The 2023

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was a

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of 64

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women's college basketball teams that were not selected for the field of the 2023 Women's NCAA Tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 13, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament started March 15 and ended on April 1 with the championship game televised by

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won the tournament for the first time in program history. This was the final WNIT to be held with a 64-team format. On July 17, 2023, WNIT operator Triple Crown Sports announced that the tournament would be reduced to 48 teams starting in 2024. This followed the

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's announcement that it would launch the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament, a 32-team direct parallel to the men's

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, starting in the 2023–24 season.

Participants

The 2023 postseason WNIT field consists of 32 teams that received automatic berths - one berth from each conference - and 32 at-large teams. All Division I teams were considered for at-large berths, including those who are independent and/or are in the transition process of reaching full NCAA Division I status. Automatic berths went to the highest-finishing team in its conference's regular-season standings, not selected for an NCAA Tournament berth. The remaining team slots were filled by the top teams available.

Automatic qualifiers

At-large bids

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period
(H) - Denotes home team

Semifinals and Championship Game

Game summaries

Fab 4

Championship

References

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