2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Season

2017–18

Teams

Finals site

Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Indiana

Champions

Indiana Hoosiers (1st title)

Runner-up

Virginia Tech Hokies (1st title game)

Semifinalists

TCU Horned Frogs (1st semifinal)
West Virginia Mountaineers (2nd semifinal)

Winning coach

Teri Moren (1st title)

MVP

Tyra Buss (Indiana)

Attendance

13,007 (championship game)

Women's National Invitation Tournaments
«2017	2019»

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. In the championship game, Indiana defeated Virginia Tech, 65–57.

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.

Automatic qualifiers

Conference	School
America East	Albany
American	UCF
Atlantic 10	Duquesne
Atlantic Sun	Jacksonville
ACC	Virginia Tech
Big 12	TCU
Big East	St John's
Big Sky	Idaho
Big South	Radford
Big Ten	Indiana
Big West	UC Davis
Colonial	Drexel
C-USA	UAB
Horizon League	IUPUI
Ivy League	Penn
MAAC	Marist
MAC	Ball State
MEAC	Bethune Cookman
Missouri Valley	Missouri State
Mountain West	UNLV
Northeast	Robert Morris
Ohio Valley	UT Martin
Patriot	Bucknell
SEC	Alabama
Southern	East Tennessee State
Southland	Lamar
SWAC	Southern
Summit League	South Dakota
Sun Belt	Texas State
WCC	Saint Mary's
WAC	New Mexico State

At-large bids

Conference	School
American	Cincinnati
American	Houston
Atlantic 10	Fordham
Atlantic 10	George Mason
Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph's
Atlantic 10	Saint Louis
ACC	Georgia Tech
Big 12	Kansas State
Big 12	West Virginia
Big East	Georgetown
Big East	Seton Hall
Big Ten	Michigan State
Big Ten	Penn State
Big Ten	Purdue
Colonial	Delaware
Colonial	James Madison
CUSA	Louisiana Tech
CUSA	Middle Tennessee State
CUSA	Rice
Horizon League	Milwaukee
Horizon League	Wright State
Ivy League	Harvard
MAC	Miami (OH)
MAC	Toledo
Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa
Mountain West	Colorado State
Mountain West	New Mexico
Mountain West	Wyoming
Pac-12	Utah
Patriot	Navy
Southern	Chattanooga
Southland	Stephen F. Austin
Summit League	Western Illinois

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

Wed., March 28
7:00 p.m.

Report

TCU Horned Frogs 58, Indiana Hoosiers 71
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 14–19, 12–19, 18–20

Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN

Wed., March 28
7:00 p.m.

Report

Virginia Tech Hokies 64, West Virginia Mountaineers 61
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–13, 15–20, 16–16

WVU Coliseum
Morgantown, WV

Championship

CBSSN

Sat., March 31
3:00 p.m.

Report

Virginia Tech Hokies 57, Indiana Hoosiers 65
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 14–19, 17–7, 13–22

Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
Bloomington, IN
Attendance: 13,007

All-tournament team

Tyra Buss (Indiana), MVP
Amanda Cahill (Indiana)
Taylor Emery (Virginia Tech)
Regan Magarity (Virginia Tech)
Teana Muldrow (West Virginia)
Jordan Moore (TCU)

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.
^ "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.

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