2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament

College basketball postseason tournament August 2023 WNIT Women's 2008 48 Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, Michigan Marquette 1st Michigan State 1st Terri Mitchell 1st Krystal Ellis Marquette 7,818 (championship game) The 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The 40th annual tournament was played from March 19, 2008, to April 5, 2008, 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. Marquette defeated Michigan State, 81–66, to win the tournament.Marquette Claims WNIT Title With 81-66 Win Over Michigan State https://gomarquette.com/news/2008/4/5/marquette_claims_wnit_title_with_81_66_win_over_michigan_state.aspx 2021-04-25 Marquette University Athletics en Seeding Teams are not seeded in the WNIT. Rather, teams are placed into one of three tiers. Teams in the upper tier are spread around the bracket as best as possible, although not every upper tier team receives a first round bye. Lower tier and middle tier teams tend to meet in the first round, while upper tier teams will usually play winners of first-round games in the second round. The organizers attempt to bracket the first two rounds based on geography. The location of games is determined in part by seed, but also by facility availability and other factors.http://www.womensnit.com/photo.htm Postseason WNIT 2008-03-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20080321175213/http://www.womensnit.com/photo.htm 2008-03-21 dead 2008 Postseason Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament https://womensnit.com/documents/2019/3/4/2008_post_wnit_bracket_non_write.pdf?id=28 2021-04-25 womensnit.com en Bracket Section 1 1 y Round 1March 19–22 Round 2March 22–25 Round 3March 26–28 QuarterfinalsMarch 29–31 Prairie View A&M 83 Texas State* 84 Idaho State 54 Boise State* 77 UC Davis 60 Gonzaga* 81 American 52 Villanova* 53 Texas Tech* 82 Texas State 49 TCU* 85 Boise State 56 Colorado* 82 Gonzaga 68 Wisconsin* 54 Villanova 60 Texas Tech* 74 TCU 81 Colorado* 64 Villanova 58 TCU 90 Colorado* 96† Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime. Section 2 1 y Round 1March 19–22 Round 2March 21–25 Round 3March 26–28 QuarterfinalsMarch 29–31 Creighton 76 South Dakota State* 69 Wisconsin-Green Bay 56 Drake* 65 Western Carolina 69 Middle Tennessee* 104 Radford 58 James Madison* 80 Marquette* 75† Creighton 69 Illinois* 48 Drake 44 Kentucky* 68† Middle Tennessee 66 Indiana* 81 James Madison 86† Marquette* 72 Illinois 64 Kentucky* 84 James Madison 76 Marquette 69 Kentucky* 64 Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime. Section 3 1 y Round 1March 19–22 Round 2March 22–25 Round 3March 26–28 QuarterfinalsMarch 29–31 VCU 80 Charlotte* 67 Arkansas-Little Rock 57 Southern Miss* 67 Southeast Missouri State 58 Evansville* 60 Dayton 52 Bowling Green* 64 Michigan* 75 VCU 57 Mississippi State 61 Southern Miss* 62 Kansas* 82 Evansville 60 Michigan State* 74 Bowling Green 66 Michigan* 59 Southern Miss 45 Kansas 54 Michigan State* 58 Michigan 40 Michigan State* 45† Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime. Section 4 1 y Round 1March 19–22 Round 2March 22–25 Round 3March 26–28 QuarterfinalsMarch 29–31 Iona 71 Quinnipiac* 59 Dartmouth 50 Vermont* 69 North Carolina A&T 74 South Carolina* 102 South Florida 65 Florida Gulf Coast* 67 St. John's* 65 Iona 59 Boston College* 76 Vermont 64 NC State* 72 South Carolina 69 Florida* 60 Florida Gulf Coast 55 St. John's* 65 Boston College 56 NC State* 80 Florida 55 St. John's 61 NC State* 63 Note: Asterisk denotes home team Semifinals and finals SemifinalsApril 2 FinalsApril 5 Colorado* 72 Marquette 86 Michigan State* 58 NC State 57 Marquette 81 Michigan State* 66 Note: Asterisk denotes home team All-tournament team Krystal Ellis, Marquette (MVP) Angel Robinson, Marquette Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State Kalisha Keane, Michigan State Khadijah Washington, NC State Jackie McFarland, Colorado Source:https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98618411/spartans-stumble-in-wnit-title-game/ Spartans stumble in WNIT title game Chris Solari Lansing State Journal 1C April 6, 2008 March 29, 2022 newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/98618454/msu-we-ran-into-a-buzzsaw/ MSU: 'We ran into a buzzsaw' Chris Solari Lansing State Journal 4C April 6, 2008 March 29, 2022 newspapers.comhttps://gomarquette.com/news/2008/4/5/post_game_notes.aspx Post-game Notes gomarquette.com April 5, 2008 March 29, 2022https://gopack.com/documents/2021/11/1/2021_22_NC_State_WBB_Media_Guide.pdf 2021–22 NC State Women's Basketball Media Guide GoPack.com North Carolina State University 2021 93 May 30, 2022https://static.big12sports.com/custompages/oldsite/photos/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/weekly-release.pdf 2007–08 Big 12 Women's Basketball – 2007–08 Season Final Release Big12Sports.com Big 12 Conference 9 2008 May 30, 2022 See also 2008 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