1999 Women's National Invitation Tournament

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1999 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Teams32
Finals site Bud Walton Arena
Fayetteville, AR
Champions Arkansas (1st title)
Runner-up Wisconsin (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Gary Blair (1st title)
MVPLonniya Bragg (Arkansas)
Attendance14,163 (championship)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
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The 1999 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 1999 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the second edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). The tournament was expanded from 16 teams in 1998 to 32 teams. [1]

Contents

The final four of the tournament paired the Wisconsin Badgers against the Memphis Tigers with the Arkansas Razorbacks facing the Drake Bulldogs. Wisconsin beat Memphis 92–73 and Arkansas beat Drake 80–66.

Bracket

Games marked signify overtime. [2]

North bracket

First Round
March 11
Second Round
March 14
Quarterfinals
March 17
      
at Wisconsin 80
Indiana State 43
at Wisconsin107
Siena 85
Siena 86
Georgetown 73
at Wisconsin70*
Michigan State 69
Michigan 73
at Western Michigan 64
at Michigan 68
Michigan State69
at Michigan State 78
Akron 65

Midwest bracket

First Round
March 11
Second Round
March 14
Quarterfinals
March 17
      
at Kansas State 71
Creighton 60
Kansas State 70
at Arkansas State83
Arkansas State 78
New Hampshire 65
Arkansas State 86
at Memphis101
at Memphis 71
Middle Tennessee 61
at Memphis87
Tennessee–Martin 73
Tennessee–Martin 77
Mississippi

West bracket

First Round
March 11 & 12
Second Round
March 14
Quarterfinals
March 17
      
at Drake 70
Utah 62
Drake82
at Colorado 66
Colorado 70
BYU 53
Drake73
at New Mexico 60
at New Mexico 81
Papperdine 69
at New Mexico81
Washington 63
Washington 67
Portland 63

South bracket

First Round
March 11 & 12
Second Round
March 14
Quarterfinals
March 17
      
at Arkansas 78
Northwestern State 60
at Arkansas97*
Oklahoma 93
Oklahoma 75
Wichita State 67
at Arkansas76
Rice 70
Baylor 71
Texas–Arlington 60
at Baylor 60
Rice62
at Rice 65
Miami 58

Semifinals and championship game

Semifinals
March 20
Finals
March 23
      
N at Wisconsin92
MW Memphis 73
Wisconsin 64
at Arkansas67
W Drake 56
S at Arkansas80

All-tournament team

Source: [5]

See also

1999 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

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