2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament

2010 Preseason WNIT

At the beginning of the season, there is a Preseason WNIT.

Round 1

• The games for round one were played on November 12.

Bracket 1

• Purdue* 93, Austin Peay 53
• Toledo* 71, St. Francis (PA) 66
• South Dakota State* 87, Utah Valley 38
• Hampton 69, James Madison* 64

Bracket 2

• DePaul* 84, Valparaiso 53
• Missouri State* 83, Lamar 60
• Charlotte* 72, Iona 40
• Florida* 77, Central Florida 67

Round 2

• The games for round two were played on November 15.

Bracket 1

• Purdue* 79, Toledo 66
• South Dakota State* 76, Hampton 64

Bracket 2

• DePaul 82, Missouri State* 66
• Florida* 76, Charlotte 70

Semifinals and Finals

November 17–18 November 21 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= Purdue* | RD1-score1= 73 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= South Dakota State | RD1-score2= 40 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= DePaul* | RD1-score3= 74 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= Florida | RD1-score4= 73 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= Purdue* | RD2-score1= 67 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= DePaul | RD2-score2= 58 Note: Asterisk denotes home team

Consolation Bracket

Round 1

• The games for Consolation round one were played on Friday, November 19.
  • Central Florida 59, Iona 48
  • James Madison 64, St. Francis (PA) 49
  • Valparaiso 72, Austin Peay 57
  • Lamar 83, Utah Valley 66

Round 2

• The games for Consolation round two were played on Saturday, November 20.
  • James Madison 82, Central Florida 78 (OT)
  • Lamar 74, Valparaiso 58
  • St. Francis (PA) 77, Iona 64
  • Austin Peay 73, Utah Valley 69

Round 3

• The games for Consolation round three were played on November 19 or 20.
  • Charlotte 64, Hampton 57
  • Missouri State 73, Toledo 69

2011 Postseason WNIT

The 2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The 43rd annual tournament was played from March 16, 2011 to April 2, 2011, 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.

Participants

Automatic bids

At-large bids

Brackets

Results to date ( by score indicates game went to overtime; H indicates host school)*:

Region 1

March 16–18 March 19–21 March 23–24 March 27 | RD1-seed01= (H) | RD1-team01= Colorado | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02= UC Riverside | RD1-score01= 71 | RD1-score02= 62 | RD1-seed03= (H) | RD1-team03= Cal Poly | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04= California | RD1-score03= 60 | RD1-score04= 74 | RD1-seed05= (H) | RD1-team05= Oklahoma State | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06= Pepperdine | RD1-score05= 81 | RD1-score06= 74 | RD1-seed07= (H) | RD1-team07= Wyoming | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08= Portland State | RD1-score07= 79 | RD1-score08= 44 | RD1-seed09= (H) | RD1-team09= USC | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10= UC Santa Barbara | RD1-score09= 67 | RD1-score10= 64 | RD1-seed11= (H) | RD1-team11= St. Mary's | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= Nevada | RD1-score11= 62 | RD1-score12= 65 | RD1-seed13= (H) | RD1-team13= Utah State | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14= Arizona | RD1-score13= 103 | RD1-score14= 95 | RD1-seed15= (H) | RD1-team15= BYU | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= Denver | RD1-score15= 75 | RD1-score16= 60 | RD2-seed01= (H) | RD2-team01= Colorado | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02= California | RD2-score01= 81 | RD2-score02= 65 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03= Oklahoma State | RD2-seed04= (H) | RD2-team04= Wyoming | RD2-score03= 71 | RD2-score04= 75 | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05= USC | RD2-seed06= (H) | RD2-team06= Nevada | RD2-score05= 78 | RD2-score06= 59 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07= Utah State | RD2-seed08= (H) | RD2-team08= BYU | RD2-score07= 63 | RD2-score08= 102 | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01= Colorado | RD3-seed02= (H) | RD3-team02= Wyoming | RD3-score01= 70 | RD3-score02= 58 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03= USC | RD3-seed04= (H) | RD3-team04= BYU | RD3-score03= 62 | RD3-score04= 50 | RD4-seed01= (H) | RD4-team01= Colorado | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02= USC | RD4-score01= 70 | RD4-score02= 87

Region 2

March 16–18 March 19–21 March 23–24 March 27 | RD1-seed01= (H) | RD1-team01= Wisconsin | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02= Butler | RD1-score01= 68 | RD1-score02= 48 | RD1-seed03= (H) | RD1-team03= Illinois State | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04= Central Michigan | RD1-score03= 72 | RD1-score04= 59 | RD1-seed05= (H) | RD1-team05= Duquesne | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06= Kent State | RD1-score05= 64 | RD1-score06= 56 | RD1-seed07= (H) | RD1-team07= Kansas | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08= Wichita State | RD1-score07= 79 | RD1-score08= 58 | RD1-seed09= (H) | RD1-team09= Missouri State | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10= Rice | RD1-score09= 76 | RD1-score10= 65 | RD1-seed11= (H) | RD1-team11= Arkansas | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= Lamar | RD1-score11= 91 | RD1-score12= 65 | RD1-seed13= (H) | RD1-team13= Tulane | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14= Southern | RD1-score13= 61 | RD1-score14= 31 | RD1-seed15= (H) | RD1-team15= TCU | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= Oral Roberts | RD1-score15= 74 | RD1-score16= 78 | RD2-seed01= (H) | RD2-team01= Wisconsin | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02= Illinois State | RD2-score01= 59 | RD2-score02= 62 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03= Duquesne | RD2-seed04= (H) | RD2-team04= Kansas | RD2-score03= 80 | RD2-score04= 63 | RD2-seed05= (H) | RD2-team05= Missouri State | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06= Arkansas | RD2-score05= 64 | RD2-score06= 65 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07= Tulane | RD2-seed08= (H) | RD2-team08= Oral Roberts | RD2-score07= 86 | RD2-score08= 92 | RD3-seed01= (H) | RD3-team01= Illinois State | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02= Duquesne | RD3-score01= 79 | RD3-score02= 66 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03= Arkansas | RD3-seed04= (H) | RD3-team04= Oral Roberts | RD3-score03= 78 | RD3-score04= 59 | RD4-seed01= (H) | RD4-team01= Illinois State | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02= Arkansas | RD4-score01= 60 | RD4-score02= 49

Region 3

March 16–18 March 19–21 March 23–24 March 27 | RD1-seed01= (H) | RD1-team01= St. Bonaventure | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02= Lehigh | RD1-score01= 77 | RD1-score02= 43 | RD1-seed03= (H) | RD1-team03= Syracuse | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04= Monmouth | RD1-score03= 77 | RD1-score04= 53 | RD1-seed05= (H) | RD1-team05= Eastern Michigan | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06= Michigan | RD1-score05= 67 | RD1-score06= 59 | RD1-seed07= (H) | RD1-team07= Richmond | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08= UNC Wilmington | RD1-score07= 54 | RD1-score08= 63 | RD1-seed09= (H) | RD1-team09= Northwestern | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10= Creighton | RD1-score09= 89 | RD1-score10= 63 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11= Memphis | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= Alabama | RD1-score11= 69 | RD1-score12= 80 | RD1-seed13= (H) | RD1-team13= Tennessee Tech | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14= Auburn | RD1-score13= 54 | RD1-score14= 68 | RD1-seed15= (H) | RD1-team15= Toledo | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= Delaware | RD1-score15= 58 | RD1-score16= 55 | RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01= St. Bonaventure | RD2-seed02= (H) | RD2-team02= Syracuse | RD2-score01= 50 | RD2-score02= 63 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03= Eastern Michigan | RD2-seed04= (H) | RD2-team04= UNC Wilmington | RD2-score03= 63 | RD2-score04= 54 | RD2-seed05= (H) | RD2-team05= Northwestern | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06= Alabama | RD2-score05= 70 | RD2-score06= 72 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07= Auburn | RD2-seed08=(H) | RD2-team08= Toledo | RD2-score07= 52 | RD2-score08= 67 | RD3-seed01= (H) | RD3-team01= Syracuse | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02= Eastern Michigan | RD3-score01= 72 | RD3-score02= 63 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03= Alabama | RD3-seed04= (H) | RD3-team04= Toledo | RD3-score03= 59 | RD3-score04= 74 | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01= Syracuse | RD4-seed02=(H) | RD4-team02= Toledo | RD4-score01= 68 | RD4-score02= 71*

Region 4

March 16–18 March 19–21 March 24 March 26 | RD1-seed01= (H) | RD1-team01= Yale | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02= Boston College | RD1-score01= 61 | RD1-score02= 85 | RD1-seed03= (H) | RD1-team03= St. Joseph's | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04= VCU | RD1-score03= 72 | RD1-score04= 66 | RD1-seed05= (H) | RD1-team05= Old Dominion | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06= Loyola-Maryland | RD1-score05= 65 | RD1-score06= 67 | RD1-seed07= (H) | RD1-team07= Virginia | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08= Morgan State | RD1-score07= 69 | RD1-score08= 56 | RD1-seed09= (H) | RD1-team09= Charlotte | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10= Liberty | RD1-score09= 62 | RD1-score10= 56 | RD1-seed11= (H) | RD1-team11= South Carolina | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= Appalachian State | RD1-score11= 67 | RD1-score12= 54 | RD1-seed13= (H) | RD1-team13= Florida | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14= UMBC | RD1-score13= 59 | RD1-score14= 47 | RD1-seed15= (H) | RD1-team15= Florida Gulf Coast | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= Drexel | RD1-score15= 73 | RD1-score16= 67 | RD2-seed01= (H) | RD2-team01= Boston College | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02= St. Joseph's | RD2-score01= 86 | RD2-score02= 59 | RD2-seed03= (H) | RD2-team03= Loyola-Maryland | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04= Virginia | RD2-score03= 49 | RD2-score04= 71 | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05= Charlotte | RD2-seed06= (H) | RD2-team06= South Carolina | RD2-score05= 69 | RD2-score06= 57 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07= Florida | RD2-seed08= (H) | RD2-team08= Florida Gulf Coast | RD2-score07= 74 | RD2-score08= 69 | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01= Boston College | RD3-seed02= (H) | RD3-team02= Virginia | RD3-score01= 48 | RD3-score02= 53 | RD3-seed03= (H) | RD3-team03= Charlotte | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04= Florida | RD3-score03= 81* | RD3-score04= 77 | RD4-seed01= (H) | RD4-team01= Virginia | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02= Charlotte | RD4-score01= 74 | RD4-score02= 79

Semifinals and championship game

Played at host schools March 30 April 2 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= USC | RD1-score1= 63 | RD1-seed2= (H) | RD1-team2= Illinois State | RD1-score2= 36

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= Charlotte | RD1-score3= 60 | RD1-seed4= (H) | RD1-team4= Toledo | RD1-score4= 83

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= USC | RD2-score1= 68 | RD2-seed2= (H) | RD2-team2= Toledo | RD2-score2= 76

All-tournament team

• Naama Shafir, Toledo (MVP)
• Yolanda Richardson, Toledo
• Ashley Corral, USC
• Briana Gilbreath, USC
• Shannon McCallum, Charlotte
• Emily Hanley, Illinois State Source:

References

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