2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2001 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the fourth edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).

2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	University Arena Albuquerque, New Mexico
Champions	Ohio State (1st title)
Runner-up	New Mexico (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Hawaii (2 semifinal) James Madison (1 semifinal)
Winning coach	Beth Burns (1 title)
MVP	Jamie Lewis (Ohio State)
Attendance	18,018
Women's National Invitation Tournaments «2000 2002»

The final four of the tournament paired Hawaii against New Mexico and Ohio State against James Madison. New Mexico beat Hawaii 68–43 and Ohio State took down James Madison 74–65.

Bracket

Visiting teams in first round are listed first. Games marked signify overtime. Source

West Regional bracket

	First Round March 15 & 16				Second Round March 18 & 19				Quarterfinals March 21
	BYU	78
	Oregon State	63
					BYU	73
					at Hawaii	77*
	Santa Clara	57
	Hawaii	73
									at Hawaii	51
									Oklahoma State	51
	UNLV	59
	Loyola Marymount	56
					UNLV	67
					at Oklahoma State	71
	North Texas	67
	Oklahoma State	79

South Regional bracket

	First Round March 15 & 16				Second Round March 17 & 18				Quarterfinals March 21
	Memphis	67
	Alabama	77
					Alabama	72
					at Alabama–Birmingham	84
	FIU	83
	Alabama–Birmingham	96
									Alabama–Birmingham	55
									at New Mexico	77
	Pepperdine	65
	Arizona	85
					Arizona	62
					at New Mexico	75
	Houston	49
	New Mexico	72

East Regional bracket

	First Round March 14 & 15				Second Round March 17 & 18				Quarterfinals March 20
	Georgetown	66
	George Mason	56
					Georgetown	74
					at James Madison	78
	Temple	57
	James Madison	59
									James Madison	63
									at Mississippi State	61
	Georgia Tech	73
	Mississippi State	77
					Mississippi State	86
					at Illinois	77
	Wisconsin–Green Bay	79
	Illinois	96

Midwest Regional bracket

	First Round March 14 & 16				Second Round March 17 & 18				Quarterfinals March 20
	Mississippi	92
	Western Kentucky	95
					at Western Kentucky	64
					Indiana	63
	Middle Tennessee	63
	Indiana	66
									at Western Kentucky	61
									Ohio State	70
	Northern Iowa	73
	DePaul	75*
					DePaul	62
					at Ohio State	73
	Cincinnati	60
	Ohio State	61

Semifinals and championship game

	Semifinals					Finals
	W	Hawaii	43
	S	at New Mexico	68
						at New Mexico		61
						Ohio State		62
	E	James Madison	65
	MW	at Ohio State	74

All-tournament team

• Jame Lewis, Ohio State (MVP)
• Courtney Coleman, Ohio State
• Jordan Adams, New Mexico
• Chelsea Grear, New Mexico
• Janka Gabrielova, Hawaii
• Shanna Price, Wisconsin–Green Bay

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See also

• 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2001 National Invitation Tournament