2010 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2010 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The tournament is played entirely on campus sites. The highest ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee.

2010 Preseason WNIT

At the beginning of the season, there is a Preseason WNIT.

Round 1

The games for round one were played on November 13.

Bracket 1

New Mexico 81, Northern Colorado 59
Florida Gulf Coast 66, UTEP 54
Georgia Tech 63, Winthrop 30
Oklahoma State 67, Arkansas Little-Rock 58

Bracket 2

Ohio State 91, Eastern Illinois 68^[1]
Bowling Green 76, Chicago State 41^[2]
Marist 80, North Carolina A&T 64
West Virginia 79, Towson 42^[3]

Round 2

The games for round one were played on November 15 and 16.

Bracket 1

New Mexico 80, Florida Gulf Coast 64^[4]
Oklahoma State 70, Georgia Tech 64

Bracket 2

Ohio State 91, Bowling Green 72
West Virginia 55 Marist 50

Semifinals and finals

Semifinals November 18-19		Finals November 22

Ohio State	92

West Virginia	69
		Ohio State	93^[5]

		Oklahoma State	72
Oklahoma State	70

New Mexico	56

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Note: Asterisk denotes home team

Consolation rounds

Rounds 1&2

Friday, Nov. 20
- North Carolina A&T 62, Chicago State 57
- UTEP 84, Eastern Illinois 80
- Towson 56, Winthrop 46
- Arkansas-Little Rock 55, Northern Colorado 43
Saturday, Nov. 21
- Chicago State 45, Winthrop 41
- Eastern Illinois 74, Northern Colorado 70
- Towson 74, NCA&T 69
- UALR 64, UTEP 40

Round 3

Saturday, November 21
- Marist 70, Bowling Green 65
- Georgia Tech 58, Florida Gulf Coast 48

2010 Postseason WNIT

The 2010 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The 42nd annual tournament was played from March 17, 2010 to April 3, 2010, entirely on campus sites. The highest ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee.

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2010 WNIT Automatic Bids

Legend	School	Conference
1	Boston	America East
2	Charlotte	Atlantic 10
3	Wake Forest	Atlantic Coast
4	Florida Gulf Coast	Atlantic Sun
5	Texas Tech	Big 12
6	Providence	Big East
7	Eastern Washington	Big Sky
8	Gardner-Webb	Big South
9	Purdue	Big Ten
10	UC Davis	Big West
11	Old Dominion	Colonial
12	Houston	Conference USA
13	Butler	Horizon
14	Harvard	Ivy League
15	North Carolina A&T	MEAC
16	Iona	Metro Atlantic
17	Toledo	Mid-American
18	Illinois State	Missouri Valley
19	Brigham Young	Mountain West
20	Robert Morris	Northeast
21	Eastern Illinois	Ohio Valley
22	California	Pac-10
23	American	Patriot
24	Florida	SEC
25	Samford	Southern
26	Stephen F. Austin	Southland
27	Oral Roberts	Summit
28	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt
29	Prairie View A&M	SWAC
30	Nevada	WAC
31	Saint Mary's	West Coast

At-Large bids

Legend	School	Conference
1	Arizona State	Pac-10
2	Creighton	Missouri Valley
3	Delaware	Colonial
4	Drexel	Colonial
5	Duquesne	Atlantic 10
6	East Carolina	Conference USA
7	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American
8	Hofstra	Colonial
9	Illinois	Big Ten
10	Kansas	Big 12
11	Kent State	Mid-American
12	Marquette	Big East
13	Maryland	Atlantic Coast
14	Miami	Atlantic Coast
15	Michigan	Big Ten
16	Mississippi	SEC
17	Missouri State	Missouri Valley
18	New Mexico	Mountail West
19	New Mexico State	WAC
20	Northwestern	Big Ten
21	Oregon	Pac-10
22	Penn State	Big Ten
23	Pepperdine	West Coast
24	Pittsburgh	Big East
25	Richmond	Atlantic 10
26	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10
27	Southern Methodist	Conference USA
28	South Florida	Big East
29	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10
30	Syracuse	Big East
31	Utah	Mountain West
32	Virginia Commonwealth	Colonial
33	Wyoming	Mountain West

Brackets

Results to date (* indicates game went to overtime):

Region 1

First round March 17-21		Second round March 21-23		Regional semifinals March 25		Regional finals March 27

Oregon	95

Eastern Washington	66
		Oregon	93

		New Mexico	67
New Mexico	66

Southern Methodist	51
				Oregon	57

				California	71
California	74*

UC Davis	69
		California	64

		Utah	54
St. Mary's	53

Utah	66
						California	76

						BYU	50
Arizona State	84

New Mexico St.	61
		Arizona State	53

		BYU	61
BYU	62

Pepperdine	58
				BYU	67

				Wyoming	63
Texas Tech	80

Houston	77
		Texas Tech	57

		Wyoming	68*
Wyoming	74

Nevada	53

Region 2

First round March 17-19		Second round March 21-22		Regional semifinals March 25		Regional finals March 28

Illinois State	57

Butler	54
		Illinois State	59

		Purdue	57
Purdue	56

Eastern Michigan	50
				Illinois State	71

				Kansas	51
Kansas	82

Prairie View A&M	70
		Kansas	71

		Creighton	68
Creighton	76

Stephen F. Austin	65
						Illinois State	53

						Illinois	50
Marquette	85

Eastern Illinois	56
		Marquette	72

		Illinois	74*
Western Kentucky	51

Illinois	68
				Illinois	65

				Missouri State	53
Missouri State	75

Oral Roberts	53
		Missouri State	75

		Samford	54
Samford	66

Mississippi	65

Region 3

First round March 17-19		Second round March 21-22		Regional semifinals March 25		Regional finals March 28

Maryland	88

Iona	53
		Maryland	87

		East Carolina	52
Drexel	76

East Carolina	78*
				Maryland	64

				Providence	77
Boston University	58

Providence	64
		Providence	76

		Old Dominion	61
Old Dominion	63

American	55
						Providence	65

						Miami (FL)	73
Charlotte	74

Gardner-Webb	60
		Charlotte	70

		North Carolina A&T	79
Wake Forest	49

North Carolina A&T	73
				North Carolina A&T	77

				Miami (FL)	84
Florida	61

South Florida	54
		Florida	64

		Miami (FL)	77
Miami (FL)	70

Florida Gulf Coast	57

Region 4

First round March 18-19		Second round March 21-22		Regional semifinals March 25-26		Regional finals March 28

St. Bonaventure	76

Robert Morris	50
		St. Bonaventure	62

		Northwestern	66
Northwestern	79

Duquesne	72
				Northwestern	44

				Michigan	65
Michigan	69

Kent State	34
		Michigan	72

		Toledo	57
Toledo	70

Pittsburgh	58
						Michigan	78

						Syracuse	52
Syracuse	87

Harvard	68
		Syracuse	69

		Richmond	55
Delaware	49

Richmond	67
				Syracuse	74

				VCU	59
Saint Joseph's	63

VCU	74
		VCU	84

		Hofstra	65
Penn State	68

Hofstra	76

Semifinals & Final

Semifinals March 31-April 1		Championship April 3 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, California

California	61

Illinois State	45
		California	73

		Miami (FL)	61
Miami (FL)	76

Michigan	59

References

External links

Official website

[1] ttp://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87816&SPID=10422&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=204833174

[2] ttp://www.bgsufalcons.com/news/2009/11/13/WBB_1113091152.aspx

[3] ttp://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?sport=wbball&show=15528

[4] ttp://www.womensnit.com/showstory.asp?id=current&eventid=32

[5] ttp://www.womensnit.com/showstory.asp?id=current&eventid=32

[6] ttp://www.womensnit.com/photos/bracket32.pdf

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