2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament

2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Teams	40
Finals site	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas
Champions	Kansas State (1st title)
Runner-up	Marquette (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Pittsburgh Western Kentucky
Winning coach	Deb Patterson (1st title)
Attendance	13,340 (championship game)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments «2005 2007»

The 2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 40 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2006 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the ninth edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament and the first to be played with a 40-team field, expanded from 32 the year prior.

Tournament bracket

Region 1

*Host • Source

	March 15					March 16–18					March 20					March 24
							Indiana*	67
							Rice	57
		Jackson State	48
		Rice*	64
												Indiana*	68
												Indiana State	62
							Eastern Michigan	57
							Indiana State*	79
																	Indiana	54
																	Marquette*	57
							Green Bay	71
							Iowa State* (OT)	79
												Iowa State*	63
												Marquette	68
		Western Illinois	37
		Illinois*	58
							Illinois	44
							Marquette	64

Region 2

*Host • Source

	March 16					March 18–19					March 22					March 24
							Ole Miss	78
							Kansas*	76
		Northern Iowa	49
		Kansas*	59
												Ole Miss	76
												Pittsburgh*	85
							Delaware	57
							Pittsburgh*	64
																	Pittsburgh*	68
																	Virginia	56
							Saint Joseph's	42
							Virginia*	48
												Virginia*	83
												Miami	72
		Cincinnati	75
		FIU* (OT)	81
							FIU	83
							Miami*	95

Region 3

*Host • Source

	March 15					March 17–18					March 20–21					March 23
							Villanova*	71
							Hofstra	44
		Stony Brook	65
		Hofstra*	92
												Villanova*	59
												Xavier	47
							South Carolina	65
							Xavier* (OT)	70
																	Villanova*	81
																	Western Kentucky	94
							James Madison	62
							Charlotte*	70
												Charlotte	68
												Western Kentucky*	81
		Belmont	55
		Tennessee Tech*	56
							Tennessee Tech	66
							Western Kentucky*	83

Region 4

*Host • Source

	March 16					March 16–19					March 22					March 24
							Wyoming*	67
							Oregon State	49
		Santa Clara	48
		Oregon State*	74
												Wyoming*	67
												Nebraska	72
							Drake	59
							Nebraska*	62
																	Nebraska	63
																	Kansas State*	77
							Idaho State	68
							Kansas State*	88
												Kansas State*	64
												Fresno State	61
		UC Santa Barbara	59
		Fresno State*	78
							Fresno State*	77
							UNLV	57

Semifinals and final

*Host • Source

	March 27–28					March 31
	R1	Marquette*	77
	R2	Pittsburgh	64
						R1	Marquette	65
						R4	Kansas State*	77
	R3	Western Kentucky	56
	R4	Kansas State* (OT)	57

March 31, 2006

Report

Marquette 65, Kansas State 77

Scoring by half: 39–38, 26–39

Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas