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2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament - Wikipedia

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2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Teams

Finals site

Breslin Student Events Center
East Lansing, Michigan

Champions

Marquette (1st title)

Runner-up

Michigan State (1st title game)

Winning coach

Terri Mitchell (1st title)

MVP

Krystal Ellis (Marquette)

Attendance

7,818 (championship game)

Women's National Invitation Tournaments
«2007	2009»

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.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]

Bracket

Section 1

Round 1 March 19–22		Round 2 March 22–25		Round 3 March 26–28		Quarterfinals March 29–31

		Texas Tech*	82

		Texas State	49
Prairie View A&M	83

Texas State*	84
				Texas Tech*	74

				TCU	81



		TCU*	85

		Boise State	56
Idaho State	54

Boise State*	77
						TCU	90

						Colorado*	96†



		Colorado*	82

		Gonzaga	68
UC Davis	60

Gonzaga*	81
				Colorado*	64

				Villanova	58



		Wisconsin*	54

		Villanova	60
American	52

Villanova*	53

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 2

Round 1
March 19–22

Round 2
March 21–25

Round 3
March 26–28

Quarterfinals
March 29–31

Marquette*

75†

Creighton

Creighton

South Dakota State*

Marquette*

Illinois

Illinois*

Drake

Wisconsin-Green Bay

Drake*

Marquette

Kentucky*

Kentucky*

68†

Middle Tennessee

Western Carolina

Middle Tennessee*

104

Kentucky*

James Madison

Indiana*

James Madison

86†

Radford

James Madison*

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 3

Round 1 March 19–22		Round 2 March 22–25		Round 3 March 26–28		Quarterfinals March 29–31

		Michigan*	75

		VCU	57
VCU	80

Charlotte*	67
				Michigan*	59

				Southern Miss	45



		Mississippi State	61

		Southern Miss*	62
Arkansas-Little Rock	57

Southern Miss*	67
						Michigan	40

						Michigan State*	45†



		Kansas*	82

		Evansville	60
Southeast Missouri State	58

Evansville*	60
				Kansas	54

				Michigan State*	58



		Michigan State*	74

		Bowling Green	66
Dayton	52

Bowling Green*	64

Note: Asterisk denotes home team. † denotes overtime.

Section 4

Round 1 March 19–22		Round 2 March 22–25		Round 3 March 26–28		Quarterfinals March 29–31

		St. John's*	65

		Iona	59
Iona	71

Quinnipiac*	59
				St. John's*	65

				Boston College	56



		Boston College*	76

		Vermont	64
Dartmouth	50

Vermont*	69
						St. John's	61

						NC State*	63



		NC State*	72

		South Carolina	69
North Carolina A&T	74

South Carolina*	102
				NC State*	80

				Florida	55



		Florida*	60

		Florida Gulf Coast	55
South Florida	65

Florida Gulf Coast*	67

Note: Asterisk denotes home team

Semifinals and finals

Semifinals April 2		Finals April 5

Colorado*	72

Marquette	86
		Marquette	81

		Michigan State*	66
Michigan State*	58

NC State	57

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:^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Marquette Claims WNIT Title With 81-66 Win Over Michigan State". Marquette University Athletics. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
^ "Postseason WNIT". Archived from the original on March 21, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
^ "2008 Postseason Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
^ Solari, Chris (April 6, 2008). "Spartans stumble in WNIT title game". Lansing State Journal. p. 1C. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
^ Solari, Chris (April 6, 2008). "MSU: 'We ran into a buzzsaw'". Lansing State Journal. p. 4C. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Post-game Notes". gomarquette.com. April 5, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
^ "2021–22 NC State Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). GoPack.com. North Carolina State University. 2021. p. 93. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
^ "2007–08 Big 12 Women's Basketball – 2007–08 Season Final Release" (PDF). Big12Sports.com. Big 12 Conference. 2008. p. 9. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

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Seeding

Bracket

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Semifinals and finals

All-tournament team

See also

References