2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament

College basketball postseason tournament August 2023 WNIT Women's 2006 40 Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas Kansas State 1st Marquette 1st Pittsburgh Western Kentucky Deb Patterson 1st 13,340 (championship game) The 2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 40 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2006 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the ninth edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament and the first to be played with a 40-team field, expanded from 32 the year prior.40-team Field Announced for 2006 Postseason WNIT https://womensnit.com/news/2019/2/18/40-team-field-announced-for-2006-postseason-wnit.aspx womensnit.com March 21, 2020 en Tournament bracket Region 1 *Host • Source2006 Postseason Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament https://womensnit.com/documents/2019/3/4//06_postbracket.pdf?id=30 womensnit.com March 21, 2020 en 1 y March 15 March 16–18 March 20 March 24 Jackson State 48 Rice* 64 Western Illinois 37 Illinois* 58 Indiana* 67 Rice 57 Eastern Michigan 57 Indiana State* 79 Green Bay 71 Iowa State* (OT) 79 Illinois 44 Marquette 64 Indiana* 68 Indiana State 62 Iowa State* 63 Marquette 68 Indiana 54 Marquette* 57 Region 2 *Host • Source 1 y March 16 March 18–19 March 22 March 24 Northern Iowa 49 Kansas* 59 Cincinnati 75 FIU* (OT) 81 Ole Miss 78 Kansas* 76 Delaware 57 Pittsburgh* 64 Saint Joseph's 42 Virginia* 48 FIU 83 Miami* 95 Ole Miss 76 Pittsburgh* 85 Virginia* 83 Miami 72 Pittsburgh* 68 Virginia 56 Region 3 *Host • Source 1 y March 15 March 17–18 March 20–21 March 23 Stony Brook 65 Hofstra* 92 Belmont 55 Tennessee Tech* 56 Villanova* 71 Hofstra 44 South Carolina 65 Xavier* (OT) 70 James Madison 62 Charlotte* 70 Tennessee Tech 66 Western Kentucky* 83 Villanova* 59 Xavier 47 Charlotte 68 Western Kentucky* 81 Villanova* 81 Western Kentucky 94 Region 4 *Host • Source 1 y March 16 March 16–19 March 22 March 24 Santa Clara 48 Oregon State* 74 UC Santa Barbara 59 Fresno State* 78 Wyoming* 67 Oregon State 49 Drake 59 Nebraska* 62 Idaho State 68 Kansas State* 88 Fresno State* 77 UNLV 57 Wyoming* 67 Nebraska 72 Kansas State* 64 Fresno State 61 Nebraska 63 Kansas State* 77 Semifinals and final *Host • Source March 27–28 March 31 R1 Marquette* 77 R2 Pittsburgh 64 R3 Western Kentucky 56 R4 Kansas State* (OT) 57 R1 Marquette 65 R4 Kansas State* 77 Final #ffffcc March 31, 2006 ReportJanuary 2025 medicmedic Marquette 65 Kansas State 77 39–38 26–39 Bramlage ColiseumManhattan, Kansas See also 2006 National Invitation Tournament References Women's National Invitation Tournament Category:Women's National Invitation Tournament Women's National Invitation Tournament Women's National Invitation Tournament Category:Women's sports in Kansas