The 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament was an annual single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2018 Women's NCAA tournament . The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 12, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 14 and ended on March 31, with the championship game televised on the CBS Sports Network .[ 1] In the championship game, Indiana defeated Virginia Tech, 65–57.[ 2]
Participants
The 2018 Postseason WNIT field consisted of 32 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 32 at-large teams. The intention of the WNIT Selection Committee was to select the best available at-large teams in the nation. Teams with the highest finishes in their conferences’ regular-season standings that were not selected for the NCAA Tournament were offered an automatic berth. The remaining berths in the WNIT were filled by the best teams available. Teams considered for an at-large berth had overall records of .500 or better.[ 3] [ 4]
Automatic qualifiers
At-large bids
Bracket
All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4 )
* – Denotes overtime period
Round 1 March 14–16
Round 2 March 17–20
Round 3 March 22
Quarterfinals March 25
Houston
58
South Dakota
65
South Dakota
74
Western Illinois
64
Colorado State
49
Colorado State
67
South Dakota
85 *
Cincinnati
75
Michigan State
83
Michigan State
81
Michigan State
68
Wright State
50
Toledo
66
Toledo
64
South Dakota
71
Saint Mary's
80
TCU
79
New Mexico
82
New Mexico
93
Texas State
60
Rice
73
Rice
71
New Mexico
72
Lamar
68
TCU
81
TCU
80
TCU
86
Missouri State
63
Missouri State
51
Louisiana Tech
59
Round 1 March 14–16
Round 2 March 18
Round 3 March 22–23
Quarterfinals March 25
Purdue
48
IUPUI
46
Purdue
77
Middle Tennessee
60
Ball State
72
Ball State
69
Purdue
51
UT Martin
50
Indiana
73
Indiana
74
Indiana
74
Milwaukee
81
Milwaukee
54
Northern Iowa
67
Indiana
81
New Mexico State
59
UC Davis
66
Wyoming
67
Wyoming
64
Idaho
62
UC Davis
74
UC Davis
82
UC Davis
71
Saint Louis
61
Kansas State
69
Kansas State
75
Kansas State
74
UNLV
68
Utah
57
Utah
78
Round 1 March 14–16
Round 2 March 17–20
Round 3 March 22–23
Quarterfinals March 25
Bucknell
50
West Virginia
83
West Virginia
79
St. Joseph's
75
St. Joseph's
51
Seton Hall
57
West Virginia
67
Radford
63 *
James Madison
55
Penn State
62
Radford
35
ETSU
52
James Madison
62
James Madison
60
West Virginia
76
Albany
61
St. John's
62
Penn
76
Penn
48
Marist
47
St. John's
53
St. John's
68
St. John's
65
Duquesne
69
Duquesne
52
Miami (OH)
56
Duquesne
69
Delaware
57
Georgetown
66
Georgetown
67
Round 1 March 14–16
Round 2 March 18
Round 3 March 22
Quarterfinals March 25
Harvard
47
Fordham
65
Fordham
63
Robert Morris
44
Drexel
60
Drexel
57
Fordham
50
Stephen F. Austin
75
Virginia Tech
81
George Mason
82
George Mason
69
Navy
55
Virginia Tech
78
Virginia Tech
56
Virginia Tech
74
Bethune-Cookman
32
Alabama
67
Georgia Tech
85
Georgia Tech
91
Chattanooga
50
UAB
47
UAB
60
Georgia Tech
59
Jacksonville
60*
Alabama
61
UCF
65
UCF
61
Southern
56
Alabama
80
Alabama
69
Semifinals and Championship Game
Semifinals March 28
Championship Game March 31, 3:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network
TCU
58
Indiana
71
Indiana
65
Virginia Tech
57
West Virginia
61
Virginia Tech
64
Semifinals
TCU Horned Frogs 58, Indiana Hoosiers 71
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 14–19, 12–19, 18–20
Virginia Tech Hokies 64 , West Virginia Mountaineers 61
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–13, 15–20, 16–16
Championship
Virginia Tech Hokies 57, Indiana Hoosiers 65
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 14–19, 17–7, 13–22
All-tournament team
Tyra Buss (Indiana), MVP[ 2]
Amanda Cahill (Indiana)
Taylor Emery (Virginia Tech)
Regan Magarity (Virginia Tech)
Teana Muldrow (West Virginia)
Jordan Moore (TCU)
See also
References
^ "Dates, details announced for 2018 Postseason WNIT" . Women's NIT . Triple Crown Sports. January 24, 2017. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018 .
^ a b "WNIT championship goes to Hoosiers in front of 13,007" . WNIT. March 31, 2018. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018 .
^ "Dates, details announced for 2018 Postseason WNIT" . womensnit.com . Retrieved April 29, 2021 .
^ "2018 Postseason Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF) . womensnit.com . Retrieved April 29, 2021 .