| Teams | 32 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals site | Kohl Center Madison, WI | ||||
| Champions | Wisconsin (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Florida (2nd title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Jane Albright (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Tamara Moore (Wisconsin) | ||||
| Attendance | 13,006 (championship) | ||||
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The 2000 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2000 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the third edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).
The final four of the tournament paired Arkansas against Florida with the other match-up being Wisconsin and Colorado State. Wisconsin beat Colorado State 78–60 and Florida beat Arkansas 83–62.
Bracket[edit]
Games marked signify overtime.[1]
North bracket[edit]
| First Round March 15 | Second Round March 18 & 19 | Quarterfinals March 22 | |||||||||
| at Wisconsin | 83 | ||||||||||
| Fairfield | 46 | ||||||||||
| at Wisconsin | 82 | ||||||||||
| DePaul | 76 | ||||||||||
| DePaul | 69 | ||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 64 | ||||||||||
| at Wisconsin | 77 | ||||||||||
| Michigan State | 45 | ||||||||||
| at Michigan State | 74 | ||||||||||
| Villanova | 62 | ||||||||||
| Michigan State | 88 | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 83 | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 76 | ||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 60 | ||||||||||
West bracket[edit]
| First Round March 16 | Second Round March 18 | Quarterfinals March 22 | |||||||||
| Long Beach State | 87 | ||||||||||
| at New Mexico | 63 | ||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 73 | ||||||||||
| at St. Mary's | 48 | ||||||||||
| St. Mary's | 75 | ||||||||||
| Hawaii | 60 | ||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 63 | ||||||||||
| at Colorado State | 65 | ||||||||||
| at Colorado State | 66 | ||||||||||
| Arizona State | 54 | ||||||||||
| at Colorado State | 66 | ||||||||||
| USC | 56 | ||||||||||
| USC | 71 | ||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 64 | ||||||||||
Midwest bracket[edit]
| First Round March 15 & 16 | Second Round March 18 | Quarterfinals March 21 | |||||||||
| at Arkansas | 83 | ||||||||||
| Wichita State | 63 | ||||||||||
| at Arkansas | 89 | ||||||||||
| Missouri | 88 | ||||||||||
| at Missouri | 84* | ||||||||||
| Evansville | 81 | ||||||||||
| at Arkansas | 78 | ||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 67 | ||||||||||
| at Georgia Tech | 76 | ||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 71 | ||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 81 | ||||||||||
| at Chattanooga | 74 | ||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 70 | ||||||||||
| Alabama | 68 | ||||||||||
East bracket[edit]
| First Round March 15 & 16 | Second Round March 17 & 18 | Quarterfinals March 21 | |||||||||
| at Maryland | 63 | ||||||||||
| Georgetown | 46 | ||||||||||
| Maryland | 68* | ||||||||||
| at Virginia Tech | 60 | ||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 80 | ||||||||||
| Georgia State | 56 | ||||||||||
| Maryland | 57 | ||||||||||
| at Florida | 77 | ||||||||||
| Memphis | 76 | ||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 74 | ||||||||||
| at Memphis | 71 | ||||||||||
| Florida | 74 | ||||||||||
| Florida | 97 | ||||||||||
| at Dayton | 93 | ||||||||||
Semifinals and championship game[edit]
| Semifinals March 25 | Finals March 29 | ||||||||
| N | at Wisconsin | 78 | |||||||
| W | Colorado State | 60 | |||||||
| at Wisconsin | 75 | ||||||||
| Florida | 74 | ||||||||
| MW | at Arkansas | 62 | |||||||
| E | Florida | 83 | |||||||
All-tournament team[edit]
- Tamara Moore, Wisconsin (MVP)
- LaTonya Sims, Wisconsin
- Naomi Mobley, Florida[2]
- Tonya Washington, Florida
- Angie Gordon, Colorado State
- Lonniya Bragg, Arkansas
Source:[3]
See also[edit]
2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
References[edit]
- ^ "2000 Postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament" (PDF). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "1999 Women's Basketball Notes vs Wisconsin (WNIT Final) 2000-03-29". Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "Wisconsin nips Florida 75-74 to capture title of 2000 Postseason WNIT". Retrieved March 19, 2023.