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| Season | 2023–24 | ||||
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| Teams | 48 | ||||
| Finals site | Vadalabene Center Edwardsville, IL | ||||
| Champions | Saint Louis (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Minnesota (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| Winning coach | Rebecca Tillett (1st title) | ||||
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The 2024 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 48 NCAA Division I women's college basketball teams that were not selected for the field of the 2024 Women's NCAA Tournament or the 2024 WBIT. The tournament committee announced the 48-team field on March 17, following the selection of the fields for the NCAA Tournament and WBIT.
Participants
The 2024 field featured 11 automatic qualifiers and 37 teams at-large selections, chosen after consideration of a mix of criteria by WNIT officials. There were 24 teams with 20 or more victories in the bracket.
Automatic qualifiers
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At-large bids
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Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
(H) - Denotes home team
Teams with a bye are not guaranteed to play at home in the second round
| Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 2 March 23–26 | Super 16 March 27–29 | Great 8 April 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Minnesota | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Pacific | 63 | Pacific | 62 | |||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 43 | (H) | Minnesota | 69 | |||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (H) | North Dakota State | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Montana | 92 | Montana | 63 | |||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 66 | Minnesota | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Wyoming | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Wyoming | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | UTSA | 80 | UTSA | 64 | |||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 62 | (H) | Wyoming | 84 | |||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (H) | South Dakota | 72 | (H) | South Dakota | 79 | ||||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 2 March 23–26 | Super 16 March 27–29 | Great 8 April 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Troy | 92 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | FIU | 60 | FIU | 62 | |||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 47 | Troy | 89 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | North Carolina A&T | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (H) | North Carolina A&T | 56 | (H) | North Carolina A&T | 48 | ||||||||||||||
| UNC Greensboro | 51 | (H) | Troy | 89 | |||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Southern Miss | 79 | (H) | Southern Miss | 78* | ||||||||||||||
| UAB | 74 | Southern Miss | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Louisiana–Monroe | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Louisiana–Monroe | 102 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Oral Roberts | 91 | Grambling State | 76 | |||||||||||||||
| Grambling State | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 2 March 23–26 | Super 16 March 27–29 | Great 8 April 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Providence | 41 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Colgate | 64 | Colgate | 54 | |||||||||||||||
| Albany | 50 | Colgate | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Vermont | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Vermont | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Niagara | 91 | Niagara | 63 | |||||||||||||||
| Le Moyne | 86 | Vermont | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Purdue | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Duquesne | 69* | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Buffalo | 53 | Monmouth | 65 | |||||||||||||||
| Monmouth | 68 | Duquesne | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Purdue | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Butler | 75 | (H) | Butler | 51 | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 2 March 23–26 | Super 16 March 27–29 | Great 8 April 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Cincinnati | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Purdue Fort Wayne | 83 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 85 | |||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 75 | (H) | Purdue Fort Wayne | 78 | |||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Central Arkansas | 61 | (H) | Saint Louis | 68 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 66 | Saint Louis | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Wisconsin | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Illinois State | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| (H) | USC Upstate | 60 | Charleston | 67 | |||||||||||||||
| Charleston | 78 | Illinois State | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Wisconsin | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (H) | Southern Indiana | 69 | (H) | Southern Indiana | 62 | ||||||||||||||
| UIC | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Semifinals and Championship Game
| Semifinals Fab 4 April 3 | Championship April 7 CBSSN | ||||||||
| Saint Louis | 57 | ||||||||
| (H) | Vermont | 54 | |||||||
| Minnesota | 50 | ||||||||
| (H) | Saint Louis^ | 69 | |||||||
| Minnesota | 74 | ||||||||
| (H) | Troy | 69 | |||||||
^ Despite Saint Louis being designated as the home team, game played at the Vadalabene Center in Edwardsville, Illinois (within the Greater St. Louis area).
See also
- 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2024 Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament
- 2024 Men's National Invitation Tournament
References
- ^ "2024 Postseason WNIT Field". womensnit.com. WNIT. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
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