2016 Women's National Invitation Tournament


The 2016 Women's National Invitation Tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2016 Women's NCAA Tournament. The annual tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 2, with the championship game televised on CBS Sports Network.[1] All games will be played on the campus sites of participating schools.




Contents





  • 1 Participants

    • 1.1 Automatic qualifiers


    • 1.2 At-large bids



  • 2 Bracket

    • 2.1 WNIT Semifinals and WNIT Championship Game



  • 3 See also


  • 4 References




Participants


The 2016 Postseason WNIT field will consist of 32 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 32 (or more) at-large teams. The intention of the WNIT Selection Committee is to select the best available at-large teams in the nation. A team offered an automatic berth by the WNIT shall 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, will earn the WNIT automatic berth for its conference, regardless of overall record. The remaining berths in the WNIT are filled by the best teams available. Any team considered for an at-large berth must have an overall record of .500 or better.[2] Should a conference’s automatic qualifier team decline the WNIT bid, the conference forfeits its AQ spot and that berth goes into the at-large pool. NC State and Arkansas qualified as invitees from the ACC and SEC respectively but each declined to participate.[3][4]










Bracket


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








































































































































































































Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Quarterfinals
        

Gonzaga

88
UC-Riverside
54
Gonzaga
77


Utah

92

Utah

95
Montana State
61
Utah
63


Oregon

73

Oregon

84
Long Beach State
76

Oregon

84

Fresno State
59

Fresno State

59
Santa Clara
53

Oregon

71

UTEP
67
Saint Mary's
73

Eastern Michigan

74
Eastern Michigan
81


TCU

85

TCU

97
UT Rio Grande Valley
73
TCU
70


UTEP

79

Arkansas State

68
Southern
45
Arkansas State
68


UTEP

74

UTEP

66
Abilene Christian
62






































































































































































































Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Quarterfinals
        

Minnesota

87
Milwaukee
80
Minnesota
89


South Dakota

101

South Dakota

74
Creighton
68

South Dakota

51

Northern Iowa
50

Drake

95
Sacred Heart
59
Drake
58


Northern Iowa

64
Nebraska
62

Northern Iowa

64

South Dakota

68

Western Kentucky
54
Iowa
72

Ball State

77
Ball State
57


St. Louis

59

Saint Louis

70
Arkansas Little-Rock
69
St. Louis
76


Western Kentucky

78*
Memphis
73

Tennessee-Martin

79
Tennessee-Martin
57


Western Kentucky

64

Western Kentucky

89
Dayton
72






































































































































































































Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Quarterfinals
        
Northwestern
65

San Diego

69

San Diego

59

IUPUI
48
Central Michigan
55

IUPUI

63
San Diego
51


Michigan

78

Michigan

81
Wright State
53

Michigan

95

Bucknell
72
Akron
70

Bucknell

74

Michigan

77

Temple
76

Quinnipiac

90
Maine
43
Quinnipiac
62


Temple

64
Drexel
66

Temple

74

Temple

75

Ohio
61

Ohio

76
Marshall
68

Ohio

64

Virginia Tech
57

Virginia Tech

68
Elon
59






































































































































































































Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Quarterfinals
        

Villanova

67
Liberty
51
Villanova
72


Hofstra

84

Hofstra

75
Harvard
70

Hofstra

65

Virginia
57

Rutgers

57
Georgetown
55
Rutgers
55


Virginia

71
VCU
50

Virginia

52
Hofstra
46


Florida Gulf Coast

61

Tulane

53
Alabama
52

Tulane

64

Georgia Tech
61

Georgia Tech

73
Mercer
56
Tulane
61


Florida Gulf Coast

73
Charlotte
69

Wake Forest

72
Wake Forest
48


Florida Gulf Coast

67

Florida Gulf Coast

78
Bethune-Cookman
51


WNIT Semifinals and WNIT Championship Game


















































WNIT Semifinals
March 30–31
WNIT Championship Game
April 2, 2016
CBS Sports Network
Vermillion, South Dakota
      
Oregon
54

South Dakota

88

South Dakota

71

Florida Gulf Coast
65
Michigan
62

Florida Gulf Coast

71


See also


  • 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

  • 2016 Women's Basketball Invitational

  • 2016 National Invitation Tournament


References




  1. ^ "CBS SN to Televise WNIT Championship Game". Women's NIT. Triple Crown Sports. Retrieved 11 March 2015. 


  2. ^ "Details announced for 2016 Postseason WNIT". WNIT. TripleCrownSports. 


  3. ^ "NCAA selection committee snubs Triangle women's teams". newsobserver. Retrieved 2016-03-15. 


  4. ^ "Dykes: No WNIT for Arkansas". Arkansas Online. Retrieved 2016-03-15. 









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