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2025 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Season2024–25
Teams48
Finals siteAlumni Arena,
Amherst, NY
ChampionsBuffalo (1st title)
Runner-upTroy (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachBecky Burke (1st title)
MVPChellia Watson (Buffalo)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
«2024 2026»

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

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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.[1]

Bracket

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* – Denotes overtime period
(H) - Denotes home team
Teams with a bye are not guaranteed to play at home in the second round

Round 1
March 20–22 		Round 2
March 23–25 		Super 16
March 26–28 		Great 8
March 31
(H) Washington State 57
(H) Air Force 64 Utah Valley 54
Utah Valley 70 Washington State 51
(H) North Dakota State 59
(H) North Dakota State 68
(H) Pacific 49 New Mexico State 65
New Mexico State 54 (H) North Dakota State 88
Troy 97*
(H) North Texas 78
(H) UT Arlington 78 UT Arlington 67
Incarnate Word 52 North Texas 86
(H) Troy 88*
(H) Troy 85
(H) Chattanooga 53 Chattanooga 72
Alabama A&M 49
Round 1
March 20–22 		Round 2
March 23–25 		Super 16
March 26–28 		Great 8
March 31
(H) Central Arkansas 53
(H) Abilene Christian 86 Abilene Christian 75
Northwestern State 55   Abilene Christian 68
(H) Illinois State^ 78
(H) Illinois State 90
(H) Western Illinois 89 Western Illinois 80
Lipscomb 74 (H) Illinois State 78
Louisiana Tech 70
(H) Tarleton State 59
(H) Lindenwood 76 Lindenwood 67
Tulsa 60   Lindenwood 64
(H) Louisiana Tech 68
(H) Louisiana Tech 71
(H) Texas Southern 54 Texas Southern 64
Saint Mary's 50

^ 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).

Round 1
March 20–22 		Round 2
March 23–25 		Super 16
March 26–28 		Great 8
March 30
(H) Buffalo 84*
(H) UMass 86 UMass 82
Stonehill 40 Buffalo 76
(H) Southern Indiana 64
(H) Southern Indiana 60
(H) Coastal Carolina 55 Campbell 51
Campbell 57 (H) Buffalo 71
Rutgers 64
(H) Rutgers 71
(H) Bryant 58 Army 60
Army 59 (H) Rutgers 89
Charleston 67
(H) Charleston 76
(H) Howard 72 Howard 56
Siena 62
Round 1
March 20–22 		Round 2
March 23–25 		Super 16
March 26–28 		Great 8
March 31
(H) Miami (OH) 66
(H) Duquesne 70 Duquesne 73
Longwood 68 Duquesne 52
(H) Cleveland State 55
(H) Cleveland State 72*
(H) Colgate 48   Coppin State 70
Coppin State 58 Cleveland State 76
(H) Purdue Fort Wayne 65
(H) Purdue Fort Wayne 87
(H) Old Dominion 63   Old Dominion 61
Navy 42 (H) Purdue Fort Wayne 87
Butler 61
(H) Butler 61
(H) UIC 63 UIC 54
UAB 48

Semifinals and Championship Game

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Semifinals
Fab 4
April 2 		Championship
April 5
CBSSN
      
Troy 99
(H) Illinois State 96
Troy 84
(H) Buffalo 88
(H) Buffalo 74
Cleveland State 69

Source:[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Postseason WNIT announces 48-team field for 2025 event". womensnit.com. Women's National Invitation Tournament. March 16, 2025. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  2. ^ "Bracket, Round 1 matchups and times announced for 2025 Postseason WNIT". womensnit.com. Women's National Invitation Tournament. March 17, 2025. Retrieved March 17, 2025.


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