2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament

College basketball postseason tournament August 2023 WNIT Women's 2011 64 Savage Arena Toledo, Ohio Toledo 1st USC 1st Tricia Cullop 1st Naama Shafir Toledo 7,301 (championship game) The 2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The tournament was played entirely on campus sites. The highest-ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee. In the championship game, the Toledo Rockets defeated the USC Trojans, 76–68, before a sellout crowd of 7,301 at Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio. The tournament MVP, Naama Shafir, scored a career-high 40 points to lead the Rockets.Champions...Toledo Captures WNIT Crown with 76-68 Victory Over USC https://utrockets.com/news/2011/4/2/Champions_Toledo_Captures_WNIT_Crown_with_76_68_Victory_Over_USC.aspx 2021-04-24 University of Toledo Athletics en 2010 Preseason WNIT At the beginning of the season, there is a Preseason WNIT. Round 1 The games for round one were played on November 12. Bracket 1 Purdue* 93, Austin Peay 53Purdue Wins Opener Against Austin Peay https://purduesports.com/news/2010/11/12/Purdue_Wins_Opener_Against_Austin_Peay.aspx 2021-04-24 Purdue University Athletics en Toledo* 71, St. Francis (PA) 66Toledo Holds Off Saint Francis (PA) in Opening Round of Preseason WNIT, 71-66 https://utrockets.com/news/2010/11/13/Toledo_Holds_Off_Saint_Francis_PA_in_Opening_Round_of_Preseason_WNIT_71_66.aspx 2021-04-24 University of Toledo Athletics en South Dakota State* 87, Utah Valley 38Balanced Jacks rout UVU https://gojacks.com/news/2010/11/12/205029968.aspx 2021-04-24 South Dakota State University Athletics en Hampton 69, James Madison* 64LADY PIRATES BEAT JMU IN PRESEASON WNIT OPENER https://hamptonpirates.com/news/2010/11/12/WBB_1112100740.aspx 2021-04-24 Hampton University Athletics en Bracket 2 DePaul* 84, Valparaiso 53Hampton Scores Big in DePaul Victory https://depaulbluedemons.com/news/2010/11/12/Hampton_Scores_Big_in_DePaul_Victory.aspx 2021-04-24 DePaul University Athletics en Missouri State* 83, Lamar 60http://www.missouristatebears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=59273&SPID=6485&DB_OEM_ID=13800&ATCLID=205029950 Garrison Heats Up, Leads Lady Bears Past Lamar in Season Opener - MissouriStateBears.com Official Web site of Missouri State University Athletics 2011-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714102219/http://www.missouristatebears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=59273&SPID=6485&DB_OEM_ID=13800&ATCLID=205029950 2011-07-14 dead Charlotte* 72, Iona 40Charlotte Cruises Past Iona In Season Opener, 72-40 https://charlotte49ers.com/news/2010/11/14/205030666.aspx 2021-04-24 Charlotte Athletics en Florida* 77, Central Florida 67http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=19199 W-Basketball Battles Past UCF for WNIT Season-Opening Victory - GatorZone.com 2011-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110711075915/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=19199 2011-07-11 dead Round 2 The games for round two were played on November 15. Bracket 1 Purdue* 79, Toledo 66Purdue Moves On To Preseason WNIT Semifinals https://purduesports.com/news/2010/11/15/Purdue_Moves_On_To_Preseason_WNIT_Semifinals.aspx 2021-04-24 Purdue University Athletics en South Dakota State* 76, Hampton 64LADY PIRATES FALL TO SDSU IN WNIT SECOND ROUND https://hamptonpirates.com/news/2010/11/15/WBB_1115105720.aspx?path=wbball 2021-04-24 Hampton University Athletics en Bracket 2 DePaul 82, Missouri State* 66http://www.missouristatebears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=59273&SPID=6485&DB_OEM_ID=13800&ATCLID=205031403 Lady Bears Fall to DePaul in Preseason WNIT Quarterfinal, 82-66 - MissouriStateBears.com Official Web site of Missouri State University Athletics 2011-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714102235/http://www.missouristatebears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=59273&SPID=6485&DB_OEM_ID=13800&ATCLID=205031403 2011-07-14 dead Florida* 76, Charlotte 70http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=19220 Women's Hoops Advances to WNIT Semifinals with 76-70 Win Over Charlotte - GatorZone.com 2011-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110711075925/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=19220 2011-07-11 dead Semifinals and Finals SemifinalsNovember 17–18 FinalsNovember 21 Purdue* 73 South Dakota State 40 DePaul* 74 Florida 73 Purdue* 67http://www.womensnit.com/showstory.asp?id=current&eventid=34 Women's NIT 2011-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110718075357/http://www.womensnit.com/showstory.asp?id=current&eventid=34 2011-07-18 dead DePaul 58http://www.womensnit.com/photos/bracket34.pdf Archived copy 2011-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928125839/http://www.womensnit.com/photos/bracket34.pdf 2011-09-28 dead Note: Asterisk denotes home team Consolation Bracket Round 1 The games for Consolation round one were played on Friday, November 19. Central Florida 59, Iona 48 James Madison 64, St. Francis (PA) 49 Valparaiso 72, Austin Peay 57 Lamar 83, Utah Valley 66 Round 2 The games for Consolation round two were played on Saturday, November 20. James Madison 82, Central Florida 78 (OT) Lamar 74, Valparaiso 58 St. Francis (PA) 77, Iona 64 Austin Peay 73, Utah Valley 69 Round 3 The games for Consolation round three were played on November 19 or 20. Charlotte 64, Hampton 57 Missouri State 73, Toledo 69 2011 Postseason WNIT The 2011 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The 43rd annual tournament was played from March 16, 2011 to April 2, 2011, entirely on campus sites. The highest-ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee. Participants Automatic bids LegendSchoolConference01 1UMBCAmerica East02 2DuquesneAtlantic 1003 3Boston CollegeAtlantic Coast04 4Florida Gulf CoastAtlantic Sun05 5KansasBig 1206 6SyracuseBig East07 7Portland StateBig Sky08 8LibertyBig South09 9MichiganBig Ten10Cal PolyBig West11Old DominionColonial12RiceConference USA13ButlerHorizon14YaleIvy League15Morgan StateMEAC16Loyola-MarylandMetro Atlantic17ToledoMid-American18Illinois StateMissouri Valley19Brigham YoungMountain West20MonmouthNortheast21Tennessee TechOhio Valley22ArizonaPac-1023LehighPatriot24South CarolinaSEC25Appalachian StateSouthern26LamarSouthland27Oral RobertsSummit28DenverSun Belt29SouthernSWAC30Utah StateWAC31Saint Mary'sWest Coast At-large bids Legend School Conference01 1AlabamaSEC02 2ArkansasSEC03 3AuburnSEC04 4CaliforniaPac-1005 5Central MichiganMid-American06 6CharlotteAtlantic 1007 7ColoradoBig 1208 8CreightonMissouri Valley09 9DelawareColonial10DrexelColonial11Eastern MichiganMid-American12FloridaSEC13Kent StateMid-American14MemphisConference USA15Missouri StateMissouri Valley16NevadaWAC17NorthwesternBig Ten18Oklahoma StateBig 1219PepperdineWest Coast20RichmondAtlantic 1021Southern CaliforniaPac-1022St. BonaventureAtlantic 1023St. Joseph's (PA)Atlantic 1024TCUMountain West25TulaneConference USA26UC RiversideBig West27UC Santa BarbaraBig West28UNC WilmingtonColonial29VCUColonial30VirginiaAtlantic Coast31Wichita StateMissouri Valley32WisconsinBig Ten33WyomingMountain West Brackets Results to date (* by score indicates game went to overtime; H indicates host school): Region 1 First roundMarch 16–18 Second roundMarch 19–21 Regional semifinalsMarch 23–24 Regional finalsMarch 27 (H) Colorado UC Riverside 71 62 (H) Cal Poly California 60 74 (H) Oklahoma State Pepperdine 81 74 (H) Wyoming Portland State 79 44 (H) USC UC Santa Barbara 67 64 (H) St. Mary's Nevada 62 65 (H) Utah State Arizona 103 95 (H) BYU Denver 75 60 (H) Colorado California 81 65 Oklahoma State (H) Wyoming 71 75 USC (H) Nevada 78 59 Utah State (H) BYU 63 102 Colorado (H) Wyoming 70 58 USC (H) BYU 62 50 (H) Colorado USC 70 87 Region 2 First roundMarch 16–18 Second roundMarch 19–21 Regional semifinalsMarch 23–24 Regional finalsMarch 27 (H) Wisconsin Butler 68 48 (H) Illinois State Central Michigan 72 59 (H) Duquesne Kent State 64 56 (H) Kansas Wichita State 79 58 (H) Missouri State Rice 76 65 (H) Arkansas Lamar 91 65 (H) Tulane Southern 61 31 (H) TCU Oral Roberts 74 78 (H) Wisconsin Illinois State 59 62 Duquesne (H) Kansas 80 63 (H) Missouri State Arkansas 64 65 Tulane (H) Oral Roberts 86 92 (H) Illinois State Duquesne 79 66 Arkansas (H) Oral Roberts 78 59 (H) Illinois State Arkansas 60 49 Region 3 First roundMarch 16–18 Second roundMarch 19–21 Regional semifinalsMarch 23–24 Regional finalsMarch 27 (H) St. Bonaventure Lehigh 77 43 (H) Syracuse Monmouth 77 53 (H) Eastern Michigan Michigan 67 59 (H) Richmond UNC Wilmington 54 63 (H) Northwestern Creighton 89 63 Memphis Alabama 69 80 (H) Tennessee Tech Auburn 54 68 (H) Toledo Delaware 58 55 St. Bonaventure (H) Syracuse 50 63 Eastern Michigan (H) UNC Wilmington 63 54 (H) Northwestern Alabama 70 72 Auburn (H) Toledo 52 67 (H) Syracuse Eastern Michigan 72 63 Alabama (H) Toledo 59 74 Syracuse (H) Toledo 68 71* Region 4 First roundMarch 16–18 Second roundMarch 19–21 Regional semifinalsMarch 24 Regional finalsMarch 26 (H) Yale Boston College 61 85 (H) St. Joseph's VCU 72 66 (H) Old Dominion Loyola-Maryland 65 67 (H) Virginia Morgan State 69 56 (H) Charlotte Liberty 62 56 (H) South Carolina Appalachian State 67 54 (H) Florida UMBC 59 47 (H) Florida Gulf Coast Drexel 73 67 (H) Boston College St. Joseph's 86 59 (H) Loyola-Maryland Virginia 49 71 Charlotte (H) South Carolina 69 57 Florida (H) Florida Gulf Coast 74 69 Boston College (H) Virginia 48 53 (H) Charlotte Florida 81* 77 (H) Virginia Charlotte 74 79 Semifinals and championship game Played at host schools SemifinalsMarch 30 Championship GameApril 2 USC 63 (H) Illinois State 36 Charlotte 60 (H) Toledo 83 USC 68 (H) Toledo 76 All-tournament team Naama Shafir, Toledo (MVP) Yolanda Richardson, Toledo Ashley Corral, USC Briana Gilbreath, USC Shannon McCallum, Charlotte Emily Hanley, Illinois State Source:https://womensnit.com/news/2019/2/17/postseason-wnit-toledo-celebrates-first-postseason-title.aspx Toledo celebrates first postseason title womensnit.com April 2, 2011 March 28, 2022 See also 2011 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 Women's National Invitation Tournament