| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site | University Arena Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||||
| Champions | Ohio State (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | New Mexico (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Beth Burns (1 title) | ||||
| MVP | Jamie Lewis (Ohio State) | ||||
| Attendance | 18,018 | ||||
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The 2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2001 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the fourth edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).
The final four of the tournament paired Hawaii against New Mexico and Ohio State against James Madison. New Mexico beat Hawaii 68–43 and Ohio State took down James Madison 74–65.
Bracket
Visiting teams in first round are listed first. Games marked signify overtime. Source
West Regional bracket
| First Round March 15 & 16 | Second Round March 18 & 19 | Quarterfinals March 21 | |||||||||
| BYU | 78 | ||||||||||
| Oregon State | 63 | ||||||||||
| BYU | 73 | ||||||||||
| at Hawaii | 77* | ||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 57 | ||||||||||
| Hawaii | 73 | ||||||||||
| at Hawaii | 51 | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 51 | ||||||||||
| UNLV | 59 | ||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 56 | ||||||||||
| UNLV | 67 | ||||||||||
| at Oklahoma State | 71 | ||||||||||
| North Texas | 67 | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 79 | ||||||||||
South Regional bracket
| First Round March 15 & 16 | Second Round March 17 & 18 | Quarterfinals March 21 | |||||||||
| Memphis | 67 | ||||||||||
| Alabama | 77 | ||||||||||
| Alabama | 72 | ||||||||||
| at Alabama–Birmingham | 84 | ||||||||||
| FIU | 83 | ||||||||||
| Alabama–Birmingham | 96 | ||||||||||
| Alabama–Birmingham | 55 | ||||||||||
| at New Mexico | 77 | ||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 65 | ||||||||||
| Arizona | 85 | ||||||||||
| Arizona | 62 | ||||||||||
| at New Mexico | 75 | ||||||||||
| Houston | 49 | ||||||||||
| New Mexico | 72 | ||||||||||
East Regional bracket
| First Round March 14 & 15 | Second Round March 17 & 18 | Quarterfinals March 20 | |||||||||
| Georgetown | 66 | ||||||||||
| George Mason | 56 | ||||||||||
| Georgetown | 74 | ||||||||||
| at James Madison | 78 | ||||||||||
| Temple | 57 | ||||||||||
| James Madison | 59 | ||||||||||
| James Madison | 63 | ||||||||||
| at Mississippi State | 61 | ||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 73 | ||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 77 | ||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 86 | ||||||||||
| at Illinois | 77 | ||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Green Bay | 79 | ||||||||||
| Illinois | 96 | ||||||||||
Midwest Regional bracket
| First Round March 14 & 16 | Second Round March 17 & 18 | Quarterfinals March 20 | |||||||||
| Mississippi | 92 | ||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 95 | ||||||||||
| at Western Kentucky | 64 | ||||||||||
| Indiana | 63 | ||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 63 | ||||||||||
| Indiana | 66 | ||||||||||
| at Western Kentucky | 61 | ||||||||||
| Ohio State | 70 | ||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 73 | ||||||||||
| DePaul | 75* | ||||||||||
| DePaul | 62 | ||||||||||
| at Ohio State | 73 | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 60 | ||||||||||
| Ohio State | 61 | ||||||||||
Semifinals and championship game
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| W | Hawaii | 43 | |||||||
| S | at New Mexico | 68 | |||||||
| at New Mexico | 61 | ||||||||
| Ohio State | 62 | ||||||||
| E | James Madison | 65 | |||||||
| MW | at Ohio State | 74 | |||||||
All-tournament team
- Jame Lewis, Ohio State (MVP)
- Courtney Coleman, Ohio State
- Jordan Adams, New Mexico
- Chelsea Grear, New Mexico
- Janka Gabrielova, Hawaii
- Shanna Price, Wisconsin–Green Bay
Source:
See also
- 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2001 National Invitation Tournament
References
- "2001 Postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- "Record crowd of 18,018 watches Ohio State nip New Mexico in championship". womensnit.com. March 23, 2001. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
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