[1] The WBIT supplies an additional 32 funded opportunities for postseason play, providing gender parity to men's college basketball, which has the NCAA-owned NIT.

[2] The existing non-NCAA postseason tournaments, the Women's National Invitation Tournament and Women's Basketball Invitational, are "pay-to-play" events where teams must pay a fee to the event sponsor, in addition to travel costs.

All regular season champions who were not otherwise invited to the NCAA tournament, and are eligible for NCAA-sponsored postseason play,[a] are automatically selected for the WBIT, similar to the rule in the men's NIT prior to 2024.

Unlike the NCAA tournament, geographical considerations for each team on a given seed line are considered, so that the No.

[4] The higher seeded school will be able to have home court advantage until the final four round, which is held at a designated site.