2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. It was won by South Florida. The 41st annual tournament was played from March 18, 2009 to April 4, 2009, entirely on campus sites. The highest ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee.

Seeding

Teams are not seeded in the WNIT. Rather, teams are placed into one of three tiers. Teams in the upper tier are spread around the bracket as best as possible, although not every upper tier team receives a first round bye. Lower tier and middle tier teams tend to meet in the first round, while upper tier teams will usually play winners of first round games in the second round. The organizers attempt to bracket the first two rounds based on geography. The location of games is determined in part by seed, but also by facility availability and other factors.^[1]

Participants

Sections

Section 1
School	Conference	Record	Berth type
Oregon State	Pac-10	19–11	Automatic
Nebraska	Big 12	15–15	At-Large
Arkansas	SEC	17–13	Automatic
Kansas	Big 12	18–13	Automatic
Portland	WCC	17–13	Automatic
Portland State	Big Sky	22–9	Automatic
Southern	SWAC	16–13	Automatic
New Mexico	MWC	22–10	Automatic
Texas-Arlington	Southland	22–10	Automatic
Oklahoma State	Big 12	16–15	At-Large
UC Riverside	Big West	19–11	Automatic
Creighton	MVC	21–11	At-Large

Section 2
School	Conference	Record	Berth type
Marquette	Big East	16–15	At-Large
Illinois State	MVC	24–7	Automatic
Indiana	Big Ten	19–10	Automatic
Bowling Green	MAC	28–4	Automatic
Butler	Horizon	19–11	Automatic
Duquesne	A-10	20–11	At-Large
Southern Methodist	C-USA	20–11	Automatic
Louisiana Tech	WAC	20–12	Automatic
Dayton	A-10	20–13	At-Large
Oakland	Summit	26–6	Automatic
Canisius	MAAC	24–8	Automatic
Syracuse	Big East	16–14	At-Large

Section 3
School	Conference	Record	Berth type
Boston College	ACC	20–11	Automatic
Hartford	America East	20–11	At-Large
Wake Forest	ACC	19–11	At-Large
Richmond	A-10	23–9	Automatic
Central Connecticut State	Northeast	18–13	Automatic
Boston	America East	24–7	Automatic
Harvard	Ivy League	19–9	Automatic
St. John's	Big East	17–14	At-Large
Winthrop	Big South	16–15	At-Large
Georgetown	Big East	17–13	At-Large
American	Patriot	19–11	Automatic
James Madison	CAA	23–9	Automatic

Section 4
School	Conference	Record	Berth type
St. Bonaventure	A-10	21–10	At-Large
Wisconsin	Big Ten	18–14	At-Large
South Florida	Big East	22–10	Automatic
Mississippi	SEC	17–14	At-Large
Coppin State	MEAC	14–14	Automatic
West Virginia	Big East	17–14	At-Large
Chattanooga	SoCon	22–9	Automatic
Kentucky	SEC	15–15	At-Large
George Washington	A-10	17–13	At-Large
Florida Gulf Coast	A-Sun	25–4	Automatic
Murray State	OVC	22–8	Automatic
Arkansas-Little Rock	Sun Belt	26–6	Automatic

Bracket

All times US EDT † – Denotes overtime period

Section 1

Round 1 March 18–20			Round 2 March 21–24			Round 3 March 25–27			Quarterfinals March 28–30


				Oregon State*	59

				Portland State	47
	Portland	51

	Portland State*	57
							Oregon State	56

							New Mexico*	61



				Nebraska*	43

				New Mexico	54
	Southern	44

	New Mexico*	72
										New Mexico*	69

										Kansas	78



				Arkansas*	61†

				Oklahoma State	60
	Texas-Arlington	72

	Oklahoma State*	82
							Arkansas	59

							Kansas*	75



				Kansas*	79

				Creighton	64
	UC Riverside	51

	Creighton*	64

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 2

Round 1 March 18–20			Round 2 March 21–24			Round 3 March 25–27			Quarterfinals March 28–30


				Marquette*	58

				Butler	49
	Butler	59

	Duquesne*	58
							Marquette	50

							Illinois State*	51



				Illinois State*	73

				Louisiana Tech	59
	Southern Methodist	54

	Louisiana Tech*	77
										Illinois State*	66

										Indiana	55



				Indiana*	59

				Dayton	57
	Dayton	70

	Oakland*	55
							Indiana	75

							Bowling Green*	67



				Bowling Green*	72

				Syracuse	69
	Canisius	65

	Syracuse	90

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 3

Round 1 March 18–20			Round 2 March 21–24			Round 3 March 25–27			Quarterfinals March 28–30


				Boston College*	68

				Boston University	53
	Central Connecticut State	60

	Boston University*	79
							Boston College	68

							St. John's*	64



				Hartford*	59

				St. John's	70
	Harvard	60

	St. John's*	83
										Boston College*	65

										Georgetown	56



				Wake Forest*	61

				Georgetown	72
	Winthrop	45

	Georgetown*	73
							Georgetown*	65

							Richmond	49



				Richmond*	59

				James Madison	57
	American	59

	James Madison*	61

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 4

Round 1
March 18–20

Round 2
March 21–24

Round 3
March 25–27

Quarterfinals
March 28–30

St. Bonaventure*

West Virginia

Coppin State

West Virginia*

St. Bonaventure

Wisconsin*

Wisconsin*

Kentucky

Chattanooga

Kentucky*

81†

St. Bonaventure*

South Florida

South Florida*

88 †

Florida Gulf Coast

George Washington

Florida Gulf Coast*

97†

South Florida*

Mississippi

Mississippi*

Murray State

Murray State

Arkansas-Little Rock*

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime

Semifinals and finals

Semifinals April 1		Finals April 4


Kansas*	75

Illinois State	72
		Kansas*	71

		South Florida	75
Boston College*	65

South Florida	82

Note: Asterisk denotes home team

References

↑ Postseason WNIT

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