WNIT

[Vowelguy]

Cinci, Houston, USF from the American
Butler, Gtown, Seton Hall, Villanova, & Providence (1st post season since 2010) from the BE

Also from New England: Hartford, Sacred Heart, Northeastern, Harvard

P5: Ohio St, W Va, Arizona, Arkansas, Minn, Nwestern, TCU, VaTech

Tournament officials announce field of 64 teams for 22nd annual Postseason WNIT

No Blue Devils tho @triaddukefan

 

[triaddukefan]

Welp..... anyone know when they announce the bids for the WBI ?

 

[Vowelguy]

Welp..... anyone know when they announce the bids for the WBI ?

Gotta figure Duke turned it down.

 

[ochoopsfan]

It looks like Ga Tech/ACC, Michigan/Big Ten and Utah/Pac12 turned down autobids to the WNIT.
I know Utah was down to 7 healthy players. Not sure about the other teams

 

[Coler]

It looks like Ga Tech/ACC, Michigan/Big Ten and Utah/Pac12 turned down autobids to the WNIT.
I know Utah was down to 7 healthy players. Not sure about the other teams

Michigan probably turned it down because they were in the NCAAs.

 

[ochoopsfan]

Michigan probably turned it down because they were in the NCAAs.

I missed that, I saw Mich state, must have overlooked Michigan

 

[Plebe]

It looks like Ga Tech/ACC, Michigan/Big Ten and Utah/Pac12 turned down autobids to the WNIT.
I know Utah was down to 7 healthy players. Not sure about the other teams

The Big Ten autobid went to Ohio State.

 

[DaBball]

 

[DaBball]

Perhaps we may hear about Ayana Mitchell soon.

 

[triaddukefan]

Perhaps we may hear about Ayana Mitchell soon.

send her to Duke.

 

[Vowelguy]

Non-NCAA teams with non-losing records that are not in the WNIT
Blue = WBI

ACC - GaTech (declined), Duke (15-15)
PAC - Utah (declined), USC (17-13)
B12 - none
B10 - Purdue (declined)
SEC - Georgia (declined), LSU (declined)

BgE - none
WCC - none
MAC - Akron (16-14), No Illinois (19-13)
AAC - E Carolina (16-15)
CAA - UNC Wilmington (18-12), Delaware (16-15)

IVY - Yale (16-13)
SUN - GaSt (17-13), AppSt (18-14), Coastal Car (17-14)
MVC - IllSt (19-12), Bradley (20-10), SoIll (15-15)
USA - Marshall (16-14), So Miss (17-13), UNT (15-15)
MTN - Utah St (16-15)

SKY - Mont St (16-15)
A10 - Duq (19-13), Dvdsn (17-14), GMU (16-14), UMass (16-16)
PAT - Lehigh (21-10), BU (15-14), Holy Cross (18-13)
SMM - OralRob (18-13)
BgW - Riverside (17-15), Northridge (16-15), Irvine (20-11)

 

[HuskyNan]

WBI should be released soon. This is their Selection Monday as well

WBI

 

[Plebe]

WNIT teams by conference (AQs in bold)

Big East (5): Butler, Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova
C-USA (5): UAB, Charlotte, MTSU, Old Dominion, Western Kentucky
MAC (4): Ohio, Kent St, Miami, Toledo
WCC (4): Pepperdine, LMU, Pacific, St. Mary's

AAC: Cincinnati, Houston, South Florida
Big Sky: Idaho, Idaho St, Northern Colorado
Big Ten: Ohio St, Minnesota, Northwestern
CAA: James Madison, Drexel, Northeastern
Horizon: Green Bay, IUPUI, Youngstown St
Mountain West: New Mexico, Fresno St, Wyoming
Sun Belt: UT Arlington, South Alabama, Troy

A-10: VCU, Dayton
Big 12: West Virginia, TCU
Ivy: Penn, Harvard
Southland: Lamar, SF Austin

Single-bid conferences (17):
America East: Hartford
ACC: Virginia Tech (Georgia Tech declined)
ASUN: Stetson
Big South: High Point
Big West: Hawai'i
MAAC: Rider
MEAC: North Carolina A&T
Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa
Northeast: Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley: Morehead St
Pac-12: Arizona (Utah declined)
Patriot: American
SEC: Arkansas (Georgia declined)
SoCon: Furman
SWAC: Prairie View A&M
Summit: Denver
WAC: Cal Baptist

 

[Plebe]

Non-NCAA teams with non-losing records that are not in the WNIT

ACC - GaTech (declined), Duke (15-15)
PAC - Utah (declined), USC (17-13)
B12 - none
B10 - Purdue (declined)
SEC - Georgia (declined), LSU (declined)

BgE - none
WCC - none
MAC - Akron (16-14), No Illinois (19-13)
AAC - E Carolina (16-15)
CAA - UNC Wilmington (18-12), Delaware (16-15)

IVY - Yale (16-13)
SUN - GaSt (17-13), AppSt (18-14), Coastal Car (17-14)
MVC - IllSt (19-12), Bradley (20-10), SoIll (15-15)
USA - Marshall (16-14), So Miss (17-13), UNT (15-15)
MTN - Utah St (16-15)

USC must've been offered and declined.
Duke was almost certainly offered as well.

I suspect the others weren't offered.

 

[ochoopsfan]

USC must've been offered and declined.
Duke was almost certainly offered as well.

I suspect the others weren't offered.

I havent got the scoop on USC, as I used too. I wonder if the recent scandal tied things up there. Donna Heinel was fired and is one of the ones on the indictments list(I believe) She was the head of the WBB program at USC,, among other programs.

If the WNIT is still where the teams bid to host USC would lose $$ on any hosting game as nobody shows up. If they decide to play on the road thats a lot of traveling too. They made the WNIT finals in 2011, lost to Toledo. They played the first game at home to about 400 people that half were from UCSB and the rest of the games on the road at Colorado(before they were in Pac12) Nevada, BYU, Illinois state and finally in Toledo. I went to the Colorado and Toledo games.

 

[DaBball]

Welp..... anyone know when they announce the bids for the WBI ?

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Were you not aware Duke announced the would not consider a WNIT bid a week ago?

Duke Falls To Florida State In ACC Tournament

 

[GDawg]

So how much longer will the WNIT exist? Too many teams lately turning down bids.

 

[Plebe]

So how much longer will the WNIT exist? Too many teams lately turning down bids.

Just because a handful of teams decline their bids, the tournament should fold?

The tournament is pretty much self-financing since the teams host and the visitors pay for their own travel.

Last year's championship game was seen by a record crowd at Indiana's Assembly Hall. More often than not, the home team packs the house for the championship game.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Were you not aware Duke announced the would not consider a WNIT bid a week ago?

Duke Falls To Florida State In ACC Tournament

In a must-win game, tallying the 4th lowest point total in program history is very sad.

 

[Plebe]

WNIT bracket is up:
2019 Post Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament

Interesting first-round games:

• Houston @ Arkansas
• Youngstown St @ Cincinnati
• Stetson @ South Florida

Looking ahead to likely meetings:

• Cincinnati vs. Minnesota in 2nd round
• South Florida vs. James Madison in 2nd round
• Arkansas vs. TCU in Sweet 16
• Ohio vs. Ohio State in Sweet 16
• Virginia Tech vs. USF/JMU in Sweet 16
• West Virginia vs. Ohio/Ohio St in QF

 

[triaddukefan]

WNIT bracket is up:
2019 Post Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament

Interesting first-round games:

• Houston @ Arkansas
• Youngstown St @ Cincinnati
• Stetson @ South Florida

Looking ahead to likely meetings:

• Cincinnati vs. Minnesota in 2nd round
• South Florida vs. James Madison in 2nd round
• Arkansas vs. TCU in Sweet 16
• Ohio vs. Ohio State in Sweet 16
• Virginia Tech vs. USF/JMU in Sweet 16
• West Virginia vs. Ohio/Ohio St in QF

Ohio has to get by my Panthers of HPU first

 

[EricLA]

Honestly, that's ridiculous and sour grapes. "We didn't get an invite to the big dance, we thought we deserved one, so we are taking our princess tiaras and heading home".

I'm sure the players follow along with the energy/attitude of the coaches. If the coaches go to the players and say "We got dissed, and NOW they want to give us a bid to the NIT. How disrespectful. By the way do any of you feel like playing in the lowly WNIT?" What do you think the players will say?

I blame the coaches for being poor leaders and poor sports and poor ambassadors for the game.

I could picture Geno, and many other top level coaches, saying "Maybe you feel we should have gotten in, but we lost games we needed to win to make it so that they HAD to give us a ticket to the NCAA's. So put on your big girl pants and let's go and rock the WNIT"...

 

[Vowelguy]

I dunno, the WNIT is a consolation tourney. I can see a program saying "The standard is the NCAAs. If we don't meet that standard, the season is over." Hatchell said that one year.

 

[GDawg]

Just because a handful of teams decline their bids, the tournament should fold?

The tournament is pretty much self-financing since the teams host and the visitors pay for their own travel.

Last year's championship game was seen by a record crowd at Indiana's Assembly Hall. More often than not, the home team packs the house for the championship game.

You made the assumption that because I asked about it's viability that I was advocating for it to fold. I'm all for opportunities for emerging programs to get tournament experience.

 

[Striper69]

I hope they televise the Houston- Arkansas game Thursday night.

I also hope Arkansas wins the NIT.

Yeh, Man!!!!