2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament

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2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Teams64
Finals site Savage Arena
Toledo, Ohio
Champions Toledo (1st title)
Runner-up USC (1st title game)
Winning coach Tricia Cullop (1st title)
MVPNaama Shafir (Toledo)
Attendance7,301 (championship game)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
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The 2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was an annual single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The tournament was played 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. In the championship game, the Toledo Rockets defeated the USC Trojans, 76–68, before a sellout crowd of 7,301 at Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio. The tournament MVP, Naama Shafir, scored a career-high 40 points to lead the Rockets. [1]

Contents

2010 Preseason WNIT

At the beginning of the season, there is a Preseason WNIT.

Round 1

Bracket 1

  • Purdue* 93, Austin Peay 53 [2]
  • Toledo* 71, St. Francis (PA) 66 [3]
  • South Dakota State* 87, Utah Valley 38 [4]
  • Hampton 69, James Madison* 64 [5]

Bracket 2

  • DePaul* 84, Valparaiso 53 [6]
  • Missouri State* 83, Lamar 60 [7]
  • Charlotte* 72, Iona 40 [8]
  • Florida* 77, Central Florida 67 [9]

Round 2

Bracket 1

  • Purdue* 79, Toledo 66 [10]
  • South Dakota State* 76, Hampton 64 [11]

Bracket 2

  • DePaul 82, Missouri State* 66 [12]
  • Florida* 76, Charlotte 70 [13]

Semifinals and Finals

Semifinals
November 17–18
Finals
November 21
      
Purdue*73
South Dakota State 40
Purdue*67 [14]
DePaul 58
DePaul*74
Florida 73

[15]

Note: Asterisk denotes home team

Consolation Bracket

Round 1

  • The games for Consolation round one were played on Friday, November 19.
    • Central Florida 59, Iona 48
    • James Madison 64, St. Francis (PA) 49
    • Valparaiso 72, Austin Peay 57
    • Lamar 83, Utah Valley 66

Round 2

  • The games for Consolation round two were played on Saturday, November 20.
    • James Madison 82, Central Florida 78 (OT)
    • Lamar 74, Valparaiso 58
    • St. Francis (PA) 77, Iona 64
    • Austin Peay 73, Utah Valley 69

Round 3

  • The games for Consolation round three were played on November 19 or 20.
    • Charlotte 64, Hampton 57
    • Missouri State 73, Toledo 69

2011 Postseason WNIT

The 2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The 43rd annual tournament was played from March 16, 2011 to April 2, 2011, 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.

Participants

Brackets

Results to date (* by score indicates game went to overtime; H indicates host school):

Region 1

First round
March 16–18
Second round
March 19–21
Regional semifinals
March 23–24
Regional finals
March 27
            
Colorado71
UC Riverside 62
Colorado81
California 65
Cal Poly 60
California74
Colorado70
Wyoming 58
Oklahoma State81
Pepperdine 74
Oklahoma State 71
Wyoming75
Wyoming79
Portland State 44
H Colorado 70
USC87
(H) USC67
UC Santa Barbara 64
USC78
(H) Nevada 59
St. Mary's 62
Nevada65
USC62
(H) BYU 50
Utah State103
Arizona 95
Utah State 63
BYU102
BYU75
Denver 60

Region 2

First round
March 16–18
Second round
March 19–21
Regional semifinals
March 23–24
Regional finals
March 27
            
Wisconsin68
Butler 48
(H) Wisconsin 59
Illinois State62
HIllinois State72
Central Michigan 59
(H)Illinois State79
Duquesne 66
Duquesne64
Kent State 56
Duquesne80
Kansas 63
Kansas79
Wichita State 58
HIllinois State60
Arkansas 49
Missouri State76
Rice 65
Missouri State 64
Arkansas65
Arkansas91
Lamar 65
Arkansas78
Oral Roberts 59
Tulane61
Southern 31
Tulane 86
Oral Roberts92
TCU 74
Oral Roberts78

Region 3

First round
March 16–18
Second round
March 19–21
Regional semifinals
March 23–24
Regional finals
March 27
            
St. Bonaventure77
Lehigh 43
St. Bonaventure 50
Syracuse63
Syracuse77
Monmouth 53
(H)Syracuse72
Eastern Michigan 63
(H)Eastern Michigan67
Michigan 59
Eastern Michigan63
(H) UNC Wilmington 54
Richmond 54
UNC Wilmington63
Syracuse 68
(H)Toledo71*
Northwestern89
Creighton 63
Northwestern 70
Alabama72
Memphis 69
Alabama 80
Alabama 59
(H)Toledo74
Tennessee Tech 54
Auburn68
Auburn 52
(H)Toledo67
(H)Toledo58
Delaware 55

Region 4

First round
March 16–18
Second round
March 19–21
Regional semifinals
March 24
Regional finals
March 26
            
Yale 61
Boston College85
Boston College86
St. Joseph's 59
St. Joseph's72
VCU 66
Boston College 48
Virginia53
Old Dominion 65
Loyola-Maryland67
Loyola-Maryland 49
Virginia71
Virginia69
Morgan State 56
H Virginia 74
Charlotte79
Charlotte62
Liberty 56
Charlotte69
South Carolina 57
South Carolina67
Appalachian State 54
Charlotte81*
Florida 77
Florida59
UMBC 47
Florida74
Florida Gulf Coast 69
Florida Gulf Coast73
Drexel 67

Semifinals and championship game

Played at host schools

Semifinals
March 30
Championship Game
April 2
      
USC63
Illinois State 36
USC 68
(H) Toledo76
Charlotte 60
(H) Toledo83

All-tournament team

Source: [16]

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