The 2011
Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a
single-elimination tournament
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of 64
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA)
Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the
2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The tournament was 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. In the championship game, the
Toledo Rockets defeated the
USC Trojans
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, 76–68, before a sellout crowd of 7,301 at
Savage Arena in
Toledo, Ohio
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. The tournament MVP, Naama Shafir, scored a career-high 40 points to lead the Rockets.
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 12.
Bracket 1
*Purdue* 93, Austin Peay 53
*Toledo* 71, St. Francis (PA) 66
*South Dakota State* 87, Utah Valley 38
*Hampton 69, James Madison* 64
Bracket 2
*DePaul* 84, Valparaiso 53
*Missouri State* 83, Lamar 60
*Charlotte* 72, Iona 40
*Florida* 77, Central Florida 67
Round 2
*The games for round two were played on November 15.
Bracket 1
*Purdue* 79, Toledo 66
*South Dakota State* 76, Hampton 64
Bracket 2
*DePaul 82, Missouri State* 66
*Florida* 76, Charlotte 70
Semifinals and Finals
Note: Asterisk denotes home team
Consolation Bracket
Round 1
*The games for Consolation round one were played on Friday, November 19.
**Central Florida 59, Iona 48
**James Madison 64, St. Francis (PA) 49
**Valparaiso 72, Austin Peay 57
**Lamar 83, Utah Valley 66
Round 2
*The games for Consolation round two were played on Saturday, November 20.
**James Madison 82, Central Florida 78 (OT)
**Lamar 74, Valparaiso 58
**St. Francis (PA) 77, Iona 64
**Austin Peay 73, Utah Valley 69
Round 3
*The games for Consolation round three were played on November 19 or 20.
**Charlotte 64, Hampton 57
**Missouri State 73, Toledo 69
2011 Postseason WNIT
The 2011
Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is 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 43rd annual tournament was played from March 16, 2011 to April 2, 2011, 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 ''(* by score indicates game went to overtime; H indicates host school)'':
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Semifinals and championship game
Played at host schools
All-tournament team
* Naama Shafir, Toledo (MVP)
* Yolanda Richardson, Toledo
* Ashley Corral, USC
*
Briana Gilbreath, USC
* Shannon McCallum, Charlotte
* Emily Hanley, Illinois State
Source:
See also
*
2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2010-11 ...
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2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
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2011 National Invitation Tournament
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2011 Women's Basketball Invitational
References
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