| Teams | 32 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals site | Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR | ||||
| Champions | Arkansas (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Wisconsin (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| Winning coach | Gary Blair (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Lonniya Bragg (Arkansas) | ||||
| Attendance | 14,163 (championship) | ||||
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The 1999 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 1999 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the second edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). The tournament was expanded from 16 teams in 1998 to 32 teams.[1]
The final four of the tournament paired the Wisconsin Badgers against the Memphis Tigers with the Arkansas Razorbacks facing the Drake Bulldogs. Wisconsin beat Memphis 92–73 and Arkansas beat Drake 80–66.
Bracket[edit]
Games marked signify overtime.[2]
North bracket[edit]
| First Round March 11 | Second Round March 14 | Quarterfinals March 17 | |||||||||
| at Wisconsin | 80 | ||||||||||
| Indiana State | 43 | ||||||||||
| at Wisconsin | 107 | ||||||||||
| Siena | 85 | ||||||||||
| Siena | 86 | ||||||||||
| Georgetown | 73 | ||||||||||
| at Wisconsin | 70* | ||||||||||
| Michigan State | 69 | ||||||||||
| Michigan | 73 | ||||||||||
| at Western Michigan | 64 | ||||||||||
| at Michigan | 68 | ||||||||||
| Michigan State | 69 | ||||||||||
| at Michigan State | 78 | ||||||||||
| Akron | 65 | ||||||||||
Midwest bracket[edit]
| First Round March 11 | Second Round March 14 | Quarterfinals March 17 | |||||||||
| at Kansas State | 71 | ||||||||||
| Creighton | 60 | ||||||||||
| Kansas State | 70 | ||||||||||
| at Arkansas State | 83 | ||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 78 | ||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 65 | ||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 86 | ||||||||||
| at Memphis | 101 | ||||||||||
| at Memphis | 71 | ||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 61 | ||||||||||
| at Memphis | 87 | ||||||||||
| Tennessee–Martin | 73 | ||||||||||
| Tennessee–Martin | 77 | ||||||||||
| Mississippi | |||||||||||
West bracket[edit]
| First Round March 11 & 12 | Second Round March 14 | Quarterfinals March 17 | |||||||||
| at Drake | 70 | ||||||||||
| Utah | 62 | ||||||||||
| Drake | 82 | ||||||||||
| at Colorado | 66 | ||||||||||
| Colorado | 70 | ||||||||||
| BYU | 53 | ||||||||||
| Drake | 73 | ||||||||||
| at New Mexico | 60 | ||||||||||
| at New Mexico | 81 | ||||||||||
| Papperdine | 69 | ||||||||||
| at New Mexico | 81 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 63 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 67 | ||||||||||
| Portland | 63 | ||||||||||
South bracket[edit]
| First Round March 11 & 12 | Second Round March 14 | Quarterfinals March 17 | |||||||||
| at Arkansas | 78 | ||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 60 | ||||||||||
| at Arkansas | 97* | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 93 | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 75 | ||||||||||
| Wichita State | 67 | ||||||||||
| at Arkansas | 76 | ||||||||||
| Rice | 70 | ||||||||||
| Baylor | 71 | ||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington | 60 | ||||||||||
| at Baylor | 60 | ||||||||||
| Rice | 62 | ||||||||||
| at Rice | 65 | ||||||||||
| Miami | 58 | ||||||||||
Semifinals and championship game[edit]
| Semifinals March 20 | Finals March 23 | ||||||||
| N | at Wisconsin | 92 | |||||||
| MW | Memphis | 73 | |||||||
| Wisconsin | 64 | ||||||||
| at Arkansas | 67 | ||||||||
| W | Drake | 56 | |||||||
| S | at Arkansas | 80 | |||||||
All-tournament team[edit]
- Sytia Messer, Arkansas
- Lonniya Bragg, Arkansas (MVP)
- LaTonya Sims, Wisconsin[3]
- Tamara Moore, Wisconsin[4]
- Tammi Blackstone, Drake
- Tamika Whitmore, Memphis
Source:[5]
See also[edit]
1999 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
References[edit]
- ^ "Event Info". Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "1999 Postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament" (PDF). Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "LaTonya Sims, Celebrating Wisconsin's Black History". Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Tamara Moore". Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Arkansas edges Wisconsin 67-64; claims title of 1999 Postseason WNIT". Retrieved March 18, 2023.