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Subject: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: An Observer [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:52:57 03/15/26 Sun "We're winning the WBIT, I can tell you that." -- Perri Page, in post-Harvard game press conference That's what I want to hear. That's how I want players to respond to a disappointing loss. Of course everybody prefers to play in the NCAA tournament because that's where the lights are brightest. But an Ivy League team is not going to win that tournament. In the WBIT, a deep run is possible. Columbia itself showed us that three years ago. Another one would be great for our League. To me, a stretch but realistic goal for Columbia should be: Be the last Ivy League basketball team playing in 2026 -- men's or women's. Go Lions! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: The Mountain Lion [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:00:45 03/15/26 Sun The Columbia and Harvard Women's Basketball Teams are ranked by Omni as the 13th and 15th highest teams respectively in regards to winning the 2026 Women Basketball Invitational Tournament. The 32 team bracket will be revealed on ESPN for the first time during the WBIT Selection Show tonight. All 31 WBIT games will be available on ESPN. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: Roar EE [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:27:59 03/15/26 Sun Columbia really shot itself in the foot too many times this season. The loss to Cornell was unconscionable, the loss to Penn after the PTon high and the first Harvard loss where they blew a big lead. If you are going to be an elite team, you have to win these games. Had they won the regular season Ivy title and lose to Pton in the Ivy tournament, they would have made the field. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: The Mountain Lion [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:31:38 03/15/26 Sun I agree in all respects with Roar EE's characterization of the Columbia Women's Basketball Team. Columbia was certainly not an elite team in the three games he mentioned. However, the Lions are likely to be selected tonight to play in the WBIT which has been significantly upgraded from last year by the NCAA to reflect the huge growth of women's sports. Hopefully, the new format will attract some of the big name schools that have elected in the past not to play in the WBIT's predecessor. If so, Columbia will have another chance at redemption. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: Tiger69 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:46:34 03/15/26 Sun Any Tiger fan has to be pulling for Columbia in the WBIT. Roar, Lions, Roir! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: Tiger69 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:48:36 03/15/26 Sun Er, that is, ROAR! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: Ivy Inquisitior [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:42:36 03/16/26 Mon This new tournament could be a quality postseason event. Given a broader appraisal, The Lady Lions got cheated. I still believe, unlike the Men's NIT, The WBIT is a worthwhile endeavor. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 00:54:42 03/16/26 Mon Got cheated by the officials' call at the end of overtime? Or got cheated by the NCAA selection committee? I can't see how, given the loss to Harvard in the ILT, it would have been appropriate for the Lions to receive an at-large bid. Now if you want to talk about the officials' call, that's a different discussion. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: Ivy Inquisitior [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 01:06:32 03/16/26 Mon In My opinion, it was the selection committee that cheated The Lions. Look at their outstanding performance last five years. Perhaps, it was Columbia's one and done NCAA Tournament exits that prompted the committee to pass on them. The Lions are fortunate enough to have a elite coach as Megan Griffith and to be playing in the postseason. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: Bengal [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:16:59 03/16/26 Mon It isn’t about the previous 4 years. Who did they beat of note this season besides Princeton? Even Griffin in the postgame did not claim Columbia deserved an at large bid as she did one season. She noted the CBIT. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Harvard plays navy Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 07:56:27 03/16/26 Mon That’s going to be tough. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:57:37 04/04/26 Sat Well, well, well. We all know the expression, "Such-and-such statement did not age well." Perri Page's statement aged VERY well. Congratulations to Perri and the Columbia Lions! I thought that the Lions' goal should be to be the last Ivy League team playing in 2026. Mission accomplished, and the team was playing in APRIL, 2026! Brava, ladies. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:49:43 04/15/26 Wed Before this 2026 season recedes from our short-term memories to. . . er. . . whatever follows short-term memory, I just wanted to point out that this year's campaign had something for everybody. First, the Ivy League champion reminded us what we loved about the old "14-game tournament," which many were sad to see go. To my eye, Columbia was a better team than Princeton. But the Tigers showed up ready for boxing every time that the bell was rung. That's what discipline and focus is all about. Princeton truly was worthy of being the outright champion. They took on all comers and were the only drinker left standing when the bar fight was over. Harvard showed that, on any given night, they could take down anybody. And they did, with the exception of Princeton, which beat them 3 times out of 3. But all three games went the distance including one that went more than the distance. Harvard showed that they have arrived and taken up residence at the top of the league. But the most eye-opening performance may have been Columbia's run to the top of the WBIT. The Lionesses were not able to do what Princeton did, show up ready for work every time they were asked to put on their hard hats. Nevertheless, when the Lionesses got angry, they were the best team in the conference. The show they put on for us at the very end of March into April is as impressive a run as, well, I don't know. I'm not sure there's a precedent. The Lionesses weren't playing NCAA opponents, but they were steamrolling people. There was an emotional edge for a longer sustained run than I can remember out of any Ivy women's team. What a season. Princeton is every bit the worthy outright champion and ILT champion. Brava, Tigers. Harvard, you backed down from nobody and took down Columbia twice. Lionesses, you gave us a show we have seen before. What a season. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Technically true, but... Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 05:46:28 04/16/26 Thu Some of the teams that Columbia beat (convincingly) were teams that many believed should have been given NCAA bids. https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/4-teams-snubbed-ncaa-womens-014232945.html [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Technically true, but... Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:06:51 04/17/26 Fri Fair point. Columbia's opponents were almost by definition in the "first 31 out." So the Lionesses were playing what amounted to Dayton-level contests against some teams which just missed an #11 seed play-in game and others which might have been headed for a #12 or #13 seed. So they were competitive opponents but not, say, the #8 seed that Princeton faced out of the Big XII. The S-curve in women's college basketball is a lot steeper than in men's. The same four teams reached this year's Final Four as last season's. The best teams are an order of magnitude better than the merely good. They really do re-load. This as opposed to, say, the Michigan men's team, which has to buy all its players brand new every season. Indeed, one could make an argument that the best Ivy performance of the last several years was the Tigers hanging with this year's national champion UCLA at Pauley Pavilion in the last season of the Kaitlyn Chen era when Lauren Betts was already there as a sophomore transfer from Stanford. That's how much better UConn, UCLA and South Carolina are than the rest of the pack. Princeton led inside the last minute and Chen missed a potential game-tying three-pointer at the buzzer in a 77-74 loss. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: "We're Winning the WBIT." Author: Dr V [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:16:52 04/15/26 Wed Very well stated. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]