Team effort has BYU on the doorstep of a WBIT title. Here’s what the Cougars are up against

BYU point guard Delaney Gibb defends against a Kansas player in the WBIT semifinal on Monday, March 30, 2026 in Wichita, Kansas. | Jaren Wilkey/BYU PHOTO BYU’s run in the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament has been a microcosm of what Lee Cummard’s group has been able to achieve in his first season as head coach. The Cougars (26-11), after three meandering seasons, have made their way back to the postseason.

And while BYU didn’t qualify for the NCAA Tournament — they were one of the first four teams to miss the cut — the Cougars’ run at the WBIT has proven valuable for a young squad that can build off the postseason success. If BYU beats Columbia in Wednesday’s WBIT championship game (5 p. m.

MDT, ESPN2), the Cougars will also bring home a trophy. Not bad for a “revenge tour,” as sophomore All-Big 12 first-team guard Delaney Gibb coined it after the team’s quarterfinal win. BYU hasn’t relied primarily on one player through its four-game run in the WBIT, either, even though Gibb is at the top of opponents’ scouting reports.

There has been a bevy of players, most of them underclassmen, who have helped BYU win four straight in the postseason tournament and nine of the past 10 games overall. “We were watching the NCAA Tournament selection show and we came in after the show and we just kind of (said), ‘Hey, everybody just express right now how they’re feeling. ’ And everybody voiced how they were feeling in that moment.