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2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament

College basketball postseason tournament

College basketball postseason tournament

FieldValue
TypeWNIT
GenderWomen's
Year2008
Teams48
FinalFourArenaBreslin Student Events Center
FinalFourCityEast Lansing, Michigan
ChampionsMarquette
TitleCount1st
RunnerUpMichigan State
GameCount1st
CoachTerri Mitchell
CoachCount1st
MOPKrystal Ellis
MOPTeamMarquette
Attendance7,818 (championship game)

The 2008 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 2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The 40th annual tournament was played from March 19, 2008, to April 5, 2008, 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. Marquette defeated Michigan State, 81–66, to win the tournament.

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.

Bracket

Section 1

March 19–22 March 22–25 March 26–28 March 29–31 | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03= Prairie View A&M | RD1-score03= 83 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04= Texas State* | RD1-score04= 84 | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07= Idaho State | RD1-score07=54 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08= Boise State* | RD1-score08=77 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11= UC Davis | RD1-score11= 60 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= Gonzaga* | RD1-score12= 81 | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15= American | RD1-score15= 52 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= Villanova* | RD1-score16= 53 | RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01= Texas Tech* | RD2-score01= 82 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02= Texas State | RD2-score02= 49 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03= TCU* | RD2-score03= 85 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04= Boise State | RD2-score04= 56 | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05= Colorado* | RD2-score05= 82 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06= Gonzaga | RD2-score06= 68 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07= Wisconsin* | RD2-score07= 54 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08= Villanova | RD2-score08= 60 | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01= Texas Tech* | RD3-score01= 74 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02= TCU | RD3-score02= 81 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03= Colorado* | RD3-score03= 64 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04= Villanova | RD3-score04= 58 | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01= TCU | RD4-score01= 90 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02= Colorado* | RD4-score02= 96†

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 2

March 19–22 March 21–25 March 26–28 March 29–31 | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03= Creighton | RD1-score03= 76 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04= South Dakota State* | RD1-score04= 69 | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07= Wisconsin-Green Bay | RD1-score07= 56 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08= Drake* | RD1-score08= 65 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11= Western Carolina | RD1-score11= 69 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= Middle Tennessee* | RD1-score12= 104 | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15= Radford | RD1-score15= 58 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= James Madison* | RD1-score16= 80 | RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01= Marquette* | RD2-score01= 75† | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02= Creighton | RD2-score02= 69 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03= Illinois* | RD2-score03= 48 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04= Drake | RD2-score04= 44 | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05= Kentucky* | RD2-score05= 68† | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06= Middle Tennessee | RD2-score06= 66 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07= Indiana* | RD2-score07= 81 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08= James Madison | RD2-score08= 86† | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01= Marquette* | RD3-score01= 72 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02= Illinois | RD3-score02= 64 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03= Kentucky* | RD3-score03= 84 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04= James Madison | RD3-score04= 76 | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01= Marquette | RD4-score01= 69 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02= Kentucky* | RD4-score02= 64

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 3

March 19–22 March 22–25 March 26–28 March 29–31 | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03= VCU | RD1-score03= 80 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04= Charlotte* | RD1-score04= 67 | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07= Arkansas-Little Rock | RD1-score07= 57 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08= Southern Miss* | RD1-score08= 67 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11= Southeast Missouri State | RD1-score11= 58 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= Evansville* | RD1-score12= 60 | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15= Dayton | RD1-score15= 52 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= Bowling Green* | RD1-score16= 64 | RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01= Michigan* | RD2-score01= 75 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02= VCU | RD2-score02= 57 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03= Mississippi State | RD2-score03= 61 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04= Southern Miss* | RD2-score04= 62 | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05= Kansas* | RD2-score05= 82 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06= Evansville | RD2-score06= 60 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07= Michigan State* | RD2-score07= 74 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08= Bowling Green | RD2-score08= 66 | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01= Michigan* | RD3-score01= 59 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02= Southern Miss | RD3-score02= 45 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03= Kansas | RD3-score03= 54 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04= Michigan State* | RD3-score04= 58 | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01= Michigan | RD4-score01= 40 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02= Michigan State* | RD4-score02= 45†

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 4

March 19–22 March 22–25 March 26–28 March 29–31 | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03= Iona | RD1-score03= 71 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04= Quinnipiac* | RD1-score04= 59 | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07= Dartmouth | RD1-score07= 50 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08= Vermont* | RD1-score08= 69 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11= North Carolina A&T | RD1-score11= 74 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= South Carolina* | RD1-score12= 102 | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15= South Florida | RD1-score15= 65 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= Florida Gulf Coast* | RD1-score16= 67 | RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01= St. John's* | RD2-score01= 65 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02= Iona | RD2-score02= 59 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03= Boston College* | RD2-score03= 76 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04= Vermont | RD2-score04= 64 | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05= NC State* | RD2-score05= 72 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06= South Carolina | RD2-score06= 69 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07= Florida* | RD2-score07= 60 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08= Florida Gulf Coast | RD2-score08= 55 | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01= St. John's* | RD3-score01= 65 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02= Boston College | RD3-score02= 56 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03= NC State* | RD3-score03= 80 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04= Florida | RD3-score04= 55 | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01= St. John's | RD4-score01= 61 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02= NC State* | RD4-score02= 63

Note: Asterisk denotes home team

Semifinals and finals

April 2 April 5 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= Colorado* | RD1-score1= 72 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= Marquette | RD1-score2= 86 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= Michigan State* | RD1-score3= 58 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= NC State | RD1-score4= 57 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= Marquette | RD2-score1= 81 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= Michigan State* | RD2-score2= 66

Note: Asterisk denotes home team

All-tournament team

  • Krystal Ellis, Marquette (MVP)
  • Angel Robinson, Marquette
  • Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State
  • Kalisha Keane, Michigan State
  • Khadijah Washington, NC State
  • Jackie McFarland, Colorado Source:

References

References

  1. "Marquette Claims WNIT Title With 81-66 Win Over Michigan State".
  2. "Postseason WNIT".
  3. "2008 Postseason Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament".
  4. Solari, Chris. (April 6, 2008). "Spartans stumble in WNIT title game". [[Lansing State Journal]].
  5. Solari, Chris. (April 6, 2008). "MSU: 'We ran into a buzzsaw'". [[Lansing State Journal]].
  6. (April 5, 2008). "Post-game Notes".
  7. (2021). "2021–22 NC State Women's Basketball Media Guide". [[North Carolina State University]].
  8. (2008). "2007–08 Big 12 Women's Basketball – 2007–08 Season Final Release". [[Big 12 Conference]].
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