College basketball postseason tournament
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 Division I women's 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
| Semifinals
November 18–19
| | | Finals
November 22
| |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Ohio State
| 92
| | |
|
| West Virginia
| 69
| |
| | Ohio State
| 93[4]
| |
|
| |
| | | Oklahoma State
| 72
| |
| Oklahoma State
| 70
| |
| |
| New Mexico
| 56
| |
[5]
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 Division I women's 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
| Legend
|
School
|
Conference
|
1
|
Boston
|
America East
|
2
|
Charlotte
|
Atlantic 10
|
3
|
Wake Forest
|
Atlantic Coast
|
4
|
Florida Gulf Coast
|
Atlantic Sun
|
5
|
Texas Tech
|
Big 12
|
6
|
Providence
|
Big East
|
7
|
Eastern Washington
|
Big Sky
|
8
|
Gardner-Webb
|
Big South
|
9
|
Purdue
|
Big Ten
|
10
|
UC Davis
|
Big West
|
11
|
Old Dominion
|
Colonial
|
12
|
Houston
|
Conference USA
|
13
|
Butler
|
Horizon
|
14
|
Harvard
|
Ivy League
|
15
|
North Carolina A&T
|
MEAC
|
16
|
Iona
|
Metro Atlantic
|
17
|
Toledo
|
Mid-American
|
18
|
Illinois State
|
Missouri Valley
|
19
|
Brigham Young
|
Mountain West
|
20
|
Robert Morris
|
Northeast
|
21
|
Eastern Illinois
|
Ohio Valley
|
22
|
California
|
Pac-10
|
23
|
American
|
Patriot
|
24
|
Florida
|
SEC
|
25
|
Samford
|
Southern
|
26
|
Stephen F. Austin
|
Southland
|
27
|
Oral Roberts
|
Summit
|
28
|
Western Kentucky
|
Sun Belt
|
29
|
Prairie View A&M
|
SWAC
|
30
|
Nevada
|
WAC
|
31
|
Saint Mary's
|
West Coast
|
At-Large bids
| Legend
|
School
|
Conference
|
1
|
Arizona State
|
Pac-10
|
2
|
Creighton
|
Missouri Valley
|
3
|
Delaware
|
Colonial
|
4
|
Drexel
|
Colonial
|
5
|
Duquesne
|
Atlantic 10
|
6
|
East Carolina
|
Conference USA
|
7
|
Eastern Michigan
|
Mid-American
|
8
|
Hofstra
|
Colonial
|
9
|
Illinois
|
Big Ten
|
10
|
Kansas
|
Big 12
|
11
|
Kent State
|
Mid-American
|
12
|
Marquette
|
Big East
|
13
|
Maryland
|
Atlantic Coast
|
14
|
Miami
|
Atlantic Coast
|
15
|
Michigan
|
Big Ten
|
16
|
Mississippi
|
SEC
|
17
|
Missouri State
|
Missouri Valley
|
18
|
New Mexico
|
Mountail West
|
19
|
New Mexico State
|
WAC
|
20
|
Northwestern
|
Big Ten
|
21
|
Oregon
|
Pac-10
|
22
|
Penn State
|
Big Ten
|
23
|
Pepperdine
|
West Coast
|
24
|
Pittsburgh
|
Big East
|
25
|
Richmond
|
Atlantic 10
|
26
|
Saint Joseph's
|
Atlantic 10
|
27
|
Southern Methodist
|
Conference USA
|
28
|
South Florida
|
Big East
|
29
|
St. Bonaventure
|
Atlantic 10
|
30
|
Syracuse
|
Big East
|
31
|
Utah
|
Mountain West
|
32
|
Virginia Commonwealth
|
Colonial
|
33
|
Wyoming
|
Mountain West
|
Brackets
Results to date (* indicates game went to overtime):
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Semifinals and championship game
All-tournament team
Source:[6]
See also
References
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- ^ "Nurse, Falcons Run Past Chicago State, 76-41, in Preseason WNIT".
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- ^ "2009 Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (bracket)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2009. Retrieved November 14, 2009.
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