2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament was an annual single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2017 Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 13, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 15 and ended on April 1, with the championship game televised on the CBS Sports Network.[1] In the championship game, the Michigan Wolverines defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 89–79, in triple overtime.[2]

2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Teams64
Finals siteCalihan Hall
Detroit, Michigan
ChampionsMichigan Wolverines (1st title)
Runner-upGeorgia Tech Yellow Jackets (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachKim Barnes Arico (1st title)
MVPKatelynn Flaherty (Michigan)
Attendance4,417 (championship game)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
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Participants

The 2017 Postseason WNIT field consists of 32 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 32 (or more) at-large teams.[3] The intention of the WNIT Selection Committee was to select the best available at-large teams in the nation. A team offered an automatic berth by the WNIT will be the team that is the highest-finishing team in its conference's regular-season standings, and not selected for the NCAA Tournament. A team that fulfills these qualities, and accepts, earned the WNIT automatic berth for its conference, regardless of overall record. The remaining berths in the WNIT were filled by the best teams available. Any team considered for an at-large berth has an overall record of .500 or better.[4]

Bracket

All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
* – Denotes overtime period

Round 1
March 16–17 		Round 2
March 18–19 		Round 3
March 23 		Quarterfinals
March 26
Colorado State 80*
Saint Mary's 68 Colorado State 57
Utah 62 UC Davis 58
UC Davis 72 UC Davis 62
BYU 64 Washington State 71
Washington State 72 Washington State 68*
Wyoming 68 Wyoming 67
Seattle 52 Washington State 74
South Dakota 78 Iowa 66
North Dakota 55 South Dakota 73
Iowa 95 Iowa 78
Missouri State 74 Iowa 80
South Dakota State 94 Colorado 62
Northern Illinois 84 South Dakota State 75
Colorado 66 Colorado 81*
UNLV 52
Round 1
March 15–16 		Round 2
March 19 		Round 3
March 23 		Quarterfinals
March 26
Tulane 62
Texas-Arlington 57 Tulane 66
Ole Miss 75 Grambling State 49
Grambling State 78 Tulane 64
Alabama 81 Alabama 72
Mercer 57 Alabama 55
Southern Miss 62 Little Rock 53
Little Rock 72 Alabama 66
Middle Tennessee 67 Georgia Tech 76
Morehead State 58 Middle Tennessee 73
Wake Forest 71 Wake Forest 66
Bethune-Cookman 42 Middle Tennessee 57
Georgia Tech 71 Georgia Tech 70
Jacksonville 55 Georgia Tech 63
UCF 73 UCF 51
Stetson 53
Round 1
March 16–17 		Round 2
March 18–19 		Round 3
March 23 		Quarterfinals
March 25
Michigan 67
Kent State 60 Michigan 71
Wright State 66 Wright State 66
Central Michigan 64 Michigan 60
New Hampshire 56 St. John's 40
Harvard 69 Harvard 57
St. John's 72 St. John's 62
Sacred Heart 43 Michigan 80
Penn State 74 Virginia Tech 62
Ohio 65 Penn State 70
Georgetown 49 Fordham 51
Fordham 60 Penn State 55
George Washington 51 Virginia Tech 64
Navy 61* Navy 64
Virginia Tech 76 Virginia Tech 75
Rider 62
Round 1
March 16–17 		Round 2
March 19–20 		Round 3
March 23 		Quarterfinals
March 26
Princeton 53
Villanova 59 Villanova 56
Drexel 70 Drexel 51
Duquesne 47 Villanova 69*
James Madison 80 James Madison 67
Radford 59 James Madison 61
Saint Joseph's 56 Virginia 55
Virginia 62 Villanova 69
Indiana 71 Indiana 57
Ball State 58 Indiana 71
Saint Louis 62 Saint Louis 53
IUPUI 57 Indiana 64
Oklahoma State 56 SMU 44
Abilene Christian 66 Abilene Christian 52
SMU 75* SMU 59
Louisiana Tech 70

Semifinals and Championship Game
Semifinals
March 29 		Championship Game
April 1
      
Washington State 61
Georgia Tech 69
Georgia Tech 79
Michigan 89***
Michigan 65
Villanova 61

All-tournament team
  • Katelynn Flaherty, Michigan (MVP)
  • Alex Louin, Villanova
  • Zaire O'Neil, Georgia Tech
  • Francesca Pan, Georgia Tech
  • Alexys Swedlund, Washington State
  • Hallie Thome, Michigan

Source:[5]

See also

References
  1. "Postseason WNIT final to air on CBS Sports Network". Women's NIT. Triple Crown Sports. March 3, 2017. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  2. Snyder, Mark (April 2, 2017). "Flaherty, Michigan women nab WNIT crown in 3 OTs". Battle Creek Enquirer. Detroit Free Press. p. C3. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  3. "2017 Postseason WNIT Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  4. "Postseason WNIT Sets Dates". Women's NIT. TripleCrownSports. January 19, 2017. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  5. Koso, Kyle (April 1, 2017). "Michigan outlasts Georgia Tech for 2017 WNIT title". womensnit.com. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
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