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2024 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Season2023–24
Teams48
Finals siteVadalabene Center
Edwardsville, IL
ChampionsSaint Louis (1st title)
Runner-upMinnesota (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachRebecca Tillett (1st title)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
«2023 2025»

The 2024 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 48 NCAA Division I women's college basketball teams that were not selected for the field of the 2024 Women's NCAA Tournament or the 2024 WBIT. The tournament committee announced the 48-team field on March 17, following the selection of the fields for the NCAA Tournament and WBIT.

Participants

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The 2024 field featured 11 automatic qualifiers and 37 teams at-large selections, chosen after consideration of a mix of criteria by WNIT officials. There were 24 teams with 20 or more victories in the bracket.[1]

Bracket

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* – Denotes overtime period
(H) - Denotes home team
Teams with a bye are not guaranteed to play at home in the second round

Round 1
March 20–22 		Round 2
March 23–26 		Super 16
March 27–29 		Great 8
April 1
(H) Minnesota 77
(H) Pacific 63 Pacific 62
Cal Poly 43 (H) Minnesota 69
North Dakota State 65
(H) North Dakota State 72
(H) Montana 92 Montana 63
Boise State 66 Minnesota 65
(H) Wyoming 54
(H) Wyoming 80
(H) UTSA 80 UTSA 64
Northern Colorado 62 (H) Wyoming 84
South Dakota 52
Northern Arizona 65
(H) South Dakota 72 (H) South Dakota 79
UC Riverside 57
Round 1
March 20–22 		Round 2
March 23–26 		Super 16
March 27–29 		Great 8
April 1
(H) Troy 92
(H) FIU 60 FIU 62
Stetson 47 Troy 89
(H) North Carolina A&T 75
Old Dominion 45
(H) North Carolina A&T 56 (H) North Carolina A&T 48
UNC Greensboro 51 (H) Troy 89
Louisiana–Monroe 75
Murray State 67
(H) Southern Miss 79 (H) Southern Miss 78*
UAB 74 Southern Miss 71
(H) Louisiana–Monroe 84
(H) Louisiana–Monroe 102
(H) Oral Roberts 91 Grambling State 76
Grambling State 93
Round 1
March 20–22 		Round 2
March 23–26 		Super 16
March 27–29 		Great 8
April 1
(H) Providence 41
(H) Colgate 64 Colgate 54
Albany 50 Colgate 55
(H) Vermont 65
(H) Vermont 69
(H) Niagara 91 Niagara 63
Le Moyne 86 Vermont 67
(H) Purdue 59
(H) Duquesne 69*
(H) Buffalo 53 Monmouth 65
Monmouth 68 Duquesne 50
(H) Purdue 71
Purdue 62
(H) Butler 75 (H) Butler 51
Bowling Green 63
Round 1
March 20–22 		Round 2
March 23–26 		Super 16
March 27–29 		Great 8
April 1
(H) Cincinnati 58
(H) Purdue Fort Wayne 83 Purdue Fort Wayne 85
Eastern Kentucky 75 (H) Purdue Fort Wayne 78
Saint Louis 82
Northern Iowa 64
(H) Central Arkansas 61 (H) Saint Louis 68
Saint Louis 66 Saint Louis 65
(H) Wisconsin 60
(H) Illinois State 74
(H) USC Upstate 60 Charleston 67
Charleston 78 Illinois State 61
(H) Wisconsin 86
Wisconsin 67
(H) Southern Indiana 69 (H) Southern Indiana 62
UIC 64

Semifinals and Championship Game

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Semifinals
Fab 4
April 3 		Championship
April 7
CBSSN
      
Saint Louis 57
(H) Vermont 54
Minnesota 50
(H) Saint Louis^ 69
Minnesota 74
(H) Troy 69

^ Despite Saint Louis being designated as the home team, game played at the Vadalabene Center in Edwardsville, Illinois (within the Greater St. Louis area).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2024 Postseason WNIT Field". womensnit.com. WNIT. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
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