2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I Women's college basketball teams that were not selected for the field of the 2022Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 13, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament started March 16 and ended on April 2 with the championship game televised by CBSSN.[1] The tournament was won by the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.

2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Season2021–22
Teams64
Finals siteFrost Arena
Brookings, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (1st title)
Runner-upSeton Hall (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachAaron Johnston (1st title)
MVPMyah Selland (South Dakota State)
Attendance5,263 (championship game)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
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Participants

The 2022 Postseason WNIT field consists of 32 teams that receive automatic berths – one berth from each conference – and 32 at-large teams.[2] Three conferences (Big Ten, Big 12, SWAC) rejected their bids. All Division I teams will be considered for at-large berths, including those who are independent and/or are in the transition process of reaching full NCAA Division I status. The automatic berth will go to the team that is the highest-finishing team in its conference's regular-season standings not selected for an NCAA Tournament berth, though some of these teams may still receive an at-large berth into the NCAA women's basketball tournament. The remaining team slots will be filled by the top teams available.

Until Selection Sunday, the highest ranked team that failed to win its conference tournament was placed as the automatic qualifier. If they were selected for the NCAA Tournament, they were replaced with the team next selected.[3]

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Region 1

Round 1
March 16–18
Round 2
March 20–21
Round 3
March 24
Quarterfinals
March 27
Long Beach State59
Oregon State70Oregon State74
Colorado State63Portland56
Portland72Oregon State78
San Diego76New Mexico73
California Baptist67San Diego69
Grand Canyon72New Mexico73
New Mexico92Oregon State66
Idaho State73UCLA74
Wyoming76Wyoming97***
Tulsa75Tulsa90
North Texas62Wyoming81
Air Force64UCLA82***
San Francisco60Air Force45
UC Irvine48UCLA61
UCLA61

Region 2

Round 1
March 16–18
Round 2
March 20–21
Round 3
March 24
Quarterfinals
March 28
Maine44
Boston College69Boston College94
Quinnipiac61Quinnipiac68
Rhode Island50Boston College51
Old Dominion72Columbia54
Towson66Old Dominion59
Holy Cross69Columbia62
Columbia80Columbia75
Fairleigh Dickinson45Seton Hall78
Seton Hall67Seton Hall70
Stony Brook48VCU67
VCU56Seton Hall78
Norfolk State47Drexel71
Drexel54Drexel61
Bucknell73Bucknell58
Fordham64

Region 3

Round 1
March 16–18
Round 2
March 20–21
Round 3
March 24
Quarterfinals
March 27
Ohio57
South Dakota State87South Dakota State78
Minnesota73Minnesota57
Green Bay65South Dakota State84
Drake83*Drake66
Missouri78Drake62
Kansas City58Northern Iowa55
Northern Iowa75South Dakota State78
Alabama82Alabama73
Troy79Alabama81
Jacksonville State36Tulane77
Tulane80Alabama79
Houston63Houston64
Louisiana Tech52Houston62
Tennessee Tech73Tennessee Tech55
SMU62

Region 4

Round 1
March 16–18
Round 2
March 20–21
Round 3
March 24
Quarterfinals
March 28
Ball State70
Marquette93Marquette77
Southern Illinois60Purdue62
Purdue82Marquette82
Houston Baptist51Toledo92
Toledo61Toledo79
Kent State68Kent State59
Youngstown State59Toledo71
Akron59Middle Tennessee73*
Wake Forest71Wake Forest55
Wofford56Middle Tennessee67
Middle Tennessee86Middle Tennessee55
Murray State47Vanderbilt53
Vanderbilt73Vanderbilt71
Campbell44Liberty45
Liberty50

Semifinals and Championship Game

Semifinals
March 31
Championship
April 2
CBSSN
      
Seton Hall74
Middle Tennessee73
Seton Hall50
South Dakota State82
UCLA59
South Dakota State62

Game summaries

Semifinals

ESPN3
March 31
7:30 pm EDT
Seton Hall Pirates 74, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 73
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 22–12, 19–24, 17–23
Pts: Cooks, 28
Rebs: Cooks, 7
Asts: Park-Lane, 10
Pts: Malashka, 25
Rebs: Malashka, 9
Asts: Blakely, 4
Murphy Center
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Attendance: 4,022
Referees: Felicia Grinter, Brian Hall, Nykesha Thompson
ESPN3
March 31
8:00 pm EDT
UCLA Bruins 59, South Dakota State Jackrabbits 62
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 10–15, 15–13, 19–22
Pts: Thomas, 24
Rebs: Horvat, 6
Asts: Osborne, 8
Pts: Selland, 24
Rebs: Timmer, 9
Asts: Greer, 2
Frost Arena
Brookings, South Dakota
Attendance: 5,227
Referees: Doug Knight, Kim Hobbs, DeMoya Williams

Championship game

April 2
3:00 pm EDT
Seton Hall Pirates 50, South Dakota State Jackrabbits 82
Scoring by quarter: 7-25, 11-15, 13-22, 19-20
Pts: Cooks, 14
Rebs: Cooks, 9
Asts: Park-Lane, 4
Pts: Theisen, 16
Rebs: Theisen & Selland, 11
Asts: Selland, 5

All-tournament team

  • Myah Selland (South Dakota State), MVP
  • Haleigh Timmer (South Dakota State)
  • Sidney Cooks (Seton Hall)
  • Lauren Park-Lane (Seton Hall)
  • Ilmar’l Thomas (UCLA)
  • Kseniya Malashka (Middle Tennessee)

Source:[4]

See also

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