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The 2017 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 2017 Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 13, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 15 and ended on April 1, with the championship game televised on the CBS Sports Network. In the championship game, the Michigan Wolverines defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 89–79, in triple overtime.

Participants

The 2017 Postseason WNIT field consists of 32 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 32 (or more) at-large teams. The intention of the WNIT Selection Committee was to select the best available at-large teams in the nation. A team offered an automatic berth by the WNIT will be the team that is the highest-finishing team in its conference's regular-season standings, and not selected for the NCAA Tournament. A team that fulfills these qualities, and accepts, earned the WNIT automatic berth for its conference, regardless of overall record. The remaining berths in the WNIT were filled by the best teams available. Any team considered for an at-large berth has an overall record of .500 or better.

Bracket

All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
* – Denotes overtime period

Semifinals and Championship Game

All-tournament team

• Katelynn Flaherty, Michigan (MVP)
• Alex Louin, Villanova
• Zaire O'Neil, Georgia Tech
• Francesca Pan, Georgia Tech
• Alexys Swedlund, Washington State
• Hallie Thome, Michigan

Source:

See also

• 2017 Women's Basketball Invitational

References

1. "Postseason WNIT final to air on CBS Sports Network". Women's NIT. Triple Crown Sports. March 3, 2017. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
2. Snyder, Mark (April 2, 2017). "Flaherty, Michigan women nab WNIT crown in 3 OTs". Battle Creek Enquirer. Detroit Free Press. p. C3. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
3. "2017 Postseason WNIT Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
4. "Postseason WNIT Sets Dates". Women's NIT. TripleCrownSports. January 19, 2017. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
5. Koso, Kyle (April 1, 2017). "Michigan outlasts Georgia Tech for 2017 WNIT title". womensnit.com. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

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