WNIT 2021 = 32 teams [merged thread]

[Plebe]

Cal Baptist might not be allowed in any postseason tourney?

Women’s Basketball Receives Postseason Automatic Bid to WNIT - CBU Athletics

California Baptist University women's basketball (20-0) will officially be playing in the postseason as the Women's National Invitation Tournament announced this

cbulancers.com

 

[Vowelguy]

If UTA gets a bid it will be a big bone thrown their way just for proximity. Very low NET and only one win outside of Quad 4.

"Some" -- of course. How many of the "some" are going to trek to the southeast side of Fort Worth for a WNIT game? Maybe a few dozen each?

I went down the conference standings and looked at the 2nd/3rd place team in each conference and if they had a decent record (12-10 doesnt really cut it imho). Plus any one not way under .500 from the P5. That's only like 15.

UTA was 3rd in the Sun Belt, good record, and local. Probably in.

 

[Vowelguy]

Women’s Basketball Receives Postseason Automatic Bid to WNIT - CBU Athletics

California Baptist University women's basketball (20-0) will officially be playing in the postseason as the Women's National Invitation Tournament announced this

cbulancers.com

Cool. Glad to hear they'll get to play someone decent.

 

[Plebe]

I went down the conference standings and looked at the 2nd/3rd place team in each conference and if they had a decent record (12-10 doesnt really cut it imho). Plus any one not way under .500 from the P5. That's only like 15.

UTA was 3rd in the Sun Belt, good record, and local. Probably in.

You could be right. From what little I've observed in previous iterations of the WNIT I don't believe a team with their RPI (RIP) and resume would get a bid, but I could certainly be wrong, and this neutral court format certainly could change their calculus.

So you think UTA gets a bid but not TCU, just based on the win-loss record?

 

[Vowelguy]

You could be right. From what little I've observed in previous iterations of the WNIT I don't believe a team with their RPI (RIP) and resume would get a bid, but I could certainly be wrong, and this neutral court format certainly could change their calculus.

So you think UTA gets a bid but not TCU, just based on the win-loss record?

The only way they dont lose their shirts this year is to get name teams and local teams. Maybe TCU too.
Good records dont hurt.

 

[Sched234]

Do you really believe ND would accept a WNIT bid? I'm skeptical. Not so much the coach but ND the entity believes it is beneath them I think.

It certainly isn’t these days. The Irish are bad.

 

[LETTERL]

No Nicholls under consideration? Disappointing, for sure.

 

[ochoopsfan]

Teams that made WNIT--Brackets to follow

2021 field announced for 32-team Postseason WNIT

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – After fighting through adversity and complications related to the COVID-19 pandemic, an impressive group of 32 teams kept up the fight all season and has been selected to play in the 2021 Postseason WNIT.

womensnit.com

AQ’s (9)
Bowling Green (20-6), Mid-American
California Baptist (24-0), Western Athletic
Dayton (14-3), Atlantic 10
Delaware (21-4), Colonial
Louisiana (16-6), Sun Belt
New Mexico (15-4), Mountain West
Rice (18-4), Conference USA
Samford (14-9), Southern
UT Martin (20-5), Ohio Valley

At-Large (23)
Arizona State (11-10), Pac-12
Charlotte (10-10), Conference USA
Clemson (11-13), Atlantic Coast
Colorado (10-10), Pac-12
Creighton (9-11), Big East
DePaul (14-8), Big East
Drake (16-11), Missouri Valley
Florida (11-13), SEC
Fordham (12-4), Atlantic 10
Fresno State (16-10), Mountain West
Houston (16-7), American
Illinois State (15-7), Missouri Valley
Milwaukee (19-7), Horizon
Missouri (9-11), SEC
Nebraska (12-12), Big Ten
Northern Iowa (14-12), Missouri Valley
Ohio (14-8), Mid-American
Ole Miss (11-11), SEC
Saint Louis (12-4), Atlantic 10
San Francisco (15-10), West Coast
Tulane (17-8), American
UMass (14-7), Atlantic 10
Villanova (15-6), Big East

 

[Plebe]

Ole Miss accepts the bid; I presume Miss State and Notre Dame declined theirs?

 

[UConnCat]

Ole Miss accepts the bid; I presume Miss State and Notre Dame declined theirs?

 

[Plebe]

Confirmation of what classless sore losers they are.

This GIF is getting a workout today.

 

[UConnCat]

 

[UConnCat]

Confirmation of what classless sore losers they are.

This GIF is getting a workout today.

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Streak of 24 straight NCAA tournaments is over.

 

[Vowelguy]

Streak of 24 straight NCAA tournaments is over.

Dont jinx it, Cat!
Not until tomorrow at 6pm.

 

[Vowelguy]

You could be right. From what little I've observed in previous iterations of the WNIT I don't believe a team with their RPI (RIP) and resume would get a bid, but I could certainly be wrong, and this neutral court format certainly could change their calculus.

So you think UTA gets a bid but not TCU, just based on the win-loss record?

You were right - no UTA!

 

[Plebe]

You were right - no UTA!

Ha I was fixin' to launch a rant about the need for merit-based at-large selections.

On the financial side, I'm guessing they may be charging teams a facility fee of some kind, as well as making them responsible for their own travel expenses.

 

[Vowelguy]

I'll guess
Rockford: Milwaukee, Nebraska, No Iowa, Dayton, Creighton, DePaul, Drake, Ill St
Charlotte: Charlotte, Clemson, florida, Delaware, Ohio, BGSU, Umass, Villanova
Memphis: UTM, Samford, La, St Louis, Tulane, Mizzou, Fordham, Ole Miss
Ft Worth: New Mexico, Rice, Houston, Colo, Fresno, Cal Baptist, ASU, San Fran

 

[Plebe]

Glad to see Creighton getting a bid, along with DePaul and Villanova from the Big East. Did Seton Hall decline?

Creighton (9-11), Clemson (11-13), Florida (11-13) and Missouri (9-11) are the (first ever?) teams with losing records getting at-large bids.

 

[Rooster C.]

Have to believe Clemson was a location choice (hoping to get butts in the seats) rather than merit based. They were NOT a bubble team from the ACC

 

[Plebe]

Have to believe Clemson was a location choice (hoping to get butts in the seats) rather than merit based. They were NOT a bubble team from the ACC

Ha ... have you ever seen the attendance at a Clemson home game?

Not all WNIT at-large teams are "bubble" teams per se.

But Clemson wasn't terribly far from it -- #64 in the NET, wins over tournament teams Florida State, Syracuse, Wake Forest and bona fide "bubble" team Notre Dame

 

[UConnCat]

Glad to see Creighton getting a bid, along with DePaul and Villanova from the Big East. Did Seton Hall decline?

Creighton (9-11), Clemson (11-13), Florida (11-13) and Missouri (9-11) are the (first ever?) teams with losing records getting at-large bids.

SH must have declined. Good for the teams that chose to play. Chance to get better.

 

[Plebe]

I'll guess
Rockford: Milwaukee, Nebraska, No Iowa, Dayton, Creighton, DePaul, Drake, Ill St
Charlotte: Charlotte, Clemson, florida, Delaware, Ohio, BGSU, Umass, Villanova
Memphis: UTM, Samford, La, St Louis, Tulane, Mizzou, Fordham, Ole Miss
Ft Worth: New Mexico, Rice, Houston, Colo, Fresno, Cal Baptist, ASU, San Fran

I just realized Fort Worth is the westernmost of the four regional sites.

In this scenario Ole Miss would have to be deemed the favorite to win Memphis IMO.

As a Houston native (okay, near-native), would be weird to see Houston and Rice, whose campuses are about three miles apart, playing each other in Fort Worth.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Glad to see Creighton getting a bid, along with DePaul and Villanova from the Big East. Did Seton Hall decline?

Creighton (9-11), Clemson (11-13), Florida (11-13) and Missouri (9-11) are the (first ever?) teams with losing records getting at-large bids.

SMH. Maybe a whole lot of teams declined?

 

[Plebe]

SMH. Maybe a whole lot of teams declined?

For sure some declined (we already have confirmation of some), but none of these teams is clearly undeserving, based on resume and NET ranking. The usual requirement of a minimum .500 overall record was waived.

 

[Lorcan]

I think we might have seen some teams decline as they probably decided that the risk factors of catching COVID outweighed the rewards of playing in the WNIT.