huge Ten Tournament on March 4, following an earlier defeat to Iowa on March 1. The Badgers had previously lost to UCLA and USC in February.

Miami’s season concluded with the loss to Wisconsin, following a second-round exit from the ACC Tournament against Notre Dame on March 5. They had previously defeated Stanford in the first round of the ACC Tournament on March 8, and lost to Georgia Tech on March 1.