2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Season

2014–15

Teams

Finals site

Charleston Civic Center
Charleston, West Virginia

Champions

UCLA (1st title)

Runner-up

West Virginia (2nd title game)

Semifinalists

Winning coach

Cori Close (1st title)

MVP

Jordin Canada (UCLA)

Attendance

8,403 (championship game)

Women's National Invitation Tournaments
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The 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2015 Women's NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 18 and ended on April 4, with the championship game televised on CBS Sports Network. All games were played on the campus sites of participating schools. The Tournament was won by the UCLA Bruins who defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers, 62–60, in the final before a crowd of 8,658 at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia, on April 4. It was UCLA's first WNIT title. UCLA's Jordin Canada was named the tournament's most valuable player.

Participants

Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2015 WNIT. Thirty-two teams received automatic berths into the tournament from being the highest-ranked team in their conference that failed to make the NCAA Women's Tournament. The other 32 teams earned at-large bids, by having a winning record but failing to make the NCAA Women's Tournament. If a conference’s automatic qualifier declines the WNIT invitation, the conference forfeits that automatic spot, and that selection goes into the pool of at-large schools.

Automatic qualifiers

Conference	School
America East	Maine
American	Tulsa
Atlantic 10	Duquesne
ACC	Virginia
Atlantic Sun	Stetson
Big 12	TCU
Big East	Villanova
Big Sky	Sacramento State
Big South	Radford
Big Ten	Michigan
Big West	Hawai'i
Colonial	Drexel
C-USA	Middle Tennessee
Horizon	Wright State
Ivy League	Penn
MAAC	Marist
MAC	Ball State
MEAC	Hampton
Missouri Valley	Drake
Mountain West	Colorado State
Northeast	Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley	Tennessee–Martin
Pac-12	UCLA
Patriot	Army
SEC	Missouri
Southern	East Tennessee State
Southland	Stephen F. Austin
SWAC	Texas Southern
Summit	South Dakota
Sun Belt	Arkansas State
WCC	San Diego
WAC	Cal State Bakersfield

At-large bids

Conference	School
MAC	Akron
MAC	Buffalo
Horizon	Cleveland State
Big East	Creighton
American	East Carolina
MAC	Eastern Michigan
Big Sky	Eastern Washington
Colonial	Elon
Atlantic 10	Fordham
Mountain West	Fresno State
ACC	Georgia Tech
Colonial	Hofstra
Big 12	Kansas State
Big West	Long Beach State
MVC	Missouri State
ACC	NC State
Big Sky	Northern Colorado
MVC	Northern Iowa
C-USA	Old Dominion
SEC	Ole Miss
WCC	Pacific
Atlantic 10	Richmond
WCC	Saint Mary's
WCC	San Francisco
C-USA	Southern Miss
Big East	St. John's
American	Temple
MAC	Toledo
Pac-12	Washington State
Big 12	West Virginia
MAC	Western Michigan
Horizon	Youngstown State

Bracket

West Region

Round 1 March 18–20		Round 2 March 22–24		Round 3 March 25–27		Quarterfinals March 28–30

Washington State	66

Eastern Washington	67
		Eastern Washington	49

		Sacramento State	84
Pacific	79

Sacramento State	83
				Sacramento State	69

				St. Mary's (CA)	77
Fresno State	79

San Francisco	73
		Fresno State	64

		St. Mary's (CA)	83
St. Mary's (CA)	92*

Hawai'i	88
						St. Mary's (CA)	66

						UCLA	82
Colorado State	48

Northern Colorado	53
		Northern Colorado	59

		South Dakota	58
South Dakota	68

Creighton	58
				Northern Colorado	60

				UCLA	74
UCLA	70

CS Bakersfield	54
		UCLA	63

		San Diego	58
San Diego	63

Long Beach State	58

Midwest Region

Round 1 March 18–20		Round 2 March 22–24		Round 3 March 25–27		Quarterfinals March 28–30

Michigan	72

Cleveland State	50
		Michigan	74

		Toledo	58
Toledo	72

Wright State	64
				Michigan	65

				Missouri	55
Kansas State	86

Akron	68
		Kansas State	48

		Missouri	67
Northern Iowa	61

Missouri	69
						Michigan	69

						Southern Mississippi	60
Drake	70

Eastern Michigan	80
		Eastern Michigan	69

		Tulsa	59
Missouri State	72

Tulsa	78
				Eastern Michigan	65

				Southern Mississippi	76
Southern Mississippi	79

Texas Southern	69
		Southern Mississippi	77*

		Texas Christian	73
Texas Christian	85

Stephen F. Austin	80

* - Denotes overtime

South Region

Round 1 March 18–20		Round 2 March 22–24		Round 3 March 25–27		Quarterfinals March 28–30

Middle Tennessee St.	69

Ball State	58
		Middle Tennessee St.	70

		Arkansas State	60
Arkansas State	61

Western Michigan	49
				Middle Tennessee St.	82

				Ole Miss	70
Georgia Tech	69

Elon	47
		Georgia Tech	48

		Ole Miss	63
Ole Miss	80

Tennessee-Martin	70
						Middle Tennessee State	57

						Temple	69
Marist	54

Temple	67
		Temple	61

		Penn	56
Penn	65

Hofstra	58
				Temple	80*

				North Carolina State	79
East Carolina	74

Radford	52
		East Carolina	65

		North Carolina State	69
East Tennessee State	58

North Carolina State	73

* - Denotes overtime

East Region

Round 1 March 18–20		Round 2 March 22–24		Round 3 March 25–27		Quarterfinals March 28–30

Youngstown State	54

Duquesne	72
		Duquesne	48

		Richmond	47
Stetson	66

Richmond	67
				Duquesne	39

				West Virginia	60
West Virginia	84

Buffalo	61
		West Virginia	57

		Hampton	39
Drexel	42

Hampton	45
						West Virginia	75*

						Villanova	70
Fordham	70

Central Connecticut State	67
		Fordham	63

		St. John's	77
St. John's	64

Army	56
				St. John's	55

				Villanova	63
Villanova	71

Maine	60
		Villanova	71

		Old Dominion	66
Old Dominion	69

Virginia	62

* - Denotes overtime

Semifinals and championship game

Semifinals April 1		Championship Game April 4 CBSSN

UCLA	69

Michigan	65
		UCLA	62

		West Virginia	60
Temple	58

West Virginia	66*

* - Denotes overtime

Championship Game was played at Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginia.

All-tournament team

Jordin Canada, UCLA (MVP)
Nicole Elmblad, Michigan
Averee Fields, West Virginia
Nirra Fields, UCLA
Bria Holmes, West Virginia
Tyonna Williams, Temple

Source:

References

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"2020-21 WVU Women's Basketball Guide". Issuu. p. 44. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
"UCLA beats WVU 62-60 for WNIT title". USA TODAY. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
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"2015 Postseason Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
"Tyonna Williams Named to All-WNIT Team". OwlSports.com. Temple University. April 6, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

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