The 2018
Women's National Invitation Tournament
The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament. It used to feature both a preseason and postseason version played every year, but the preseason tournament was last held in 2023. It is operate ...
was an annual
single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, ...
of 64
NCAA Division I
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teams that were not selected to participate in the
2018 Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 12, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 14 and ended on March 31, with the championship game televised on the
CBS Sports Network
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. In the championship game, Indiana defeated Virginia Tech, 65–57.
Participants
The 2018 Postseason WNIT field consisted of 32 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 32 at-large teams. The intention of the WNIT Selection Committee was to select the best available at-large teams in the nation. Teams with the highest finishes in their conferences’ regular-season standings that were not selected for the NCAA Tournament were offered an automatic berth. The remaining berths in the WNIT were filled by the best teams available. Teams considered for an at-large berth had overall records of .500 or better.
Automatic qualifiers
At-large bids
Bracket
All times are listed as
Eastern Daylight Time
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* Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behin ...
(
UTC−4)
* – Denotes overtime period
Semifinals and Championship Game
Semifinals
Championship
All-tournament team
* Tyra Buss (Indiana), MVP
* Amanda Cahill (Indiana)
* Taylor Emery (Virginia Tech)
* Regan Magarity (Virginia Tech)
* Teana Muldrow (West Virginia)
* Jordan Moore (TCU)
See also
*
2018 Women's Basketball Invitational
The 2018 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament consisting of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tourna ...
References
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Women's National Invitation Tournament
Women's National Invitation Tournament
The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament. It used to feature both a preseason and postseason version played every year, but the preseason tournament was last held in 2023. It is operate ...
Women's National Invitation Tournament
The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament. It used to feature both a preseason and postseason version played every year, but the preseason tournament was last held in 2023. It is operate ...
Women's National Invitation Tournament
The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament. It used to feature both a preseason and postseason version played every year, but the preseason tournament was last held in 2023. It is operate ...
Women's sports in Indiana