2024 Women's National Invitation Tournament Explained

Type:WNIT
Gender:Women's
Year:2024
Teams:48
Finalfourarena:Vadalabene Center
Finalfourcity:Edwardsville, IL
Champions:Saint Louis
Titlecount:1st
Runnerup:Minnesota
Gamecount:1st
Semifinal1:Vermont
Semifinalcount:1st
Semifinal2:Troy
Semifinalcount2:1st
Coach:Rebecca Tillett
Coachcount:1st

The 2024 Women's National Invitation Tournament is 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 features 11 automatic qualifiers and 37 teams at-large selections, chosen after consideration of a mix of criteria by WNIT officials. There are 24 teams with 20 or more victories in the bracket.[1]

Automatic qualifiers

[2]

ConferenceSchool
America EastAlbany
ASUNStetson
Big SkyNorthern Arizona
Big SouthUSC Upstate
CAAMonmouth
MAACNiagara
NortheastLe Moyne
Ohio ValleySouthern Indiana
PatriotColgate
SouthernUNC Greensboro
SWAC

At-large bids

SchoolConference
Boise StateMWC
Bowling GreenMAC
BuffaloMAC
ButlerBig East
Cal PolyBig West
Central ArkansasASUN
CharlestonCAA
CincinnatiBig 12
DuquesneA-10
Eastern KentuckyASUN
FIUC-USA
Illinois StateMVC
Louisiana–MonroeSun Belt
MinnesotaBig Ten
MontanaBig Sky
Murray StateMVC
North Carolina A&TCAA
North Dakota StateSummit
Northern ColoradoBig Sky
Northern IowaMVC
Old DominionSun Belt
Oral RobertsSummit
PacificWCC
ProvidenceBig East
PurdueBig Ten
Purdue Fort WayneHorizon
Saint LouisA10
South DakotaSummit
Southern MissSun Belt
TroySun Belt
UABAmerican
UC RiversideBig West
UICMVC
UTSAAmerican
VermontAmEast
WisconsinBig Ten
WyomingMWC

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period
(H) - Denotes home team
Teams with a bye are not guaranteed to play at home in the second round

Semifinals and Championship Game

^ 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 Postseason WNIT Field . womensnit.com . WNIT . March 17, 2024.
  2. Web site: 2024 Postseason WNIT Field . womensnit.com . WNIT . March 17, 2024.