2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament

College basketball postseason tournament WNIT Women's 2001 32 University Arena Albuquerque, New Mexico Ohio State 1st New Mexico 1st Hawaii 2 James Madison 1 Beth Burns 1 Jamie Lewis Ohio State 18,018 The 2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2001 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the fourth edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). The final four of the tournament paired Hawaii against New Mexico and Ohio State against James Madison. New Mexico beat Hawaii 68–43 and Ohio State took down James Madison 74–65. Bracket Visiting teams in first round are listed first. Games marked signify overtime. Source2001 Postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament https://womensnit.com/documents/2019/3/4//01_bracket_post.pdf?id=35 womensnit.com February 25, 2023 en West Regional bracket n y First Round March 15 & 16 Second Round March 18 & 19 Quarterfinals March 21 BYU 78 Oregon State 63 Santa Clara 57 Hawaii 73 UNLV 59 Loyola Marymount 56 North Texas 67 Oklahoma State 79 BYU 73 at Hawaii 77* UNLV 67 at Oklahoma State 71 at Hawaii 51 Oklahoma State 51 South Regional bracket n y First Round March 15 & 16 Second Round March 17 & 18 Quarterfinals March 21 Memphis 67 Alabama 77 FIU 83 Alabama–Birmingham 96 Pepperdine 65 Arizona 85 Houston 49 New Mexico 72 Alabama 72 at Alabama–Birmingham 84 Arizona 62 at New Mexico 75 Alabama–Birmingham 55 at New Mexico 77 East Regional bracket n y First Round March 14 & 15 Second Round March 17 & 18 Quarterfinals March 20 Georgetown 66 George Mason 56 Temple 57 James Madison 59 Georgia Tech 73 Mississippi State 77 Wisconsin–Green Bay 79 Illinois 96 Georgetown 74 at James Madison 78 Mississippi State 86 at Illinois 77 James Madison 63 at Mississippi State 61 Midwest Regional bracket n y First Round March 14 & 16 Second Round March 17 & 18 Quarterfinals March 20 Mississippi 92 Western Kentucky 95 Middle Tennessee 63 Indiana 66 RD1-game3 Northern Iowa 73 DePaul 75* Cincinnati 60 Ohio State 61 at Western Kentucky 64 Indiana 63 DePaul 62 at Ohio State 73 at Western Kentucky 61 Ohio State 70 Semifinals and championship game Semifinals Finals W Hawaii 43 S at New Mexico 68 E James Madison 65 MW at Ohio State 74 at New Mexico 61 Ohio State 62 All-tournament team Jame Lewis, Ohio State (MVP) Courtney Coleman, Ohio State Jordan Adams, New Mexico Chelsea Grear, New Mexico Janka Gabrielova, Hawaii Shanna Price, Wisconsin–Green Bay Source:https://womensnit.com/news/2019/2/18/postseason-wnit-record-crowd-of-18-018-watches-ohio-state-nip-new-mexico-in-championship.aspx Record crowd of 18,018 watches Ohio State nip New Mexico in championship womensnit.com March 23, 2001 February 26, 2023 See also 2001 National Invitation Tournament References Women's National Invitation Tournament Category:Women's National Invitation Tournament Women's National Invitation Tournament