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64-Team Field Announced For 2011 Postseason WNIT
Fort Collins, Colo. ??“ The Women??™s National Invitation Tournament is excited to announce its 64-team field for the Postseason WNIT.
The WNIT kicks off postseason action Wednesday with first-round games. All games are held on the campuses of participating schools. All 64 teams will play in the first round, featuring 32 games. That will be followed by 16 games in Round 2, eight third-round games, four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games, and the championship. The WNIT championship game will be played Saturday, April 2, and will be hosted by one of the two final participating schools.
This year??™s field features 5 teams from each of the Southeastern, Colonial, and Atlantic 10 Conferences, and 4 from the Missouri Valley and Mid American. The Pacific 10, Conference USA, Big 10, Mountain West, Big West, and Big 12 all have 3 teams. Other conferences represented in the field include: West Coast (2), Atlantic Coast (2), WAC (2), American East (1), SWAC (1), Big East (1), Ohio Valley (1), Big South (1), Ivy (1), Southern (1), MAAC (1), Horizon (1), Northeastern (1), MEAC (1), Southland (1), Sun Belt (1), Atlantic Sun (1), Summit (1), Patriot (1), and Big Sky (1).
Game times will be announced Tuesday, March 15, by the WNIT. For more information, visit the website at www.womensnit.com. The WNIT is operated by Triple Crown Sports, a nation-wide grassroots sports event marketing company based in Fort Collins, Colorado.
The WNIT awards an automatic berth to each of the nation??™s 31 conferences. The spot goes to the team that finishes the highest in the regular-season conference standings that does not advance to the NCAA Tournament. If there is a tie, the WNIT abides by the conference tiebreaker. A team earns the Automatic Qualifying berth regardless of its overall record. However, to be considered for a WNIT at-large berth, a team must have an overall record of .500 or better.
Here are the first-round pairings:
All game times will be announced Tuesday, March 15
First-round games
Wednesday, March 16
Pepperdine at Oklahoma State
Portland State at Wyoming
Butler at Wisconsin
Wichita State at Kansas
Delaware at Toledo
Loyola-Maryland at Old Dominion
Liberty at Charlotte
Appalachian State at South Carolina
Thursday, March 17
UC Riverside at Colorado
California at Cal Poly
UC Santa Barbara at Southern Cal
Nevada at St. Mary??™s CA
Arizona at Utah State
Denver at BYU
Central Michigan at Illinois State
Kent State at Duquesne
Rice at Missouri State
Lamar at Arkansas
Southern at Tulane
Oral Roberts at TCU
Lehigh at St. Bonaventure
Monmouth at Syracuse
Michigan at Eastern Michigan
UNC Wilmington at Richmond
Creighton at Northwestern
Alabama at Memphis
Auburn at Tennessee Tech
Boston College at Yale
VCU at St. Joseph??™s
Morgan State at Virginia
Friday, March 18
UMBC at Florida
Drexel at FGCU
Here are the 64 teams in the tournament:
31 Automatic Berths with team record
Appalachian State (25-6), Southern
Arizona (21-10), Pac 10
Boston College (18-12), ACC
Butler (20-13), Horizon
BYU (23-
, MWC
Cal Poly SLO (18-12), Big West
Denver (19-11), Sun Belt
Duquesne (22-, Atlantic 10
Florida Gulf Coast (27-3), Atlantic Sun
Illinois State (20-10), Missouri Valley
Kansas (20-12), Big 12
Lamar (25-7), Southland
Lehigh (21-10), Patriot
Liberty (22-10), Big South
Loyola-Maryland (20-12), MAAC
Michigan (17-12), Big 10
Monmouth NJ (23-9), Northeast
Morgan State (17-14), MEAC
Old Dominion (20-10), Colonial
Oral Roberts (21-10), Summit
Portland State (20-11), Big Sky
Rice (18-13), Conference USA
South Carolina (17-14), SEC
Southern (20-11), SWAC
St. Mary??™s CA (19-12), West Coast
Syracuse (22-9), Big East
Tennessee Tech (23-7), Ohio Valley
Toledo (23-, MAC
UMBC (20-11), American East
Utah State (17-14), WAC
Yale (14-14), Ivy League
33 At-large Berths with team record
Alabama (16-14), SEC
Arkansas (19-11), SEC
Auburn (15-15, SEC
Central Michigan (20-10), MAC
California (17-15), Pac 10
Charlotte (23-9), Atlantic 10
Colorado (15-15), Big 12
Creighton (18-12), Missouri Valley
Delaware (20-13), Colonial
Drexel (19-11), Colonial
Eastern Michigan (22-12), MAC
Florida (18-14), SEC
Kent State (20-9), MAC
Memphis (21-11), Conference USA
Missouri State (23-10), Missouri Valley
Nevada (21-10), WAC
Northwestern (18-13), Big 10
Oklahoma State (16-14), Big 12
Pepperdine (18-11), West Coast
Richmond (18-11), Atlantic 10
Southern Cal (19-12), Pac 10
St. Bonaventure (20-11), Atlantic 10
St. Joseph??™s PA (19-11), Atlantic 10
TCU (22-10), Mountain West
Tulane (22-10), Conference USA
UC Riverside (19-12), Big West
UC Santa Barbara (19-11), Big West
UNC Wilmington (23-, Colonial
VCU (19-11), Colonial
Virginia (16-15), ACC
Wichita State (17-14), Missouri Valley
Wisconsin (15-14), Big 10
Wyoming (22-, Mountain West
Fort Collins, Colo. ??“ The Women??™s National Invitation Tournament is excited to announce its 64-team field for the Postseason WNIT.
The WNIT kicks off postseason action Wednesday with first-round games. All games are held on the campuses of participating schools. All 64 teams will play in the first round, featuring 32 games. That will be followed by 16 games in Round 2, eight third-round games, four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games, and the championship. The WNIT championship game will be played Saturday, April 2, and will be hosted by one of the two final participating schools.
This year??™s field features 5 teams from each of the Southeastern, Colonial, and Atlantic 10 Conferences, and 4 from the Missouri Valley and Mid American. The Pacific 10, Conference USA, Big 10, Mountain West, Big West, and Big 12 all have 3 teams. Other conferences represented in the field include: West Coast (2), Atlantic Coast (2), WAC (2), American East (1), SWAC (1), Big East (1), Ohio Valley (1), Big South (1), Ivy (1), Southern (1), MAAC (1), Horizon (1), Northeastern (1), MEAC (1), Southland (1), Sun Belt (1), Atlantic Sun (1), Summit (1), Patriot (1), and Big Sky (1).
Game times will be announced Tuesday, March 15, by the WNIT. For more information, visit the website at www.womensnit.com. The WNIT is operated by Triple Crown Sports, a nation-wide grassroots sports event marketing company based in Fort Collins, Colorado.
The WNIT awards an automatic berth to each of the nation??™s 31 conferences. The spot goes to the team that finishes the highest in the regular-season conference standings that does not advance to the NCAA Tournament. If there is a tie, the WNIT abides by the conference tiebreaker. A team earns the Automatic Qualifying berth regardless of its overall record. However, to be considered for a WNIT at-large berth, a team must have an overall record of .500 or better.
Here are the first-round pairings:
All game times will be announced Tuesday, March 15
First-round games
Wednesday, March 16
Pepperdine at Oklahoma State
Portland State at Wyoming
Butler at Wisconsin
Wichita State at Kansas
Delaware at Toledo
Loyola-Maryland at Old Dominion
Liberty at Charlotte
Appalachian State at South Carolina
Thursday, March 17
UC Riverside at Colorado
California at Cal Poly
UC Santa Barbara at Southern Cal
Nevada at St. Mary??™s CA
Arizona at Utah State
Denver at BYU
Central Michigan at Illinois State
Kent State at Duquesne
Rice at Missouri State
Lamar at Arkansas
Southern at Tulane
Oral Roberts at TCU
Lehigh at St. Bonaventure
Monmouth at Syracuse
Michigan at Eastern Michigan
UNC Wilmington at Richmond
Creighton at Northwestern
Alabama at Memphis
Auburn at Tennessee Tech
Boston College at Yale
VCU at St. Joseph??™s
Morgan State at Virginia
Friday, March 18
UMBC at Florida
Drexel at FGCU
Here are the 64 teams in the tournament:
31 Automatic Berths with team record
Appalachian State (25-6), Southern
Arizona (21-10), Pac 10
Boston College (18-12), ACC
Butler (20-13), Horizon
BYU (23-
, MWCCal Poly SLO (18-12), Big West
Denver (19-11), Sun Belt
Duquesne (22-
, Atlantic 10Florida Gulf Coast (27-3), Atlantic Sun
Illinois State (20-10), Missouri Valley
Kansas (20-12), Big 12
Lamar (25-7), Southland
Lehigh (21-10), Patriot
Liberty (22-10), Big South
Loyola-Maryland (20-12), MAAC
Michigan (17-12), Big 10
Monmouth NJ (23-9), Northeast
Morgan State (17-14), MEAC
Old Dominion (20-10), Colonial
Oral Roberts (21-10), Summit
Portland State (20-11), Big Sky
Rice (18-13), Conference USA
South Carolina (17-14), SEC
Southern (20-11), SWAC
St. Mary??™s CA (19-12), West Coast
Syracuse (22-9), Big East
Tennessee Tech (23-7), Ohio Valley
Toledo (23-
, MACUMBC (20-11), American East
Utah State (17-14), WAC
Yale (14-14), Ivy League
33 At-large Berths with team record
Alabama (16-14), SEC
Arkansas (19-11), SEC
Auburn (15-15, SEC
Central Michigan (20-10), MAC
California (17-15), Pac 10
Charlotte (23-9), Atlantic 10
Colorado (15-15), Big 12
Creighton (18-12), Missouri Valley
Delaware (20-13), Colonial
Drexel (19-11), Colonial
Eastern Michigan (22-12), MAC
Florida (18-14), SEC
Kent State (20-9), MAC
Memphis (21-11), Conference USA
Missouri State (23-10), Missouri Valley
Nevada (21-10), WAC
Northwestern (18-13), Big 10
Oklahoma State (16-14), Big 12
Pepperdine (18-11), West Coast
Richmond (18-11), Atlantic 10
Southern Cal (19-12), Pac 10
St. Bonaventure (20-11), Atlantic 10
St. Joseph??™s PA (19-11), Atlantic 10
TCU (22-10), Mountain West
Tulane (22-10), Conference USA
UC Riverside (19-12), Big West
UC Santa Barbara (19-11), Big West
UNC Wilmington (23-
, ColonialVCU (19-11), Colonial
Virginia (16-15), ACC
Wichita State (17-14), Missouri Valley
Wisconsin (15-14), Big 10
Wyoming (22-
, Mountain West