The Toledo women’s basketball team will host No. 2 seed Minnesota in the 2025 Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) on Thursday, March 20, at Savage Arena, it was announced Sunday evening.
Tipoff will be at 7 p.m. on ESPN+. Should Toledo advance, it will face the winner of No. 3 seed Missouri State and Oral Roberts on Sunday, March 23.
Tickets will be available beginning at 9 a.m. tomorrow, March 18, and can be ordered online by going to utrockets.com/WBBTix, calling or texting 419-530-GOLD (4653), or by stopping by the Rocket Ticket Office located in the Sullivan Athletic Complex at Savage Arena during normal business hours. Tickets are $23 for reserved seating, $18 for GA, $13 for youth. UToledo faculty and staff tickets are half price.
Women’s Basketball season ticket members will have first priority to reserve their seat locations. Each member can purchase their seats through their online ticket account or through the Rocket Ticket Office. Season ticket members will have until 5 p.m. on Tuesday to reserve their seats for Thursday’s game.
The Rockets are making their fourth-consecutive trip to a national postseason tournament and hold a 6-3 record in such games in the last three years. Toledo won three games to reach the 2022 WNIT quarterfinals, went to the second round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament and won two games en route to the 2024 WBIT quarterfinals.
Toledo (24-8, 13-5 MAC) finished in second-place in the Mid-American Conference and was the MAC Tournament runner-up, defeating Central Michigan and Buffalo before falling to Ball State in the title game. Toledo will make its 24th appearance in a national postseason tournament in program history.
First-year Head Coach Ginny Boggess will make her third-straight appearance in a postseason tournament, her third in four years as a head coach. She led Monmouth to the 2023 NCAA Tournament and the 2024 WNIT second round.
Now in its second season, the WBIT is a 32-team, single-elimination tournament owned and operated by the NCAA. The 2025 semifinals and championship game will be Monday, March 31, and Wednesday, April 2, at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Illinois won the inaugural tournament in 2024.
