| Season | 2017–18 | ||||
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
| Finals site | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Indiana Hoosiers (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Virginia Tech Hokies (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Teri Moren (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Tyra Buss (Indiana) | ||||
| Attendance | 13,007 (championship game) | ||||
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The2018Women's National Invitation Tournament was an annualsingle-elimination tournament of 64NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the2018 Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 12, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 14 and ended on March 31, with the championship game televised on theCBS Sports Network.[1] In the championship game,Indiana defeated Virginia Tech, 65–57.[2]
The 2018 Postseason WNIT field consisted of 32 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 32 at-large teams. The intention of the WNIT Selection Committee was to select the best available at-large teams in the nation. Teams with the highest finishes in their conferences’ regular-season standings that were not selected for the NCAA Tournament were offered an automatic berth. The remaining berths in the WNIT were filled by the best teams available. Teams considered for an at-large berth had overall records of .500 or better.[3][4]
All times are listed asEastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
* – Denotes overtime period
| Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 2 March 17–20 | Round 3 March 22 | Quarterfinals March 25 | ||||||||||||
| Houston | 58 | ||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 65 | South Dakota | 74 | ||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 64 | Colorado State | 49 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 67 | South Dakota | 85* | ||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 75 | Michigan State | 83 | ||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 81 | Michigan State | 68 | ||||||||||||
| Wright State | 50 | Toledo | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Toledo | 64 | South Dakota | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 80 | TCU | 79 | ||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 82 | New Mexico | 93 | ||||||||||||
| Texas State | 60 | Rice | 73 | ||||||||||||
| Rice | 71 | New Mexico | 72 | ||||||||||||
| Lamar | 68 | TCU | 81 | ||||||||||||
| TCU | 80 | TCU | 86 | ||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 63 | Missouri State | 51 | ||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 2 March 18 | Round 3 March 22–23 | Quarterfinals March 25 | ||||||||||||
| Purdue | 48 | ||||||||||||||
| IUPUI | 46 | Purdue | 77 | ||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 60 | Ball State | 72 | ||||||||||||
| Ball State | 69 | Purdue | 51 | ||||||||||||
| UT Martin | 50 | Indiana | 73 | ||||||||||||
| Indiana | 74 | Indiana | 74 | ||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 81 | Milwaukee | 54 | ||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 67 | Indiana | 81 | ||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 59 | UC Davis | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 67 | Wyoming | 64 | ||||||||||||
| Idaho | 62 | UC Davis | 74 | ||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 82 | UC Davis | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 61 | Kansas State | 69 | ||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 75 | Kansas State | 74 | ||||||||||||
| UNLV | 68 | Utah | 57 | ||||||||||||
| Utah | 78 | ||||||||||||||
| Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 2 March 17–20 | Round 3 March 22–23 | Quarterfinals March 25 | ||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 50 | ||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 83 | West Virginia | 79 | ||||||||||||
| St. Joseph's | 75 | St. Joseph's | 51 | ||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 57 | West Virginia | 67 | ||||||||||||
| Radford | 63* | James Madison | 55 | ||||||||||||
| Penn State | 62 | Radford | 35 | ||||||||||||
| ETSU | 52 | James Madison | 62 | ||||||||||||
| James Madison | 60 | West Virginia | 76 | ||||||||||||
| Albany | 61 | St. John's | 62 | ||||||||||||
| Penn | 76 | Penn | 48 | ||||||||||||
| Marist | 47 | St. John's | 53 | ||||||||||||
| St. John's | 68 | St. John's | 65 | ||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 69 | Duquesne | 52 | ||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 56 | Duquesne | 69 | ||||||||||||
| Delaware | 57 | Georgetown | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 67 | ||||||||||||||
| Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 2 March 18 | Round 3 March 22 | Quarterfinals March 25 | ||||||||||||
| Harvard | 47 | ||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 65 | Fordham | 63 | ||||||||||||
| Robert Morris | 44 | Drexel | 60 | ||||||||||||
| Drexel | 57 | Fordham | 50 | ||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 75 | Virginia Tech | 81 | ||||||||||||
| George Mason | 82 | George Mason | 69 | ||||||||||||
| Navy | 55 | Virginia Tech | 78 | ||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 56 | Virginia Tech | 74 | ||||||||||||
| Bethune-Cookman | 32 | Alabama | 67 | ||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 85 | Georgia Tech | 91 | ||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 50 | UAB | 47 | ||||||||||||
| UAB | 60 | Georgia Tech | 59 | ||||||||||||
| Jacksonville | 60* | Alabama | 61 | ||||||||||||
| UCF | 65 | UCF | 61 | ||||||||||||
| Southern | 56 | Alabama | 80 | ||||||||||||
| Alabama | 69 | ||||||||||||||
| Semifinals March 28 | Championship Game March 31, 3:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network | ||||||||
| TCU | 58 | ||||||||
| Indiana | 71 | ||||||||
| Indiana | 65 | ||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 57 | ||||||||
| West Virginia | 61 | ||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 64 | ||||||||
Wed., March 28 7:00 p.m. |
| TCU Horned Frogs 58,Indiana Hoosiers71 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 14–19, 12–19, 18–20 |
Wed., March 28 7:00 p.m. |
| Virginia Tech Hokies64, West Virginia Mountaineers 61 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–13, 15–20, 16–16 |
Sat., March 31 3:00 p.m. |
| Virginia Tech Hokies 57,Indiana Hoosiers65 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 14–19, 17–7, 13–22 |