2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Postseason college basketball tournament

Season

2018–19

Teams

Finals site

McKale Center
Tucson, Arizona

Champions

Arizona (1st title)

Runner-up

Northwestern (1st title game)

Semifinalists

James Madison (9th semifinal)
TCU (7th semifinal)

Winning coach

Adia Barnes (1st title)

MVP

Aari McDonald (Arizona)

Attendance

14,644 (championship game)

Women's National Invitation Tournaments
«2018	2020»

The 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2019 Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 18, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 20, 2019, and concluded on April 6, 2019, with the championship game televised on the CBS Sports Network. In the championship game, Arizona defeated Northwestern 56–42 to win the tournament.

Participants

The 2019 Postseason WNIT field consists of 30 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 34 at-large teams. Utah and LSU declined their respective automatic invitations. The declined spots were filled as part of the at–large selection process. 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 have overall records of .500 or better.

Automatic qualifiers

Conference	School
America East	Hartford
American	Cincinnati
Atlantic 10	VCU
ACC	Virginia Tech
Atlantic Sun	Stetson
Big 12	West Virginia
Big East	Butler
Big Sky	Idaho
Big South	High Point
Big Ten	Ohio State
Big West	Hawaii
CAA	James Madison
Conference-USA	UAB
Horizon League	Green Bay
Ivy League	Penn
MAAC	Rider
MAC	Ohio
MEAC	North Carolina A&T
Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa
Mountain West	New Mexico
Northeast	Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley	Morehead State
Pac-12	None
Patriot	American
SEC	None
Southern	Furman
Southland	Lamar
SWAC	Prairie View A&M
Summit League	Denver
Sun Belt	UT Arlington
WCC	Pepperdine
WAC	California Baptist

Utah declined
LSU declined

At-large bids

Conference	School
Pac–12	Arizona
SEC	Arkansas
Conference USA	Charlotte
Atlantic 10	Dayton
CAA	Drexel
Mountain West	Fresno State
Big East	Georgetown
Ivy League	Harvard
American	Houston
Big Sky	Idaho State
Horizon League	IUPUI
Mid–American	Kent State
WCC	Loyola Marymount
Mid–American	Miami (OH)
Conference USA	Middle Tennessee
Big Ten	Minnesota
CAA	Northeastern
Big Sky	Northern Colorado
Big Ten	Northwestern
Conference USA	Old Dominion
WCC	Pacific
Big East	Providence
WCC	Saint Mary's
Sun Belt	South Alabama
Big East	Seton Hall
American	South Florida
Southland	Stephen F. Austin
Big 12	TCU
Mid–American	Toledo
Sun Belt	Troy
Big East	Villanova
Conference USA	Western Kentucky
Mountain West	Wyoming
Horizon League	Youngstown State

Source:

Bracket

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

Round 1 March 20–22		Round 2 March 23–24		Round 3 March 28		Quarterfinals March 31

Arkansas	88*
Houston	80	Arkansas	100
Troy	89	UAB	52
UAB	93			Arkansas	78
TCU	72			TCU	82
Prairie View A&M	41	TCU	71
UT Arlington	60	UT Arlington	54
Stephen F. Austin	54					TCU	69
Green Bay	59					Cincinnati	55
Kent State	64	Kent State	52
Butler	89	Butler	70
Northeastern	72			Butler	65
Minnesota	91			Cincinnati	72
Northern Iowa	75	Minnesota	65
Cincinnati	76	Cincinnati	72
Youngstown State	62

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

West Virginia	83
Rider	43	West Virginia	64
Villanova	86*	Villanova	57
Old Dominion	81			West Virginia	54
Toledo	71			Northwestern	56
Seton Hall	65	Toledo	47
Northwestern	74	Northwestern	54
Dayton	51					Northwestern	61
Ohio State	61					Ohio	58
Morehead State	71	Morehead State	65
Miami (OH)	63	Western Kentucky	68
Western Kentucky	67			Western Kentucky	60
Middle Tennessee	59			Ohio	68
IUPUI	47	Middle Tennessee	57
Ohio	81	Ohio	59
High Point	74

Round 1 March 20–22		Round 2 March 24		Round 3 March 28		Quarterfinals March 31

New Mexico	75
Denver	83	Denver	66
Loyola	64	Idaho	88
Idaho	79			Idaho	60
Arizona	66			Arizona	68
Idaho State	56	Arizona	64
Fresno State	72	Pacific	48
Pacific	77					Arizona	67
Wyoming	68					Wyoming	45
Northern Colorado	60	Wyoming	78
Lamar	71	South Alabama	71
South Alabama	73			Wyoming	61
Saint Mary's	67			Pepperdine	60
Hawaii	43	Saint Mary's	61
Cal Baptist	79	Pepperdine	65
Pepperdine	91

Round 1 March 20–22		Round 2 March 24		Round 3 March 27–28		Quarterfinals March 31

James Madison	48
North Carolina A&T	37	James Madison	71
South Florida	84	South Florida	54
Stetson	50			James Madison	70
VCU	65			Virginia Tech	66
Charlotte	52	VCU	72
Virginia Tech	92	Virginia Tech	82
Furman	65					James Madison	54
Harvard	69					Georgetown	44
Drexel	56	Harvard	65
Georgetown	90	Georgetown	70
Sacred Heart	59			Georgetown	53
Penn	64			Providence	46
American	45	Penn	54
Providence	71	Providence	64
Hartford	54

Semifinals and Championship Game

Semifinals April 3		Championship game April 6, 3:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network

James Madison	69

Northwestern	74
		Northwestern	42

		Arizona	56
TCU	53

Arizona	59

Semifinals

Wed., April 3
7:00 pm

Northwestern 74, James Madison 69
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 15–16, 23–20, 17–22

JMU Convocation Center
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Attendance: 1,992

Wed., April 3
9:30 pm

TCU 53, Arizona 59
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 14–17, 10–11, 20–19

McKale Center
Tucson, Arizona
Attendance: 10,135

Championship

CBSSN

Sat., April 6
3:00 pm

Northwestern 42, Arizona 56
Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 5–14, 16–19, 9–7

McKale Center
Tucson, Arizona
Attendance: 14,644

All-tournament team

Aari McDonald (Arizona), MVP
Cat Reese (Arizona)
Veronica Burton (Northwestern)
Lindsey Pulliam (Northwestern)
Jackie Benitez (James Madison)
Amy Okonkwo (TCU)

References

"EVENT INFO". Women's NIT. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
^ "Worn-down Ute women's basketball team will halt its season, turning down a WNIT bid". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
^ Rabalais, Scott. "Season over: LSU women's basketball declines WNIT bid, misses NCAA tournament". The Advocate. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
"Postseason WNIT Field". Women's NIT. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

External links

Official website WNIT Pre and Post Tournament

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