# 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2018 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 2018 Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 12, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 14 and ended on March 31, with the championship game televised on the CBS Sports Network. In the championship game, Indiana defeated Virginia Tech, 65–57.

## Participants

The 2018 Postseason WNIT field consisted of 32 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 32 at-large teams. 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 had overall records of .500 or better.

## Bracket

All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) * – Denotes overtime period
| Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 2 March 17–20 | Round 2 March 17–20 | Round 3 March 22 | Round 3 March 22 | Quarterfinals March 25 | Quarterfinals March 25 |
| Houston | 58 | | | | | | |
| South Dakota | 65 | South Dakota | 74 | | | | |
| Western Illinois | 64 | Colorado State | 49 | | | | |
| Colorado State | 67 | | | South Dakota | 85* | | |
| Cincinnati | 75 | | | Michigan State | 83 | | |
| Michigan State | 81 | Michigan State | 68 | | | | |
| Wright State | 50 | Toledo | 66 | | | | |
| Toledo | 64 | | | | | South Dakota | 71 |
| Saint Mary's | 80 | | | | | TCU | 79 |
| New Mexico | 82 | New Mexico | 93 | | | | |
| Texas State | 60 | Rice | 73 | | | | |
| Rice | 71 | | | New Mexico | 72 | | |
| Lamar | 68 | | | TCU | 81 | | |
| TCU | 80 | TCU | 86 | | | | |
| Missouri State | 63 | Missouri State | 51 | | | | |
| Louisiana Tech | 59 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 2 March 18 | Round 2 March 18 | Round 3 March 22–23 | Round 3 March 22–23 | Quarterfinals March 25 | Quarterfinals March 25 |
| Purdue | 48 | | | | | | |
| IUPUI | 46 | Purdue | 77 | | | | |
| Middle Tennessee | 60 | Ball State | 72 | | | | |
| Ball State | 69 | | | Purdue | 51 | | |
| UT Martin | 50 | | | Indiana | 73 | | |
| Indiana | 74 | Indiana | 74 | | | | |
| Milwaukee | 81 | Milwaukee | 54 | | | | |
| Northern Iowa | 67 | | | | | Indiana | 81 |
| New Mexico State | 59 | | | | | UC Davis | 66 |
| Wyoming | 67 | Wyoming | 64 | | | | |
| Idaho | 62 | UC Davis | 74 | | | | |
| UC Davis | 82 | | | UC Davis | 71 | | |
| Saint Louis | 61 | | | Kansas State | 69 | | |
| Kansas State | 75 | Kansas State | 74 | | | | |
| UNLV | 68 | Utah | 57 | | | | |
| Utah | 78 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 2 March 17–20 | Round 2 March 17–20 | Round 3 March 22–23 | Round 3 March 22–23 | Quarterfinals March 25 | Quarterfinals March 25 |
| Bucknell | 50 | | | | | | |
| West Virginia | 83 | West Virginia | 79 | | | | |
| St. Joseph's | 75 | St. Joseph's | 51 | | | | |
| Seton Hall | 57 | | | West Virginia | 67 | | |
| Radford | 63* | | | James Madison | 55 | | |
| Penn State | 62 | Radford | 35 | | | | |
| ETSU | 52 | James Madison | 62 | | | | |
| James Madison | 60 | | | | | West Virginia | 76 |
| Albany | 61 | | | | | St. John's | 62 |
| Penn | 76 | Penn | 48 | | | | |
| Marist | 47 | St. John's | 53 | | | | |
| St. John's | 68 | | | St. John's | 65 | | |
| Duquesne | 69 | | | Duquesne | 52 | | |
| Miami (OH) | 56 | Duquesne | 69 | | | | |
| Delaware | 57 | Georgetown | 66 | | | | |
| Georgetown | 67 | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 1 March 14–16 | Round 2 March 18 | Round 2 March 18 | Round 3 March 22 | Round 3 March 22 | Quarterfinals March 25 | Quarterfinals March 25 |
| Harvard | 47 | | | | | | |
| Fordham | 65 | Fordham | 63 | | | | |
| Robert Morris | 44 | Drexel | 60 | | | | |
| Drexel | 57 | | | Fordham | 50 | | |
| Stephen F. Austin | 75 | | | Virginia Tech | 81 | | |
| George Mason | 82 | George Mason | 69 | | | | |
| Navy | 55 | Virginia Tech | 78 | | | | |
| Virginia Tech | 56 | | | | | Virginia Tech | 74 |
| Bethune-Cookman | 32 | | | | | Alabama | 67 |
| Georgia Tech | 85 | Georgia Tech | 91 | | | | |
| Chattanooga | 50 | UAB | 47 | | | | |
| UAB | 60 | | | Georgia Tech | 59 | | |
| Jacksonville | 60* | | | Alabama | 61 | | |
| UCF | 65 | UCF | 61 | | | | |
| Southern | 56 | Alabama | 80 | | | | |
| Alabama | 69 | | | | | | |

### Semifinals and Championship Game

| Semifinals March 28 | Semifinals March 28 | Semifinals March 28 | Championship Game March 31, 3:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network | Championship Game March 31, 3:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network | Championship Game March 31, 3:00 p.m. CBS Sports Network |
| TCU | TCU | 58 | | | |
| Indiana | Indiana | 71 | | | |
| Indiana | Indiana | 71 | Indiana | Indiana | 65 |
| | | | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech | 57 |
| West Virginia | West Virginia | 61 | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech | 57 |
| Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech | 64 | | | |

#### Semifinals

* Wed., March 28 7:00 p.m.
* Report
TCU Horned Frogs 58, Indiana Hoosiers 71 :
* Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 14–19, 12–19, 18–20 ||
* Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
* Wed., March 28 7:00 p.m.
* Report
Virginia Tech Hokies 64, West Virginia Mountaineers 61 :
* Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–13, 15–20, 16–16 ||
* WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV

#### Championship

* CBSSN
* Sat., March 31 3:00 p.m.
* Report
Virginia Tech Hokies 57, Indiana Hoosiers 65 :
* Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 14–19, 17–7, 13–22 ||
* Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN Attendance: 13,007

## All-tournament team

* Tyra Buss (Indiana), MVP
* Amanda Cahill (Indiana)
* Taylor Emery (Virginia Tech)
* Regan Magarity (Virginia Tech)
* Teana Muldrow (West Virginia)
* Jordan Moore (TCU)