2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The 40th annual tournament was played from March 19, 2008 to April 5, 2008, 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. Marquette defeated Michigan State 81–66 to win the tournament.

Seeding

Teams are not seeded in the WNIT. Rather, teams are placed into one of three tiers. Teams in the upper tier are spread around the bracket as best as possible, although not every upper tier team receives a first round bye. Lower tier and middle tier teams tend to meet in the first round, while upper tier teams will usually play winners of first-round games in the second round. The organizers attempt to bracket the first two rounds based on geography. The location of games is determined in part by seed, but also by facility availability and other factors.[1]

Bracket

Section 1

  Round 1
March 19–22		 Round 2
March 22–25		 Round 3
March 26–28		 Quarterfinals
March 29–31
                                     
       
  Texas Tech* 82  
    Texas State 49  
Prairie View A&M 83
Texas State* 84  
  Texas Tech* 74  
  TCU 81  
       
       
  TCU* 85
    Boise State 56  
Idaho State 54
Boise State* 77  
  TCU 90
  Colorado* 96†
       
       
  Colorado* 82
    Gonzaga 68  
UC Davis 60
Gonzaga* 81  
  Colorado* 64
  Villanova 58  
       
       
  Wisconsin* 54
    Villanova 60  
American 52
Villanova* 53  

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 2

  Round 1
March 19–22		 Round 2
March 21–25		 Round 3
March 26–28		 Quarterfinals
March 29–31
                                     
       
  Marquette* 75†  
    Creighton 69  
Creighton 76
South Dakota State* 69  
  Marquette* 72  
  Illinois 64  
       
       
  Illinois* 48
    Drake 44  
Wisconsin-Green Bay 56
Drake* 65  
  Marquette 69
  Kentucky* 64
       
       
  Kentucky* 68†
    Middle Tennessee 66  
Western Carolina 69
Middle Tennessee* 104  
  Kentucky* 84
  James Madison 76  
       
       
  Indiana* 81
    James Madison 86†  
Radford 58
James Madison* 80  

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 3

  Round 1
March 19–22		 Round 2
March 22–25		 Round 3
March 26–28		 Quarterfinals
March 29–31
                                     
       
  Michigan* 75  
    VCU 57  
VCU 80
Charlotte* 67  
  Michigan* 59  
  Southern Miss 45  
       
       
  Mississippi State 61
    Southern Miss* 62  
Arkansas-Little Rock 57
Southern Miss* 67  
  Michigan 40
  Michigan State* 45†
       
       
  Kansas* 82
    Evansville 60  
Southeast Missouri State 58
Evansville* 60  
  Kansas 54
  Michigan State* 58  
       
       
  Michigan State* 74
    Bowling Green 66  
Dayton 52
Bowling Green* 64  

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 4

  Round 1
March 19–22		 Round 2
March 22–25		 Round 3
March 26–28		 Quarterfinals
March 29–31
                                     
       
  St. John's* 65  
    Iona 59  
Iona 71
Quinnipiac* 59  
  St. John's* 65  
  Boston College 56  
       
       
  Boston College* 76
    Vermont 64  
Dartmouth 50
Vermont* 69  
  St. John's 61
  NC State* 63
       
       
  NC State* 72
    South Carolina 69  
North Carolina A&T 74
South Carolina* 102  
  NC State* 80
  Florida 55  
       
       
  Florida* 60
    Florida Gulf Coast 55  
South Florida 65
Florida Gulf Coast* 67  

Note: Asterisk denotes home team

Semifinals and finals

Semifinals
April 2 		Finals
April 5
      
Colorado* 72
Marquette 86
Marquette 81
Michigan State* 66
Michigan State* 58
NC State 57

Note: Asterisk denotes home team

References

  1. ↑ "Postseason WNIT". Archived from the original on 2008-03-21. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
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