# 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament was an annual single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2017 Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 13, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 15 and ended on April 1, with the championship game televised on the CBS Sports Network. In the championship game, the Michigan Wolverines defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 89–79, in triple overtime.

## Participants

The 2017 Postseason WNIT field consists of 32 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 32 (or more) at-large teams. The intention of the WNIT Selection Committee was to select the best available at-large teams in the nation. A team offered an automatic berth by the WNIT will be the team that is the highest-finishing team in its conference's regular-season standings, and not selected for the NCAA Tournament. A team that fulfills these qualities, and accepts, earned the WNIT automatic berth for its conference, regardless of overall record. The remaining berths in the WNIT were filled by the best teams available. Any team considered for an at-large berth has an overall record of .500 or better.

## Bracket

All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) * – Denotes overtime period
| Round 1 March 16–17 | Round 1 March 16–17 | Round 2 March 18–19 | Round 2 March 18–19 | Round 3 March 23 | Round 3 March 23 | Quarterfinals March 26 | Quarterfinals March 26 |
| Colorado State | 80* | | | | | | |
| Saint Mary's | 68 | Colorado State | 57 | | | | |
| Utah | 62 | UC Davis | 58 | | | | |
| UC Davis | 72 | | | UC Davis | 62 | | |
| BYU | 64 | | | Washington State | 71 | | |
| Washington State | 72 | Washington State | 68* | | | | |
| Wyoming | 68 | Wyoming | 67 | | | | |
| Seattle | 52 | | | | | Washington State | 74 |
| South Dakota | 78 | | | | | Iowa | 66 |
| North Dakota | 55 | South Dakota | 73 | | | | |
| Iowa | 95 | Iowa | 78 | | | | |
| Missouri State | 74 | | | Iowa | 80 | | |
| South Dakota State | 94 | | | Colorado | 62 | | |
| Northern Illinois | 84 | South Dakota State | 75 | | | | |
| Colorado | 66 | Colorado | 81* | | | | |
| UNLV | 52 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 15–16 | Round 1 March 15–16 | Round 2 March 19 | Round 2 March 19 | Round 3 March 23 | Round 3 March 23 | Quarterfinals March 26 | Quarterfinals March 26 |
| Tulane | 62 | | | | | | |
| Texas-Arlington | 57 | Tulane | 66 | | | | |
| Ole Miss | 75 | Grambling State | 49 | | | | |
| Grambling State | 78 | | | Tulane | 64 | | |
| Alabama | 81 | | | Alabama | 72 | | |
| Mercer | 57 | Alabama | 55 | | | | |
| Southern Miss | 62 | Little Rock | 53 | | | | |
| Little Rock | 72 | | | | | Alabama | 66 |
| Middle Tennessee | 67 | | | | | Georgia Tech | 76 |
| Morehead State | 58 | Middle Tennessee | 73 | | | | |
| Wake Forest | 71 | Wake Forest | 66 | | | | |
| Bethune-Cookman | 42 | | | Middle Tennessee | 57 | | |
| Georgia Tech | 71 | | | Georgia Tech | 70 | | |
| Jacksonville | 55 | Georgia Tech | 63 | | | | |
| UCF | 73 | UCF | 51 | | | | |
| Stetson | 53 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 16–17 | Round 1 March 16–17 | Round 2 March 18–19 | Round 2 March 18–19 | Round 3 March 23 | Round 3 March 23 | Quarterfinals March 25 | Quarterfinals March 25 |
| Michigan | 67 | | | | | | |
| Kent State | 60 | Michigan | 71 | | | | |
| Wright State | 66 | Wright State | 66 | | | | |
| Central Michigan | 64 | | | Michigan | 60 | | |
| New Hampshire | 56 | | | St. John's | 40 | | |
| Harvard | 69 | Harvard | 57 | | | | |
| St. John's | 72 | St. John's | 62 | | | | |
| Sacred Heart | 43 | | | | | Michigan | 80 |
| Penn State | 74 | | | | | Virginia Tech | 62 |
| Ohio | 65 | Penn State | 70 | | | | |
| Georgetown | 49 | Fordham | 51 | | | | |
| Fordham | 60 | | | Penn State | 55 | | |
| George Washington | 51 | | | Virginia Tech | 64 | | |
| Navy | 61* | Navy | 64 | | | | |
| Virginia Tech | 76 | Virginia Tech | 75 | | | | |
| Rider | 62 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 16–17 | Round 1 March 16–17 | Round 2 March 19–20 | Round 2 March 19–20 | Round 3 March 23 | Round 3 March 23 | Quarterfinals March 26 | Quarterfinals March 26 |
| Princeton | 53 | | | | | | |
| Villanova | 59 | Villanova | 56 | | | | |
| Drexel | 70 | Drexel | 51 | | | | |
| Duquesne | 47 | | | Villanova | 69* | | |
| James Madison | 80 | | | James Madison | 67 | | |
| Radford | 59 | James Madison | 61 | | | | |
| Saint Joseph's | 56 | Virginia | 55 | | | | |
| Virginia | 62 | | | | | Villanova | 69 |
| Indiana | 71 | | | | | Indiana | 57 |
| Ball State | 58 | Indiana | 71 | | | | |
| Saint Louis | 62 | Saint Louis | 53 | | | | |
| IUPUI | 57 | | | Indiana | 64 | | |
| Oklahoma State | 56 | | | SMU | 44 | | |
| Abilene Christian | 66 | Abilene Christian | 52 | | | | |
| SMU | 75* | SMU | 59 | | | | |
| Louisiana Tech | 70 | | | | | | |

### Semifinals and Championship Game

| Semifinals March 29 | Semifinals March 29 | Semifinals March 29 | Championship Game April 1 | Championship Game April 1 | Championship Game April 1 |
| Washington State | Washington State | 61 | | | |
| Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech | 69 | | | |
| Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech | 69 | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech | 79 |
| | | | Michigan | Michigan | 89*** |
| Michigan | Michigan | 65 | Michigan | Michigan | 89*** |
| Villanova | Villanova | 61 | | | |

## All-tournament team

* Katelynn Flaherty, Michigan (MVP)
* Alex Louin, Villanova
* Zaire O'Neil, Georgia Tech
* Francesca Pan, Georgia Tech
* Alexys Swedlund, Washington State
* Hallie Thome, Michigan
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