2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament

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2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Teams32
Finals siteUniversity Arena
Albuquerque, New Mexico
ChampionsOhio State (1st title)
Runner-upNew Mexico (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachBeth Burns (1 title)
MVPJamie Lewis (Ohio State)
Attendance18,018
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
«2000 2002»

The 2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2001 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the fourth edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).

The final four of the tournament paired Hawaii against New Mexico and Ohio State against James Madison. New Mexico beat Hawaii 68–43 and Ohio State took down James Madison 74–65.

Bracket[edit]

Visiting teams in first round are listed first. Games marked signify overtime. Source[1]

West Regional bracket[edit]

First Round
March 15 & 16 		Second Round
March 18 & 19 		Quarterfinals
March 21
      
BYU 78
Oregon State 63
BYU 73
at Hawaii 77*
Santa Clara 57
Hawaii 73
at Hawaii 51
Oklahoma State 51
UNLV 59
Loyola Marymount 56
UNLV 67
at Oklahoma State 71
North Texas 67
Oklahoma State 79

South Regional bracket[edit]

First Round
March 15 & 16 		Second Round
March 17 & 18 		Quarterfinals
March 21
      
Memphis 67
Alabama 77
Alabama 72
at Alabama–Birmingham 84
FIU 83
Alabama–Birmingham 96
Alabama–Birmingham 55
at New Mexico 77
Pepperdine 65
Arizona 85
Arizona 62
at New Mexico 75
Houston 49
New Mexico 72

East Regional bracket[edit]

First Round
March 14 & 15 		Second Round
March 17 & 18 		Quarterfinals
March 20
      
Georgetown 66
George Mason 56
Georgetown 74
at James Madison 78
Temple 57
James Madison 59
James Madison 63
at Mississippi State 61
Georgia Tech 73
Mississippi State 77
Mississippi State 86
at Illinois 77
Wisconsin–Green Bay 79
Illinois 96

Midwest Regional bracket[edit]

First Round
March 14 & 16 		Second Round
March 17 & 18 		Quarterfinals
March 20
      
Mississippi 92
Western Kentucky 95
at Western Kentucky 64
Indiana 63
Middle Tennessee 63
Indiana 66
at Western Kentucky 61
Ohio State 70
Northern Iowa 73
DePaul 75*
DePaul 62
at Ohio State 73
Cincinnati 60
Ohio State 61

Semifinals and championship game[edit]

Semifinals Finals
      
W Hawaii 43
S at New Mexico 68
at New Mexico 61
Ohio State 62
E James Madison 65
MW at Ohio State 74

All-tournament team[edit]

  • Jame Lewis, Ohio State (MVP)
  • Courtney Coleman, Ohio State
  • Jordan Adams, New Mexico
  • Chelsea Grear, New Mexico
  • Janka Gabrielova, Hawaii
  • Shanna Price, Wisconsin–Green Bay

Source:[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2001 Postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "Record crowd of 18,018 watches Ohio State nip New Mexico in championship". womensnit.com. March 23, 2001. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
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