2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I Women's college basketball teams that were not selected for the field of the 2022 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 started March 16 and ended on April 2 with the championship game televised by CBSSN.[1] The tournament was won by the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.

2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Teams64
Finals siteFrost Arena
Brookings, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (1st title)
Runner-upSeton Hall (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachAaron Johnston (1st title)
MVPMyah Selland (South Dakota State)
Attendance5,263 (championship game)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
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Participants

The 2022 Postseason WNIT field consists of 32 teams that receive automatic berths – one berth from each conference – and 32 at-large teams.[2] Three conferences (Big Ten, Big 12, SWAC) rejected their bids. All Division I teams will be considered for at-large berths, including those who are independent and/or are in the transition process of reaching full NCAA Division I status. The automatic berth will go to the team that is the highest-finishing team in its conference's regular-season standings not selected for an NCAA Tournament berth, though some of these teams may still receive an at-large berth into the NCAA women's basketball tournament. The remaining team slots will be filled by the top teams available.

Until Selection Sunday, the highest ranked team that failed to win its conference tournament was placed as the automatic qualifier. If they were selected for the NCAA Tournament, they were replaced with the team next selected.[3]

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Region 1
Round 1
March 16–18 		Round 2
March 20–21 		Round 3
March 24 		Quarterfinals
March 27
Long Beach State 59
Oregon State 70 Oregon State 74
Colorado State 63 Portland 56
Portland 72 Oregon State 78
San Diego 76 New Mexico 73
California Baptist 67 San Diego 69
Grand Canyon 72 New Mexico 73
New Mexico 92 Oregon State 66
Idaho State 73 UCLA 74
Wyoming 76 Wyoming 97***
Tulsa 75 Tulsa 90
North Texas 62 Wyoming 81
Air Force 64 UCLA 82***
San Francisco 60 Air Force 45
UC Irvine 48 UCLA 61
UCLA 61

Region 2
Round 1
March 16–18 		Round 2
March 20–21 		Round 3
March 24 		Quarterfinals
March 28
Maine 44
Boston College 69 Boston College 94
Quinnipiac 61 Quinnipiac 68
Rhode Island 50 Boston College 51
Old Dominion 72 Columbia 54
Towson 66 Old Dominion 59
Holy Cross 69 Columbia 62
Columbia 80 Columbia 75
Fairleigh Dickinson 45 Seton Hall 78
Seton Hall 67 Seton Hall 70
Stony Brook 48 VCU 67
VCU 56 Seton Hall 78
Norfolk State 47 Drexel 71
Drexel 54 Drexel 61
Bucknell 73 Bucknell 58
Fordham 64

Region 3
Round 1
March 16–18 		Round 2
March 20–21 		Round 3
March 24 		Quarterfinals
March 27
Ohio 57
South Dakota State 87 South Dakota State 78
Minnesota 73 Minnesota 57
Green Bay 65 South Dakota State 84
Drake 83* Drake 66
Missouri 78 Drake 62
Kansas City 58 Northern Iowa 55
Northern Iowa 75 South Dakota State 78
Alabama 82 Alabama 73
Troy 79 Alabama 81
Jacksonville State 36 Tulane 77
Tulane 80 Alabama 79
Houston 63 Houston 64
Louisiana Tech 52 Houston 62
Tennessee Tech 73 Tennessee Tech 55
SMU 62

Region 4
Round 1
March 16–18 		Round 2
March 20–21 		Round 3
March 24 		Quarterfinals
March 28
Ball State 70
Marquette 93 Marquette 77
Southern Illinois 60 Purdue 62
Purdue 82 Marquette 82
Houston Baptist 51 Toledo 92
Toledo 61 Toledo 79
Kent State 68 Kent State 59
Youngstown State 59 Toledo 71
Akron 59 Middle Tennessee 73*
Wake Forest 71 Wake Forest 55
Wofford 56 Middle Tennessee 67
Middle Tennessee 86 Middle Tennessee 55
Murray State 47 Vanderbilt 53
Vanderbilt 73 Vanderbilt 71
Campbell 44 Liberty 45
Liberty 50

Semifinals and Championship Game
Semifinals
March 31 		Championship
April 2
CBSSN
      
Seton Hall 74
Middle Tennessee 73
Seton Hall 50
South Dakota State 82
UCLA 59
South Dakota State 62

Game summaries

Semifinals
ESPN3
March 31
7:30 pm EDT
Seton Hall Pirates 74, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 73
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 22–12, 19–24, 17–23
Pts: Cooks, 28
Rebs: Cooks, 7
Asts: Park-Lane, 10		 Pts: Malashka, 25
Rebs: Malashka, 9
Asts: Blakely, 4
Murphy Center
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Attendance: 4,022
Referees: Felicia Grinter, Brian Hall, Nykesha Thompson
ESPN3
March 31
8:00 pm EDT
UCLA Bruins 59, South Dakota State Jackrabbits 62
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 10–15, 15–13, 19–22
Pts: Thomas, 24
Rebs: Horvat, 6
Asts: Osborne, 8		 Pts: Selland, 24
Rebs: Timmer, 9
Asts: Greer, 2
Frost Arena
Brookings, South Dakota
Attendance: 5,227
Referees: Doug Knight, Kim Hobbs, DeMoya Williams

Championship game
April 2
3:00 pm EDT
Seton Hall Pirates 50, South Dakota State Jackrabbits 82
Scoring by quarter: 7-25, 11-15, 13-22, 19-20
Pts: Cooks, 14
Rebs: Cooks, 9
Asts: Park-Lane, 4		 Pts: Theisen, 16
Rebs: Theisen & Selland, 11
Asts: Selland, 5

All-tournament team
  • Myah Selland (South Dakota State), MVP
  • Haleigh Timmer (South Dakota State)
  • Sidney Cooks (Seton Hall)
  • Lauren Park-Lane (Seton Hall)
  • Ilmar’l Thomas (UCLA)
  • Kseniya Malashka (Middle Tennessee)

Source:[4]

See also

References
  1. "Tournament officials gearing up for 2022 Postseason WNIT". womensnit.com. WNIT. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  2. "Postseason WNIT Field". WNIT. TripleCrownSports. February 10, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  3. "2022 WNIT Event Info". WNIT.
  4. "South Dakota State in control start-to-finish, wins 2022 Postseason WNIT title". womensnit.com. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
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