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2021 Womens NIT
Teams32
Finals siteMy Town Movers Fieldhouse
Collierville, Tennessee
ChampionsRice (1st title)
Runner-upOle Miss (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachTina Langley (1st title)
MVPNancy Mulkey (Rice)
Womens NIT
«2020 2022»

The 2021 Women's National Invitation Tournament is a tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. The tournament committee announced the 32-team field on March 15, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 19, with the championship game slated for March 28. All games will be streamed on FloSports.[1]

Format changes

Changes were made in order to ensure continued viability for the tournament during the COVID-19 pandemic. The field of teams was halved from 64 to 32. Games will not be held on-campus; instead there will be regional sites. Each conference is not guaranteed an automatic bid as they have been in the past. Teams will also not be required to have at least a .500 record.[2][3][4][5]

Participants

The 2021 WNIT field consists of nine automatic invitations and twenty-three at-large teams. Automatic bids were given to regular season conference champions that did not win their conference tournaments, except for WAC regular season and conference tournament champion California Baptist, since they are still in transition to Division I and are ineligible to participate in the NCAA Women's Tournament until 2023.

Source:[6]

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Charlotte Regional – Charlotte, North Carolina

First Round
March 19 		Second Round
March 20 		Quarterfinals
March 22
         
Fordham 49
Delaware 77
Delaware 87
Clemson 74
Ohio 60
Clemson 65
Delaware 77
Villanova 70
Charlotte 65
Florida 66
Florida 57
Villanova 77
UMass 51
Villanova 78

Consolation Games

March 20 March 22
      
Fordham 65
Ohio 81
Ohio 71
UMass 95
Charlotte 75
UMass 81

Fort Worth Regional – Fort Worth, Texas

First Round
March 19 		Second Round
March 20 		Quarterfinals
March 22
         
Arizona State 36
Rice 48
Rice 87
Fresno State 73
Fresno State 78
Missouri 75
Rice 79
California Baptist 55
San Francisco 71
Houston 63
San Francisco 82
California Baptist 90
California Baptist 90
New Mexico 85

Consolation Games

March 20 March 22
      
Arizona State 50
Missouri 39
Arizona State 48
Houston 50
Houston
New Mexico[A]

Memphis Regional – Collierville, Tennessee

First Round
March 19 		Second Round
March 20 		Quarterfinals
March 22
         
UT Martin 46
Nebraska 72
Nebraska 71
Colorado 75
Louisiana 45
Colorado 68
Colorado 56
Ole Miss 65
Samford 45
Ole Miss 64
Ole Miss 72
Tulane 61
Illinois State 67
Tulane 75

Consolation Games

March 20 March 22
      
UT Martin 58
Louisiana 48
UT Martin 64
Illinois State 59
Samford 62
Illinois State 68

Rockford Regional – Rockford, Illinois

First Round
March 19 		Second Round
March 20 		Quarterfinals
March 22
         
Northern Iowa 70
Dayton 56
Northern Iowa 64
Creighton 63
Creighton 72
Bowling Green 65
Northern Iowa 58
Saint Louis 50
Saint Louis 74
DePaul 72
Saint Louis 61
Milwaukee 44
Milwaukee 84
Drake 46

Consolation Games

March 20 March 22
      
Dayton 76
Bowling Green 77
Bowling Green 68
Drake 78
DePaul 91
Drake 100

Semifinals and Championship Game – Collierville, Tennessee

Semifinals
March 26 		Championship Game
March 28
      
Delaware 75
Rice 85
Rice 71
Ole Miss 58
Ole Miss 60
Northern Iowa 50

Semifinals

Friday, March 26, 2021
4:00 pm (CT)
Delaware 75, Rice 85
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 10–18, 26–23, 23–18
Pts: 25 – Dickey
Rebs: 13 – Dickey
Asts: 4 – Dickey		 Pts: 25 – Schwartz
Rebs: 11 – Mulkey
Asts: 7 – Wiggins
Friday, March 26, 2021
7:00 pm (CT)
Ole Miss 60, Northern Iowa 50
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 11–12, 18–14, 11–13
Pts: 18 – Austin
Rebs: 11 – Scott
Asts: 6 – Reid		 Pts: 16 – Rucker
Rebs: 8 – Maahs
Asts: 5 – Rucker
My Town Movers Fieldhouse
Collierville, Tennessee
Attendance: 300

Championship

Sunday, March 28, 2021
1:00 pm (CT)
Rice 71, Ole Miss 58
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 17–10, 18–17, 19–18
Pts: 19 – Tied
Rebs: 12 – Mulkey
Asts: 6 – Wiggins		 Pts: 25 – Austin
Rebs: 9 – Austin
Asts: 4 – Nesbitt
My Town Movers Fieldhouse
Collierville, Tennessee
Attendance: 300

WNIT All-Tournament Team[8]

  • Nancy Mulkey (Rice), MVP
  • Lauren Schwartz (Rice)
  • Shakira Austin (Ole Miss)
  • Donnetta Johnson (Ole Miss)
  • Jasmine Dickey (Delaware)
  • Kam Finley (Northern Iowa)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Game declared no contest. Houston advances in tournament.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Regional sites selected for 2021 Postseason WNIT". Women's NIT. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "How college basketball's WNIT event will play-out in Rockford". WTVO. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "WNIT regional coming to Bojangles Coliseum". WSOC-TV. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Why Collierville High School will host the WNIT's Memphis Regional basketball". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  5. ^ "Fort Worth to host regional round of Women's NIT". Fort Worth Business Press. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 field announced for 32-team Postseason WNIT". womensnit.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  7. ^ Koso, Kyle (March 20, 2021). "VWNIT Region Recap: Fort Worth • March 20". womensnit.com. Retrieved March 28, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Koso, Kyle. "Rice storms by Ole Miss to claim WNIT title behind Mulkey, Schwartz". womensnit.com. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
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