2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament

2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	Savage Arena; Toledo, Ohio
Champions	Toledo (1st title)
Runner-up	USC (1st title game)
Winning coach	Tricia Cullop (1st title)
MVP	Naama Shafir (Toledo)
Attendance	7,301 (championship game)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
«2010	2012»

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]

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 12.

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

The games for round two were played on November 15.

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

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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

At-large bids

Legend	School	Conference
1	Alabama	SEC
2	Arkansas	SEC
3	Auburn	SEC
4	California	Pac-10
5	Central Michigan	Mid-American
6	Charlotte	Atlantic 10
7	Colorado	Big 12
8	Creighton	Missouri Valley
9	Delaware	Colonial
10	Drexel	Colonial
11	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American
12	Florida	SEC
13	Kent State	Mid-American
14	Memphis	Conference USA
15	Missouri State	Missouri Valley
16	Nevada	WAC
17	Northwestern	Big Ten
18	Oklahoma State	Big 12
19	Pepperdine	West Coast
20	Richmond	Atlantic 10
21	Southern California	Pac-10
22	St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10
23	St. Joseph's (PA)	Atlantic 10
24	TCU	Mountain West
25	Tulane	Conference USA
26	UC Riverside	Big West
27	UC Santa Barbara	Big West
28	UNC Wilmington	Colonial
29	VCU	Colonial
30	Virginia	Atlantic Coast
31	Wichita State	Missouri Valley
32	Wisconsin	Big Ten
33	Wyoming	Mountain West

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

Colorado		71

UC Riverside		62
			Colorado		81

			California		65
Cal Poly		60

California		74
						Colorado		70

						Wyoming		58
Oklahoma State		81

Pepperdine		74
			Oklahoma State		71

			Wyoming		75
Wyoming		79

Portland State		44
									H	Colorado	70

										USC	87
(H)	USC	67

	UC Santa Barbara	64
				USC	78

			(H)	Nevada	59
St. Mary's		62

Nevada		65
							USC	62

						(H)	BYU	50
Utah State		103

Arizona		95
			Utah State		63

			BYU		102
BYU		75

Denver		60

Region 2

First round March 16–18			Second round March 19–21			Regional semifinals March 23–24			Regional finals March 27

Wisconsin		68

Butler		48
			(H)	Wisconsin	59

				Illinois State	62
H	Illinois State	72

	Central Michigan	59
						(H)	Illinois State	79

							Duquesne	66
Duquesne		64

Kent State		56
			Duquesne		80

			Kansas		63
Kansas		79

Wichita State		58
									H	Illinois State	60

										Arkansas	49
Missouri State		76

Rice		65
			Missouri State		64

			Arkansas		65
Arkansas		91

Lamar		65
						Arkansas		78

						Oral Roberts		59
Tulane		61

Southern		31
			Tulane		86

			Oral Roberts		92
TCU		74

Oral Roberts		78

Region 3

First round March 16–18			Second round March 19–21			Regional semifinals March 23–24			Regional finals March 27

St. Bonaventure		77

Lehigh		43
			St. Bonaventure		50

			Syracuse		63
Syracuse		77

Monmouth		53
						(H)	Syracuse	72

							Eastern Michigan	63
(H)	Eastern Michigan	67

	Michigan	59
				Eastern Michigan	63

			(H)	UNC Wilmington	54
Richmond		54

UNC Wilmington		63
										Syracuse	68

									(H)	Toledo	71*
Northwestern		89

Creighton		63
			Northwestern		70

			Alabama		72
Memphis		69

Alabama		80
							Alabama	59

						(H)	Toledo	74
Tennessee Tech		54

Auburn		68
				Auburn	52

			(H)	Toledo	67
(H)	Toledo	58

	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 College	85
		Boston College	86

		St. Joseph's	59
St. Joseph's	72

VCU	66
				Boston College	48

				Virginia	53
Old Dominion	65

Loyola-Maryland	67
		Loyola-Maryland	49

		Virginia	71
Virginia	69

Morgan State	56
						H	Virginia	74

							Charlotte	79
Charlotte	62

Liberty	56
		Charlotte	69

		South Carolina	57
South Carolina	67

Appalachian State	54
				Charlotte	81*

				Florida	77
Florida	59

UMBC	47
		Florida	74

		Florida Gulf Coast	69
Florida Gulf Coast	73

Drexel	67

Semifinals and championship game

Played at host schools

Semifinals March 30			Championship Game April 2

USC		63

Illinois State		36
				USC	68

			(H)	Toledo	76
	Charlotte	60

(H)	Toledo	83

All-tournament team

Naama Shafir, Toledo (MVP)
Yolanda Richardson, Toledo
Ashley Corral, USC
Briana Gilbreath, USC
Shannon McCallum, Charlotte
Emily Hanley, Illinois State

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2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Contents

2010 Preseason WNIT

Round 1

Bracket 1

Bracket 2

Round 2

Bracket 1

Bracket 2

Semifinals and Finals

Consolation Bracket

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

2011 Postseason WNIT

Participants

At-large bids

Brackets

Region 1

Region 2

Region 3

Region 4

Semifinals and championship game

All-tournament team

See also

References