2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament

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2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Season 2014–15
Teams64
Finals site Charleston Civic Center
Charleston, West Virginia
Champions UCLA (1st title)
Runner-up West Virginia (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Cori Close (1st title)
MVP Jordin Canada (UCLA)
Attendance8,403 (championship game)
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The 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2015 Women's NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 18 and ended on April 4, with the championship game televised on CBS Sports Network. [1] All games were played on the campus sites of participating schools. The Tournament was won by the UCLA Bruins who defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers, 62–60, in the final before a crowd of 8,658 at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia, on April 4. [2] [3] It was UCLA's first WNIT title. UCLA's Jordin Canada was named the tournament's most valuable player. [4]

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Participants

Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2015 WNIT. Thirty-two teams received automatic berths into the tournament from being the highest-ranked team in their conference that failed to make the NCAA Women's Tournament. The other 32 teams earned at-large bids, by having a winning record but failing to make the NCAA Women's Tournament. If a conference’s automatic qualifier declines the WNIT invitation, the conference forfeits that automatic spot, and that selection goes into the pool of at-large schools. [5] [6]

Bracket

West Region

Round 1
March 18–20 		Round 2
March 22–24 		Round 3
March 25–27 		Quarterfinals
March 28–30
        
Washington State 66
Eastern Washington67
Eastern Washington 49
Sacramento State84
Pacific 79
Sacramento State83
Sacramento State 69
St. Mary's (CA)77
Fresno State79
San Francisco 73
Fresno State 64
St. Mary's (CA)83
St. Mary's (CA)92*
Hawai'i 88
St. Mary's (CA) 66
UCLA82
Colorado State 48
Northern Colorado53
Northern Colorado59
South Dakota 58
South Dakota68
Creighton 58
Northern Colorado 60
UCLA74
UCLA70
CS Bakersfield 54
UCLA63
San Diego 58
San Diego63
Long Beach State 58

Midwest Region

Round 1
March 18–20 		Round 2
March 22–24 		Round 3
March 25–27 		Quarterfinals
March 28–30
        
Michigan72
Cleveland State 50
Michigan74
Toledo 58
Toledo72
Wright State 64
Michigan65
Missouri 55
Kansas State86
Akron 68
Kansas State 48
Missouri67
Northern Iowa 61
Missouri69
Michigan69
Southern Mississippi 60
Drake 70
Eastern Michigan80
Eastern Michigan69
Tulsa 59
Missouri State 72
Tulsa78
Eastern Michigan 65
Southern Mississippi76
Southern Mississippi79
Texas Southern 69
Southern Mississippi77*
Texas Christian 73
Texas Christian85
Stephen F. Austin 80

* - Denotes overtime

South Region

Round 1
March 18–20 		Round 2
March 22–24 		Round 3
March 25–27 		Quarterfinals
March 28–30
        
Middle Tennessee St.69
Ball State 58
Middle Tennessee St.70
Arkansas State 60
Arkansas State61
Western Michigan 49
Middle Tennessee St.82
Ole Miss 70
Georgia Tech69
Elon 47
Georgia Tech 48
Ole Miss63
Ole Miss80
Tennessee-Martin 70
Middle Tennessee State 57
Temple69
Marist 54
Temple67
Temple61
Penn 56
Penn65
Hofstra 58
Temple80*
North Carolina State 79
East Carolina74
Radford 52
East Carolina 65
North Carolina State69
East Tennessee State 58
North Carolina State73

* - Denotes overtime

East Region

Round 1
March 18–20 		Round 2
March 22–24 		Round 3
March 25–27 		Quarterfinals
March 28–30
        
Youngstown State 54
Duquesne72
Duquesne48
Richmond 47
Stetson 66
Richmond67
Duquesne 39
West Virginia60
West Virginia84
Buffalo 61
West Virginia57
Hampton 39
Drexel 42
Hampton45
West Virginia75*
Villanova 70
Fordham70
Central Connecticut State 67
Fordham 63
St. John's77
St. John's64
Army 56
St. John's 55
Villanova63
Villanova71
Maine 60
Villanova71
Old Dominion 66
Old Dominion69
Virginia 62

* - Denotes overtime

Semifinals and championship game

Semifinals
April 1 		Championship Game
April 4
CBSSN
      
UCLA69
Michigan 65
UCLA62
West Virginia 60
Temple 58
West Virginia66*

* - Denotes overtime

Championship Game was played at Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginia.

All-tournament team

Source: [7]

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