2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament

2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Teams	32
Finals site	University Arena; Albuquerque, New Mexico
Champions	Ohio State (1st title)
Runner-up	New Mexico (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Hawaii (2 semifinal); James Madison (1 semifinal);
Winning coach	Beth Burns (1 title)
MVP	Jamie Lewis (Ohio State)
Attendance	18,018
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
«2000	2002»

The 2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2001 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the fourth edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).

The final four of the tournament paired Hawaii against New Mexico and Ohio State against James Madison. New Mexico beat Hawaii 68–43 and Ohio State took down James Madison 74–65.

Bracket

Visiting teams in first round are listed first. Games marked signify overtime. Source^[1]

West Regional bracket

First Round March 15 & 16		Second Round March 18 & 19		Quarterfinals March 21

BYU	78

Oregon State	63
		BYU	73

		at Hawaii	77*
Santa Clara	57

Hawaii	73
				at Hawaii	51

				Oklahoma State	51
UNLV	59

Loyola Marymount	56
		UNLV	67

		at Oklahoma State	71
North Texas	67

Oklahoma State	79

South Regional bracket

First Round March 15 & 16		Second Round March 17 & 18		Quarterfinals March 21

Memphis	67

Alabama	77
		Alabama	72

		at Alabama–Birmingham	84
FIU	83

Alabama–Birmingham	96
				Alabama–Birmingham	55

				at New Mexico	77
Pepperdine	65

Arizona	85
		Arizona	62

		at New Mexico	75
Houston	49

New Mexico	72

East Regional bracket

First Round March 14 & 15		Second Round March 17 & 18		Quarterfinals March 20

Georgetown	66

George Mason	56
		Georgetown	74

		at James Madison	78
Temple	57

James Madison	59
				James Madison	63

				at Mississippi State	61
Georgia Tech	73

Mississippi State	77
		Mississippi State	86

		at Illinois	77
Wisconsin–Green Bay	79

Illinois	96

Midwest Regional bracket

First Round March 14 & 16		Second Round March 17 & 18		Quarterfinals March 20

Mississippi	92

Western Kentucky	95
		at Western Kentucky	64

		Indiana	63
Middle Tennessee	63

Indiana	66
				at Western Kentucky	61

				Ohio State	70
Northern Iowa	73

DePaul	75*
		DePaul	62

		at Ohio State	73
Cincinnati	60

Ohio State	61

Semifinals and championship game

Semifinals			Finals

W	Hawaii	43

S	at New Mexico	68
			at New Mexico	61

			Ohio State	62
E	James Madison	65

MW	at Ohio State	74

All-tournament team

Jame Lewis, Ohio State (MVP)
Courtney Coleman, Ohio State
Jordan Adams, New Mexico
Chelsea Grear, New Mexico
Janka Gabrielova, Hawaii
Shanna Price, Wisconsin–Green Bay

Source:^[2]

References

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