# 1999 Women's National Invitation Tournament

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.
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

Games marked signify overtime.

### North bracket

| First Round March 11 | First Round March 11 | Second Round March 14 | Second Round March 14 | Quarterfinals March 17 | Quarterfinals March 17 |
| at Wisconsin | 80 | | | | |
| Indiana State | 43 | | | | |
| Indiana State | 43 | at Wisconsin | 107 | | |
| | | Siena | 85 | | |
| Siena | 86 | Siena | 85 | | |
| Georgetown | 73 | | | | |
| Georgetown | 73 | | | at Wisconsin | 70* |
| | | | | Michigan State | 69 |
| Michigan | 73 | | | | | Michigan State | 69 |
| at Western Michigan | 64 | | | | |
| at Western Michigan | 64 | at Michigan | 68 | | |
| | | Michigan State | 69 | | |
| at Michigan State | 78 | Michigan State | 69 | | |
| Akron | 65 | | | | |

### Midwest bracket

| First Round March 11 | First Round March 11 | Second Round March 14 | Second Round March 14 | Quarterfinals March 17 | Quarterfinals March 17 |
| at Kansas State | 71 | | | | |
| Creighton | 60 | | | | |
| Creighton | 60 | Kansas State | 70 | | |
| | | at Arkansas State | 83 | | |
| Arkansas State | 78 | at Arkansas State | 83 | | |
| New Hampshire | 65 | | | | |
| New Hampshire | 65 | | | Arkansas State | 86 |
| | | | | at Memphis | 101 |
| at Memphis | 71 | | | | | at Memphis | 101 |
| Middle Tennessee | 61 | | | | |
| Middle Tennessee | 61 | at Memphis | 87 | | |
| | | Tennessee–Martin | 73 | | |
| Tennessee–Martin | 77 | Tennessee–Martin | 73 | | |
| Mississippi | | | | | |

### West bracket

| First Round March 11 & 12 | First Round March 11 & 12 | Second Round March 14 | Second Round March 14 | Quarterfinals March 17 | Quarterfinals March 17 |
| at Drake | 70 | | | | |
| Utah | 62 | | | | |
| Utah | 62 | Drake | 82 | | |
| | | at Colorado | 66 | | |
| Colorado | 70 | at Colorado | 66 | | |
| BYU | 53 | | | | |
| BYU | 53 | | | Drake | 73 |
| | | | | at New Mexico | 60 |
| at New Mexico | 81 | | | | | at New Mexico | 60 |
| Papperdine | 69 | | | | |
| Papperdine | 69 | at New Mexico | 81 | | |
| | | Washington | 63 | | |
| Washington | 67 | Washington | 63 | | |
| Portland | 63 | | | | |

### South bracket

| First Round March 11 & 12 | First Round March 11 & 12 | Second Round March 14 | Second Round March 14 | Quarterfinals March 17 | Quarterfinals March 17 |
| at Arkansas | 78 | | | | |
| Northwestern State | 60 | | | | |
| Northwestern State | 60 | at Arkansas | 97* | | |
| | | Oklahoma | 93 | | |
| Oklahoma | 75 | Oklahoma | 93 | | |
| Wichita State | 67 | | | | |
| Wichita State | 67 | | | at Arkansas | 76 |
| | | | | Rice | 70 |
| Baylor | 71 | | | | | Rice | 70 |
| Texas–Arlington | 60 | | | | |
| Texas–Arlington | 60 | at Baylor | 60 | | |
| | | Rice | 62 | | |
| at Rice | 65 | Rice | 62 | | |
| Miami | 58 | | | | |

### Semifinals and championship game

| Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Finals March 23 | Finals March 23 | Finals March 23 |
| N | at Wisconsin | 92 | | | |
| MW | Memphis | 73 | | | |
| MW | Memphis | 73 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | 64 |
| | | | at Arkansas | at Arkansas | 67 |
| W | Drake | 56 | at Arkansas | at Arkansas | 67 |
| S | at Arkansas | 80 | | | |

## All-tournament team

* Sytia Messer, Arkansas
* Lonniya Bragg, Arkansas (MVP)
* LaTonya Sims, Wisconsin
* Tamara Moore, Wisconsin
* Tammi Blackstone, Drake
* Tamika Whitmore, Memphis
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