The 2025 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 48 NCAA Division I women's college basketball teams that were not selected for the field of the 2025 Women's NCAA Tournament or the 2025 WBIT. The tournament committee announced the 48-team field on March 16, following the selection of the fields for the NCAA tournament and WBIT.
Participants The 2025 field featured 11 automatic qualifiers and 37 at-large selections, chosen after consideration of a mix of criteria by WNIT officials. There were 22 teams with 20 or more victories in the bracket.
Automatic qualifiers
ConferenceSchoolAmerica EastBryantASUNCentral ArkansasBig SouthLongwoodMAACSienaMEACHowardNortheastStonehillOVCLindenwoodPatriotArmySWACTexas SouthernSun BeltTroyWACTarleton State
At-large bids SchoolConferenceAbilene ChristianWACAir ForceMountain WestAlabama A&MSWACBuffaloMACButlerBig EastCampbellCAAChattanoogaSoConCleveland StateHorizonCoastal CarolinaSun BeltPatriotCharlestonCAACoppin StateMEACDuquesneA10Illinois StateMissouri ValleyIncarnate WordSouthlandLipscombASUNLouisiana TechCUSAMiami (OH)MACPatriotNew Mexico StateCUSANorth Dakota StateSummitNorth TexasAmericanNorthwestern StateSouthlandOld DominionSun BeltPacificWCCPurdue Fort WayneHorizonRutgersBig TenSaint Mary'sWCCSouthern IndianaOVCTulsaAmericanUABAmericanUICMissouri ValleyUMassA10Utah ValleyWACUT ArlingtonWACWashington StateWCCWestern IllinoisOVC
Bracket * – Denotes overtime period (H) - Denotes home team Teams with a bye are not guaranteed to play at home in the second round
^ Despite Illinois State being designated as the home team, game played at nearby Shirk Center on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois (in the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area).
Semifinals and Championship Game
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See also 2025 National Invitation Tournament
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