Women's Basketball2008 Women's NIT Basketball Tournament
Women's Basketball2008 Women's NIT Basketball Tournament
WNIT Third Round - Florida at N.C. State Thursday, March 27, 7:00pm
The 2008 WNIT
The 48-team field of the Postseason Women’s
National Invitation Tournament was announced the evening of March 17th.
The WNIT kicks off postseason action Wednesday, with first-round games. All games are held on the campuses of participating schools. While 32
teams will play in the first round, 16 teams received a bye and will
begin their tournament with a second-round game. The Postseason WNIT
features 16 first-round games, followed by 16 second-round games, eight
third-round games, four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games and the
championship. The WNIT championship begins at 4 p.m. ET Saturday, April
5, and will be hosted by one of the two final participating schools.
The WNIT awards an automatic berth to each of the nation’s 31
conferences. The spot goes to the team that finishes the highest in the
regular-season conference standings that does not advance to the NCAA
Tournament. If there is a tie, the WNIT abides by the conference
tiebreaker. To be considered for WNIT selection, a team must have an
overall record of .500 or better.
The remaining spots are filled by teams selected at-large.
This year’s field features five teams from the Big 10, four teams
from the Big East and four teams from SEC. Other conferences that got
more than one team in the field were the Big 12 and Missouri Valley
(three each), and the Sun Belt, Atlantic 10, ACC, and Colonial (two
each).
Game times will be announced Tuesday, March 18, by the WNIT. For more
information, visit the Web site at www.womensnit.com.
| Here are the 48 teams in the tournament: | ||
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Automatic Berths American (Patriot) Arkansas-Little Rock (Sun Belt) Boise State (WAC) Boston College (ACC) Bowling Green (Mid-American) Charlotte (Atlantic 10) Colorado (Big 12) Dartmouth (Ivy) Evansville (Missouri Valley) Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun) Gonzaga (West Coast) Idaho State (Big Sky) Iona (Metro Atlantic) James Madison (Colonial) Kentucky (SEC) Marquette (Big East) Michigan State (Big Ten) North Carolina A&T (MEAC) Quinnipiac (Northeast) Prairie View A&M (SWAC Radford (Big South) South Dakota State (Summit) Southeast Missouri (Ohio Valley) Southern Miss (C-USA) TCU (Mountain West) Texas State (Southland) UC Davis (Big West) Vermont (America East) Western Carolina (Southern) Wisconsin-Green Bay (Horizon) |
At-large Berths Dayton Drake Creighton Florida Illinois Indiana Kansas Michigan Mississippi State MTSU NC State South Carolina South Florida St. John’s Texas Tech Villanova Virginia Comm. Wisconsin |
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