UW Women extended their season on Thursday night with their first game of the inaugural WBIT, losing to the Georgetown Hoyas. The WBIT is billed as the “new WNIT” or the “men’s NIT” and it is now paid for by the NCAA. The WNIT was not paid for by the NCAA so teams, if they chose to play, paid their own way. The Huskies were seeded #2 and picked up Georgetown as their first opponent. Georgetown and UW women have never played each other in program history.
UW got the home court advantage and Georgetown came to Hec Ed looking similar to UW - strong defensively, and shared scoring on offense, with a 22-11 record.