2000 Women's National Invitation Tournament

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2000 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Teams32
Finals site Kohl Center
Madison, WI
Champions Wisconsin (1st title)
Runner-up Florida (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Jane Albright (1st title)
MVP Tamara Moore (Wisconsin)
Attendance13,006 (championship)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
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The 2000 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2000 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the third edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).

Contents

The final four of the tournament paired Arkansas against Florida with the other match-up being Wisconsin and Colorado State. Wisconsin beat Colorado State 78–60 and Florida beat Arkansas 83–62.

Bracket

Games marked signify overtime. [1]

North bracket

First Round
March 15
Second Round
March 18 & 19
Quarterfinals
March 22
      
at Wisconsin 83
Fairfield 46
at Wisconsin82
DePaul 76
DePaul 69
Western Michigan 64
at Wisconsin77
Michigan State 45
at Michigan State 74
Villanova 62
Michigan State88
Cincinnati 83
Cincinnati 76
Pittsburgh 60

West bracket

First Round
March 16
Second Round
March 18
Quarterfinals
March 22
      
Long Beach State 87
at New Mexico 63
Long Beach State73
at St. Mary's 48
St. Mary's 75
Hawaii 60
Long Beach State 63
at Colorado State65
at Colorado State 66
Arizona State 54
at Colorado State66
USC 56
USC 71
Santa Clara 64

Midwest bracket

First Round
March 15 & 16
Second Round
March 18
Quarterfinals
March 21
      
at Arkansas 83
Wichita State 63
at Arkansas89
Missouri 88
at Missouri 84*
Evansville 81
at Arkansas78
Georgia Tech 67
at Georgia Tech 76
Southern Miss 71
Georgia Tech81
at Chattanooga 74
Chattanooga 70
Alabama 68

East bracket

First Round
March 15 & 16
Second Round
March 17 & 18
Quarterfinals
March 21
      
at Maryland 63
Georgetown 46
Maryland68*
at Virginia Tech 60
Virginia Tech 80
Georgia State 56
Maryland 57
at Florida77
Memphis 76
Arkansas State 74
at Memphis 71
Florida74
Florida 97
at Dayton 93

Semifinals and championship game

Semifinals
March 25
Finals
March 29
      
N at Wisconsin78
W Colorado State 60
at Wisconsin75
Florida 74
MW at Arkansas 62
E Florida83

All-tournament team

Source: [3]

See also

2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

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References

  1. "2000 Postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament" (PDF). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  2. "1999 Women's Basketball Notes vs Wisconsin (WNIT Final) 2000-03-29" . Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  3. "Wisconsin nips Florida 75-74 to capture title of 2000 Postseason WNIT" . Retrieved March 19, 2023.