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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 ...
(WNIT) was a
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National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...
(NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Division I women's 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 *Bowling Green 76, Chicago State 41 *Marist 80, North Carolina A&T 64 *West Virginia 79, Towson 42


Round 2

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


Bracket 1

*New Mexico 80, Florida Gulf Coast 64 *Oklahoma State 70, Georgia Tech 64


Bracket 2

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


Semifinals and finals

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 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 ...
(WNIT) was a
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
National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...
(NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Division I women's 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.


Participants


Automatic bids


At-Large bids


Brackets

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


Region 1


Region 2


Region 3


Region 4


Semifinals and championship game


All-tournament team

* Alexis Gray-Lawson, California (MVP) * DeNesha Stallworth, California *
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, Miami (FL) *
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, Miami (FL) * Nicolle Lewis, Illinois State * Veronica Hicks, Michigan Source:


See also

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2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament The 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2009– ...
* 2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament * 2010 National Invitation Tournament * 2010 Women's Basketball Invitational


References

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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
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 ...
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