2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2015 Women's NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 18 and ended on April 4, with the championship game televised on CBS Sports Network. All games were played on the campus sites of participating schools. The Tournament was won by the UCLA Bruins who defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers, 62–60, in the final before a crowd of 8,658 at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia, on April 4. It was UCLA's first WNIT title. UCLA's Jordin Canada was named the tournament's most valuable player.

Participants Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2015 WNIT. Thirty-two teams received automatic berths into the tournament from being the highest-ranked team in their conference that failed to make the NCAA Women's Tournament. The other 32 teams earned at-large bids, by having a winning record but failing to make the NCAA Women's Tournament. If a conference’s automatic qualifier declines the WNIT invitation, the conference forfeits that automatic spot, and that selection goes into the pool of at-large schools.

Automatic qualifiers ConferenceSchoolAmerica EastMaineAmericanTulsaAtlantic 10DuquesneACCVirginiaAtlantic SunStetsonBig 12TCUBig EastVillanovaBig SkySacramento StateBig SouthBig TenMichiganBig WestHawai'iColonialDrexelC-USAMiddle TennesseeHorizonWright StateIvy LeaguePennMAACMACMEACMissouri ValleyMountain WestColorado StateNortheastOhio ValleyPac-12UCLAPatriotArmySECMissouriSouthernSouthlandStephen F. AustinSWACSummitSun BeltWCCSan DiegoWAC

At-large bids ConferenceSchoolMACMACHorizonBig EastCreightonAmericanEast CarolinaMACBig SkyEastern WashingtonColonialElonAtlantic 10FordhamMountain WestACCGeorgia TechColonialHofstraBig 12Kansas StateBig WestMVCMissouri StateACCNC StateBig SkyNorthern ColoradoMVCC-USAOld DominionSECOle MissWCCPacificAtlantic 10RichmondWCCSaint Mary'sWCCSan FranciscoC-USASouthern MissBig EastSt. John'sAmericanTempleMACPac-12Washington StateBig 12West VirginiaMACHorizon

Bracket

West Region

Midwest Region

* - Denotes overtime

South Region

* - Denotes overtime

East Region

* - Denotes overtime

Semifinals and championship game

* - Denotes overtime

Championship Game was played at Charleston Civic Center, Charleston, West Virginia.

All-tournament team Jordin Canada, UCLA (MVP) Nicole Elmblad, Michigan Averee Fields, West Virginia Nirra Fields, UCLA Bria Holmes, West Virginia Tyonna Williams, Temple Source:

See also 2015 National Invitation Tournament

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