2010 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2010 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 Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The tournament is 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.

2010 Preseason WNIT

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

Round 1

• The games for round one were played on November 13.

Bracket 1

• New Mexico 81, Northern Colorado 59
• Florida Gulf Coast 66, UTEP 54
• Georgia Tech 63, Winthrop 30
• Oklahoma State 67, Arkansas Little-Rock 58

Bracket 2

• Ohio State 91, Eastern Illinois 68^[1]
• Bowling Green 76, Chicago State 41^[2]
• Marist 80, North Carolina A&T 64
• West Virginia 79, Towson 42^[3]

Round 2

• The games for round one were played on November 15 and 16.

Bracket 1

• New Mexico 80, Florida Gulf Coast 64^[4]
• Oklahoma State 70, Georgia Tech 64

Bracket 2

• Ohio State 91, Bowling Green 72
• West Virginia 55 Marist 50

Semifinals and finals

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Note: Asterisk denotes home team

Consolation rounds

Rounds 1&2

• Friday, Nov. 20
  • North Carolina A&T 62, Chicago State 57
  • UTEP 84, Eastern Illinois 80
  • Towson 56, Winthrop 46
  • Arkansas-Little Rock 55, Northern Colorado 43
• Saturday, Nov. 21
  • Chicago State 45, Winthrop 41
  • Eastern Illinois 74, Northern Colorado 70
  • Towson 74, NCA&T 69
  • UALR 64, UTEP 40

Round 3

• Saturday, November 21
  • Marist 70, Bowling Green 65
  • Georgia Tech 58, Florida Gulf Coast 48

2010 Postseason WNIT

The 2010 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The 42nd annual tournament was played from March 17, 2010 to April 3, 2010, 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

Automatic bids

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2010 WNIT Automatic Bids

At-Large bids

Brackets

Results to date (* indicates game went to overtime):

Region 1

Region 2

Region 3

Region 4

Semifinals & Final

References

External links

• Official website