2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament

2017 WNIT
Season	2016–17
Teams	64
Champions	Michigan Wolverines (1st title)
Runner-up	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Villanova Wildcats (1st semifinal) Washington State Cougars (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Kim Barnes Arico (1st title)
MVP	Katelynn Flaherty (Michigan)
Attendance	4,417
Top scorer	Katelynn Flaherty Michigan (27 points)
WNIT

The 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament was an annual single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2017 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 began on March 15 and ended on April 1, with the championship game televised on the CBS Sports Network.^[1] In the championship game, the Michigan Wolverines defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 89–79, in triple overtime.

Contents

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  1 Participants
  
  
  
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    1.1 Automatic qualifiers
    
  
  
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    1.2 At-large bids
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Bracket
  
  
  
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    2.1 Semifinals and Championship Game
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 See also
  


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  4 References
  

Participants

The 2017 Postseason WNIT field consists of 32 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 32 (or more) at-large teams. The intention of the WNIT Selection Committee was to select the best available at-large teams in the nation. A team offered an automatic berth by the WNIT will be the team that is the highest-finishing team in its conference's regular-season standings, and not selected for the NCAA Tournament. A team that fulfills these qualities, and accepts, earned the WNIT automatic berth for its conference, regardless of overall record. The remaining berths in the WNIT were filled by the best teams available. Any team considered for an at-large berth has an overall record of .500 or better.^[2]

Automatic qualifiers Conference School America East New Hampshire American UCF Atlantic 10 George Washington Atlantic Sun Stetson ACC Virginia Big 12 Oklahoma State Big East Villanova Big Sky North Dakota Big South Radford Big Ten Michigan Big West UC Davis Colonial James Madison C-USA Middle Tennessee Horizon League Wright State Ivy League Princeton MAAC Rider MAC Central Michigan MEAC Bethune-Cookman Missouri Valley Missouri State Mountain West Colorado State Northeast Sacred Heart Ohio Valley Morehead State Pac-12 Washington State Patriot Navy Southern Mercer Southland Abilene Christian SWAC Grambling State Summit League IUPUI Sun Belt Little Rock WCC BYU WAC Seattle

At-large bids Conference School SEC Alabama MAC Ball State Pac-12 Colorado Colonial Drexel Atlantic 10 Duquesne Atlantic 10 Fordham Big East Georgetown ACC Georgia Tech Ivy Harvard Big Ten Indiana Big Ten Iowa Atlantic Sun Jacksonville MAC Kent State C-USA Louisiana Tech MAC Northern Illinois MAC Ohio SEC Ole Miss Big Ten Penn State Big East St. John's Atlantic 10 Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 Saint Louis WCC Saint Mary's Summit League South Dakota Summit League South Dakota State American SMU C-USA Southern Miss Sunbelt Texas–Arlington American Tulane Mountain West UNLV Pac-12 Utah ACC Virginia Tech ACC Wake Forest Mountain West Wyoming

Bracket

All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

* – Denotes overtime period

Round 1 March 16–17				Round 2 March 18–19				Round 3 March 23				Quarterfinals March 26
Colorado State	80*
Saint Mary's	68			Colorado State	57
Utah	62			UC Davis	58
UC Davis	72							UC Davis	62
BYU	64							Washington State	71
Washington State	72			Washington State	68*
Wyoming	68			Wyoming	67
Seattle	52											Washington State	74
South Dakota	78											Iowa	66
North Dakota	55			South Dakota	73
Iowa	95			Iowa	78
Missouri State	74							Iowa	80
South Dakota State	94							Colorado	62
Northern Illinois	84			South Dakota State	75
Colorado	66			Colorado	81*
UNLV	52

Round 1 March 15–16				Round 2 March 19				Round 3 March 23				Quarterfinals March 26
Tulane	62
Texas-Arlington	57			Tulane	66
Ole Miss	75			Grambling State	49
Grambling State	78							Tulane	64
Alabama	81							Alabama	72
Mercer	57			Alabama	55
Southern Miss	62			Little Rock	53
Little Rock	72											Alabama	66
Middle Tennessee	67											Georgia Tech	76
Morehead State	58			Middle Tennessee	73
Wake Forest	71			Wake Forest	66
Bethune-Cookman	42							Middle Tennessee	57
Georgia Tech	71							Georgia Tech	70
Jacksonville	55			Georgia Tech	63
UCF	73			UCF	51
Stetson	53

Round 1 March 16–17				Round 2 March 18–19				Round 3 March 23				Quarterfinals March 25
Michigan	67
Kent State	60			Michigan	71
Wright State	66			Wright State	66
Central Michigan	64							Michigan	60
New Hampshire	56							St. John's	40
Harvard	69			Harvard	57
St. John's	72			St. John's	62
Sacred Heart	43											Michigan	80
Penn State	74											Virginia Tech	62
Ohio	65			Penn State	70
Georgetown	49			Fordham	51
Fordham	60							Penn State	55
George Washington	51							Virginia Tech	64
Navy	61*			Navy	64
Virginia Tech	76			Virginia Tech	75
Rider	62

Round 1 March 16–17				Round 2 March 19–20				Round 3 March 23				Quarterfinals March 26
Princeton	53
Villanova	59			Villanova	56
Drexel	70			Drexel	51
Duquesne	47							Villanova	69*
James Madison	80							James Madison	67
Radford	59			James Madison	61
Saint Joseph's	56			Virginia	55
Virginia	62											Villanova	69
Indiana	71											Indiana	57
Ball State	58			Indiana	71
Saint Louis	62			Saint Louis	53
IUPUI	57							Indiana	64
Oklahoma State	56							SMU	44
Abilene Christian	66			Abilene Christian	52
SMU	75*			SMU	59
Louisiana Tech	70

Semifinals and Championship Game

	Semifinals March 29					Championship Game April 1
	Washington State		61
	Georgia Tech		69
						Georgia Tech		79
						Michigan		89***
	Michigan		65
	Villanova		61

See also

• 2017 Women's Basketball Invitational

References

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