# 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I women's college basketball teams that were not selected for the field of the 2023 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 started March 15 and ended on April 1 with the championship game televised by CBSSN. Kansas won the tournament for the first time in program history.
This was the final WNIT to be held with a 64-team format. On July 17, 2023, WNIT operator Triple Crown Sports announced that the tournament would be reduced to 48 teams starting in 2024. This followed the NCAA's announcement that it would launch the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament, a 32-team direct parallel to the men's National Invitation Tournament, starting in the 2023–24 season.

## Participants

The 2023 postseason WNIT field consists of 32 teams that received automatic berths - one berth from each conference - and 32 at-large teams. All Division I teams were considered for at-large berths, including those who are independent and/or are in the transition process of reaching full NCAA Division I status. Automatic berths went to the highest-finishing team in its conference's regular-season standings, not selected for an NCAA Tournament berth. The remaining team slots were filled by the top teams available.

## Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period (H) - Denotes home team
| Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Super 16 March 23–24 | Super 16 March 23–24 | Super 16 March 23–24 | Great 8 March 26 | Great 8 March 26 | Great 8 March 26 |
| (H) | Oregon | 96 | | | | | | | | | |
| | North Dakota State | 57 | (H) | Oregon | 78 | | | | | | |
| (H) | BYU | 67 | | Rice | 53 | | | | | | |
| | Rice | 71 | | | | (H) | Oregon | 81 | | | |
| (H) | San Diego State | 45 | | | | | San Diego | 61 | | | |
| | UC Irvine | 55 | | UC Irvine | 48 | | | | | | |
| (H) | San Diego | 75 | (H) | San Diego | 58 | | | | | | |
| | Long Beach State | 57 | | | | | | | | Oregon | 59 |
| (H) | Wyoming | 75 | | | | | | | (H) | Washington | 63 |
| | Texas A&M–CC | 41 | | Wyoming | 55 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Kansas State | 90 | (H) | Kansas State | 71 | | | | | | |
| | Wichita State | 56 | | | | | Kansas State | 48 | | | |
| (H) | Washington | 61 | | | | (H) | Washington | 55 | | | |
| | San Francisco | 46 | (H) | Washington | 67 | | | | | | |
| (H) | New Mexico | 72 | | New Mexico | 46 | | | | | | |
| | Northern Arizona | 64 | | | | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Super 16 March 23–24 | Super 16 March 23–24 | Super 16 March 23–24 | Great 8 March 26 | Great 8 March 26 | Great 8 March 26 |
| (H) | Nebraska | 74 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Missouri State | 65 | (H) | Nebraska | 77 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Northern Iowa | 88 | | Northern Iowa | 57 | | | | | | |
| | Colorado State | 76 | | | | | Nebraska | 55 | | | |
| (H) | Missouri | 61 | | | | (H) | Kansas | 64 | | | |
| | Illinois State | 51 | | Missouri | 47 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Kansas | 86 | (H) | Kansas | 75 | | | | | | |
| | Western Kentucky | 72 | | | | | | | (H) | Kansas | 78 |
| (H) | Stephen F. Austin | 89 | | | | | | | | Arkansas | 64 |
| | Texas State | 79 | | Stephen F. Austin | 37 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Arkansas | 69 | (H) | Arkansas | 60 | | | | | | |
| | Louisiana Tech | 47 | | | | (H) | Arkansas | 71 | | | |
| (H) | Texas Tech | 67 | | | | | Texas Tech | 66 | | | |
| | UTEP | 54 | (H) | Texas Tech | 61 | | | | | | |
| (H) | SMU | 68 | | SMU | 49 | | | | | | |
| | Little Rock | 42 | | | | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Super 16 March 23–24 | Super 16 March 23–24 | Super 16 March 23–24 | Great 8 March 26 | Great 8 March 26 | Great 8 March 26 |
| (H) | Rhode Island | 46 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Boston University | 40 | (H) | Rhode Island | 74 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Richmond | 75 | | Richmond | 64 | | | | | | |
| | Penn | 52 | | | | | Rhode Island | 64 | | | |
| (H) | UMass | 73 | | | | (H) | Harvard | 74 | | | |
| | Albany | 48 | (H) | UMass | 87 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Harvard | 103 | | Harvard | 89 | | | | | | |
| | Towson | 63 | | | | | | | | Harvard | 71 |
| (H) | Syracuse | 84 | | | | | | | (H) | Columbia | 77 |
| | Kent State | 56 | | Syracuse | 72 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Seton Hall | 69 | (H) | Seton Hall | 54 | | | | | | |
| | St. Joseph's | 61 | | | | | Syracuse | 82 | | | |
| (H) | Fordham | 73 | | | | (H) | Columbia | 88 | | | |
| | Drexel | 63 | | Fordham | 73 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Columbia | 69 | (H) | Columbia | 78 | | | | | | |
| | Fairleigh Dickinson | 53 | | | | | | | | | |
| Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 1 March 15–17 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Round 2 March 19–21 | Super 16 March 23 | Super 16 March 23 | Super 16 March 23 | Great 8 March 27 | Great 8 March 27 | Great 8 March 27 |
| (H) | Bowling Green | 87 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Liberty | 80 | | Bowling Green | 69 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Green Bay | 84 | (H) | Green Bay | 51 | | | | | | |
| | Niagara | 52 | | | | (H) | Bowling Green | 73 | | | |
| (H) | Memphis | 79 | | | | | Memphis | 60 | | | |
| | Jackson State | 68 | (H) | Memphis | 79 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Ball State | 101 | | Ball State | 62 | | | | | | |
| | Belmont | 86 | | | | | | | (H) | Bowling Green | 69 |
| (H) | Florida | 66 | | | | | | | | Florida | 52 |
| | Wofford | 63 | | Florida | 80 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Wake Forest | 75 | (H) | Wake Forest | 63 | | | | | | |
| | Morgan State | 49 | | | | | Florida | 73 | | | |
| (H) | Auburn | 73 | | | | (H) | Clemson | 63 | | | |
| | Tulane | 58 | | Auburn | 55 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Clemson | 66 | (H) | Clemson | 56 | | | | | | |
| | High Point | 46 | | | | | | | | | |

### Semifinals and Championship Game

| Semifinals Fab 4 March 29 | Semifinals Fab 4 March 29 | Semifinals Fab 4 March 29 | Championship April 1 CBSSN | Championship April 1 CBSSN | Championship April 1 CBSSN |
| | Washington | 36 | | | |
| (H) | Kansas | 61 | | | |
| (H) | Kansas | 61 | (H) | Kansas | 66 |
| | | | | Columbia | 59 |
| | Columbia | 77 | | Columbia | 59 |
| (H) | Bowling Green | 70 | | | |

## Game summaries
### Fab 4

* ESPN3
* March 29 6:00 pm EDT
Columbia 77, Bowling Green 70 :
| Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 20–17, 14–16, 20–18 |||
| Pts: Hsu, 21 Rebs: Davis, 15 Asts: Davis, 7 | Pts: Velasco, 19 Rebs: Fleming, 7 Asts: Velasco, 5 |
* Stroh Center Bowling Green, Ohio Attendance: 4,155 Referees: Kevin Pethtel, Nykesha Thompson, Kalei Enterline
* ESPN+
* March 29 7:30 pm EDT
Washington 36, Kansas 61 :
| Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 6–15, 12–18, 8–13 |||
| Pts: Daniels, 10 Rebs: Daniels, 13 Asts: Noble, 4 | Pts: Franklin, 14 Rebs: Jackson, 11 Asts: Kersgieter, 2 |
* Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas Attendance: 7,229 Referees: Kim Hobbs, Brian Garland, Maggie Tieman

### Championship

* CBSSN
* April 1 5:30 pm EDT
Columbia 59, Kansas 66 :
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 12–16, 11–18, 20–17 |||
| Pts: Hsu, 19 Rebs: Henderson, 10 Asts: Henderson/Patrick, 3 | Pts: Franklin, 19 Rebs: Jackson, 21 Asts: Franklin, 4 |
* Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas Attendance: 11,701 Referees: Natasha Camy, Karen Preato, Metta Christensen