# 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2019 Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 18, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 20, 2019, and concluded on April 6, 2019, with the championship game televised on the CBS Sports Network. In the championship game, Arizona defeated Northwestern 56–42 to win the tournament.

## Participants

The 2019 Postseason WNIT field consists of 30 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 34 at-large teams. Utah and LSU declined their respective automatic invitations. The declined spots were filled as part of the at–large selection process. The intention of the WNIT Selection Committee was to select the best available at-large teams in the nation. Teams with the highest finishes in their conferences’ regular-season standings that were not selected for the NCAA Tournament were offered an automatic berth. The remaining berths in the WNIT were filled by the best teams available. Teams considered for an at–large berth have overall records of .500 or better.
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## Bracket

All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) * – Denotes overtime period
| Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 2 March 23–24 | Round 2 March 23–24 | Round 3 March 28 | Round 3 March 28 | Quarterfinals March 31 | Quarterfinals March 31 |
| Arkansas | 88* | | | | | | |
| Houston | 80 | Arkansas | 100 | | | | |
| Troy | 89 | UAB | 52 | | | | |
| UAB | 93 | | | Arkansas | 78 | | |
| TCU | 72 | | | TCU | 82 | | |
| Prairie View A&M | 41 | TCU | 71 | | | | |
| UT Arlington | 60 | UT Arlington | 54 | | | | |
| Stephen F. Austin | 54 | | | | | TCU | 69 |
| Green Bay | 59 | | | | | Cincinnati | 55 |
| Kent State | 64 | Kent State | 52 | | | | |
| Butler | 89 | Butler | 70 | | | | |
| Northeastern | 72 | | | Butler | 65 | | |
| Minnesota | 91 | | | Cincinnati | 72 | | |
| Northern Iowa | 75 | Minnesota | 65 | | | | |
| Cincinnati | 76 | Cincinnati | 72 | | | | |
| Youngstown State | 62 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 2 March 24 | Round 2 March 24 | Round 3 March 27–28 | Round 3 March 27–28 | Quarterfinals March 30 | Quarterfinals March 30 |
| West Virginia | 83 | | | | | | |
| Rider | 43 | West Virginia | 64 | | | | |
| Villanova | 86* | Villanova | 57 | | | | |
| Old Dominion | 81 | | | West Virginia | 54 | | |
| Toledo | 71 | | | Northwestern | 56 | | |
| Seton Hall | 65 | Toledo | 47 | | | | |
| Northwestern | 74 | Northwestern | 54 | | | | |
| Dayton | 51 | | | | | Northwestern | 61 |
| Ohio State | 61 | | | | | Ohio | 58 |
| Morehead State | 71 | Morehead State | 65 | | | | |
| Miami (OH) | 63 | Western Kentucky | 68 | | | | |
| Western Kentucky | 67 | | | Western Kentucky | 60 | | |
| Middle Tennessee | 59 | | | Ohio | 68 | | |
| IUPUI | 47 | Middle Tennessee | 57 | | | | |
| Ohio | 81 | Ohio | 59 | | | | |
| High Point | 74 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 2 March 24 | Round 2 March 24 | Round 3 March 28 | Round 3 March 28 | Quarterfinals March 31 | Quarterfinals March 31 |
| New Mexico | 75 | | | | | | |
| Denver | 83 | Denver | 66 | | | | |
| Loyola | 64 | Idaho | 88 | | | | |
| Idaho | 79 | | | Idaho | 60 | | |
| Arizona | 66 | | | Arizona | 68 | | |
| Idaho State | 56 | Arizona | 64 | | | | |
| Fresno State | 72 | Pacific | 48 | | | | |
| Pacific | 77 | | | | | Arizona | 67 |
| Wyoming | 68 | | | | | Wyoming | 45 |
| Northern Colorado | 60 | Wyoming | 78 | | | | |
| Lamar | 71 | South Alabama | 71 | | | | |
| South Alabama | 73 | | | Wyoming | 61 | | |
| Saint Mary's | 67 | | | Pepperdine | 60 | | |
| Hawaii | 43 | Saint Mary's | 61 | | | | |
| Cal Baptist | 79 | Pepperdine | 65 | | | | |
| Pepperdine | 91 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 1 March 20–22 | Round 2 March 24 | Round 2 March 24 | Round 3 March 27–28 | Round 3 March 27–28 | Quarterfinals March 31 | Quarterfinals March 31 |
| James Madison | 48 | | | | | | |
| North Carolina A&T | 37 | James Madison | 71 | | | | |
| South Florida | 84 | South Florida | 54 | | | | |
| Stetson | 50 | | | James Madison | 70 | | |
| VCU | 65 | | | Virginia Tech | 66 | | |
| Charlotte | 52 | VCU | 72 | | | | |
| Virginia Tech | 92 | Virginia Tech | 82 | | | | |
| Furman | 65 | | | | | James Madison | 54 |
| Harvard | 69 | | | | | Georgetown | 44 |
| Drexel | 56 | Harvard | 65 | | | | |
| Georgetown | 90 | Georgetown | 70 | | | | |
| Sacred Heart | 59 | | | Georgetown | 53 | | |
| Penn | 64 | | | Providence | 46 | | |
| American | 45 | Penn | 54 | | | | |
| Providence | 71 | Providence | 64 | | | | |
| Hartford | 54 | | | | | | |

### Semifinals and Championship Game

| Semifinals April 3 | Semifinals April 3 | Semifinals April 3 | Championship game April 6, 3:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network | Championship game April 6, 3:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network | Championship game April 6, 3:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network |
| James Madison | James Madison | 69 | | | |
| Northwestern | Northwestern | 74 | | | |
| Northwestern | Northwestern | 74 | Northwestern | Northwestern | 42 |
| | | | Arizona | Arizona | 56 |
| TCU | TCU | 53 | Arizona | Arizona | 56 |
| Arizona | Arizona | 59 | | | |

#### Semifinals

* Wed., April 3 7:00 pm
Northwestern 74, James Madison 69 :
* Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 15–16, 23–20, 17–22 ||
* JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, Virginia Attendance: 1,992
* Wed., April 3 9:30 pm
TCU 53, Arizona 59 :
* Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 14–17, 10–11, 20–19 ||
* McKale Center Tucson, Arizona Attendance: 10,135

#### Championship

* CBSSN
* Sat., April 6 3:00 pm
Northwestern 42, Arizona 56 :
* Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 5–14, 16–19, 9–7 ||
* McKale Center Tucson, Arizona Attendance: 14,644

## All-tournament team

* Aari McDonald (Arizona), MVP
* Cat Reese (Arizona)
* Veronica Burton (Northwestern)
* Lindsey Pulliam (Northwestern)
* Jackie Benitez (James Madison)
* Amy Okonkwo (TCU)