2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2015 Women's NCAA Tournament. The annual tournament began on March 18 and will end on April 4, with the championship game televised on CBS Sports Network.[1] All games will be played on the campus sites of participating schools. The Tournament was won by the UCLA Bruins who defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers 62-60 in the final before a crowd of 8,403 at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, WV on April 4.[2] It was UCLA's first WNIT title. UCLA's Jordin Canada was the tournament's most valuable player.

Participants

Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2015 WNIT. Thirty-two teams received automatic berths into the tournament from being the highest-ranked team in their conference that failed to make the NCAA Women's Tournament. The other 32 teams earned at-large bids, by having a winning record but failing to make the NCAA Women's Tournament. If a conference’s automatic qualifier declines the WNIT invitation, the conference forfeits that automatic spot, and that selection goes into the pool of at-large schools.[3]

Automatic qualifiers

Conference School
America East Maine
American Tulsa
Atlantic 10 Duquesne
ACC Virginia
Atlantic Sun Stetson
Big 12 TCU
Big East Villanova
Big Sky Sacramento State
Big South Radford
Big Ten Michigan
Big West Hawai'i
Colonial Drexel
C-USA Middle Tennessee
Horizon Wright State
Ivy League Penn
MAAC Marist
MAC Ball State
MEAC Hampton
Missouri Valley Drake
Mountain West Colorado State
Northeast Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley Tennessee–Martin
Pac-12 UCLA
Patriot Army
SEC Missouri
Southern East Tennessee State
Southland Stephen F. Austin
SWAC Texas Southern
Summit South Dakota
Sun Belt Arkansas State
WCC San Diego
WAC Cal State Bakersfield

At-large bids

Conference School
MAC Akron
MAC Buffalo
Horizon Cleveland State
Big East Creighton
American East Carolina
MAC Eastern Michigan
Big Sky Eastern Washington
Colonial Elon
Atlantic 10 Fordham
Mountain West Fresno State
ACC Georgia Tech
Colonial Hofstra
Big 12 Kansas State
Big West Long Beach State
MVC Missouri State
ACC NC State
Big Sky Northern Colorado
MVC Northern Iowa
C-USA Old Dominion
SEC Ole Miss
WCC Pacific
Atlantic 10 Richmond
WCC Saint Mary's
WCC San Francisco
C-USA Southern Miss
Big East St. John's
American Temple
MAC Toledo
Pac-12 Washington State
Big 12 West Virginia
MAC Toledo
Horizon Youngstown State

Bracket

* - Denotes overtime[4]

Pacific Region

Round 1
March 18–20 		Round 2
March 22–24 		Round 3
March 25–27 		Quarterfinals
March 28–30
        
Washington State 66
Eastern Washington 67
Eastern Washington 49
Sacramento State 84
Pacific 79
Sacramento State 83
Sacramento State 69
St. Mary's (CA) 77
Fresno State 79
San Francisco 73
Fresno State 64
St. Mary's (CA) 83
St. Mary's (CA) 92*
Hawai'i 88
St. Mary's (CA) 66
UCLA 82
Colorado State 48
Northern Colorado 53
Northern Colorado 59
South Dakota 58
South Dakota 68
Creighton 58
Northern Colorado 60
UCLA 74
UCLA 70
CS Bakersfield 54
UCLA 63
San Diego 58
San Diego 63
Long Beach State 58

Mid-American Region

* - Denotes overtime

Round 1
March 18–20 		Round 2
March 22–24 		Round 3
March 25–27 		Quarterfinals
March 28–30
        
Michigan 72
Cleveland State 50
Michigan 74
Toledo 58
Toledo 72
Wright State 64
Michigan 65
Missouri 55
Kansas State 86
Akron 68
Kansas State 48
Missouri 67
Northern Iowa 61
Missouri 69
Michigan 69
Southern Mississippi 60
Drake 70
Eastern Michigan 80
Eastern Michigan 69
Tulsa 59
Missouri State 72
Tulsa 78
Eastern Michigan 65
Southern Mississippi 76
Southern Mississippi 79
Texas Southern 69
Southern Mississippi 77*
Texas Christian 73
Texas Christian 85
Stephen F. Austin 80

Mississippi River Region

* - Denotes overtime

Round 1
March 18–20 		Round 2
March 22–24 		Round 3
March 25–27 		Quarterfinals
March 28–30
        
Middle Tennessee St. 69
Ball State 58
Middle Tennessee St. 70
Arkansas State 60
Arkansas State 61
Western Michigan 49
Middle Tennessee St. 82
Ole Miss 70
Georgia Tech 69
Elon 47
Georgia Tech 48
Ole Miss 63
Ole Miss 80
Tennessee-Martin 70
Middle Tennessee State 57
Temple 69
Marist 54
Temple 67
Temple 61
Pennsylvania 56
Pennsylvania 65
Hofstra 58
Temple 80*
North Carolina State 79
East Carolina 74
Radford 52
East Carolina 65
North Carolina State 69
East Tennessee State 58
North Carolina State 73

Atlantic Coast Region

* - Denotes overtime

Round 1
March 18–20 		Round 2
March 22–24 		Round 3
March 25–27 		Quarterfinals
March 28–30
        
Youngstown State 54
Duquesne 72
Duquesne 48
Richmond 47
Stetson 66
Richmond 67
Duquesne 39
West Virginia 60
West Virginia 84
Buffalo 61
West Virginia 57
Hampton 39
Drexel 42
Hampton 45
West Virginia 75*
Villanova 70
Fordham 70
Central Connecticut State 67
Fordham 63
St. John's 77
St. John's 64
Army 56
St. John's 55
Villanova 63
Villanova 71
Maine 60
Villanova 71
Old Dominion 66
Old Dominion 69
Virginia 62

WNIT Semifinals and WNIT Championship Game

* - Denotes overtime

Semifinals
April 1 		Championship Game
April 4
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UCLA 69
Michigan 65
UCLA 62
West Virginia 60
Temple 58
West Virginia 66*

Championship Game was played at Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, WV.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CBS SN to Televise WNIT Championship Game". Womens NIT. Triple Crown Sports. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Charleston to host WVU and UCLA Saturday in WNIT finals". Charleston Gazette. Charleston Gazette. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "WNIT Current field". WNIT.
  4. ↑ "2015 WNIT Bracket" (PDF). WNIT.

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