2013 Postseason WNIT field announced

The Women’s National Invitation Tournament released its full 64-team field for the Postseason WNIT. It includes 31 teams that earned an automatic berth and 33 teams chosen at-large. The field also has 36 teams with 20 or more wins

The tournament features five teams from the Atlantic 10, Conference USA, and Mid-American and four from both the Big West and Southeastern. The Big Sky, Colonial, Missouri Valley, Sunbelt, and West Coast will all have three schools in the field. Other conferences represented include the America East (2), Big 10 (2), Mountain West (2), Pacific 12 (2), Southern (2), Atlantic Coast (1), Atlantic Sun (1), Big 12 (1), Big East (1), Big South (1), Horizon (1), Ivy (1), MAAC (1), MEAC (1), Northeastern (1), Ohio Valley (1), Patriot (1), Southland (1), Summit (1), SWAC (1), and WAC (1).

The Postseason WNIT opens with first-round games Wednesday through Friday, March 20-22. The second round runs March 23-25, round three March 27-29, quarterfinals March 30-April 1, and semifinals April 3-4. The championship game is Saturday, April 6 and will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network. Participating schools host all games.

Selection process

Tournament officials award an automatic qualifying berth to 29 conferences. The auto bids go to teams that finished the highest in the regular-season conference standings that did not advance to the NCAA Tournament. If there were ties, the WNIT made a decision according to the conference tiebreaker. A team earns the automatic qualifying berth regardless of its overall record. A total of 35 teams were then given an at-large selection. A team must have an overall record of .500 or better to be considered.

Game dates by round || First Round Matchups

• Round 1 March 20-22
• Round 2 March 23-25
• Round 3 March 27-29
• Quarterfinals March 30-April 1
• Semifinals April 3-4
• Championship April 6, 3 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network

Field | Bracket (PDF)

Automatic Bid
Arkansas (SEC)
Army (Patriot)
Boston Univ. (America East)
Charlotte (Atlantic 10)
Davidson (Southern)
Eastern Illinois (OVC)
FGCU (Atlantic Sun)
Harvard (Ivy)
Illinois (Big 10)
Illinois State (Missouri Valley)
Iona (Metro Atlantic)
IUPUI (Summit)
James Madison (Colonial)
Kansas State (Big 12)
North Carolina A&T (MEAC)
Northern Colorado (Big Sky)
Pacific (Big West)
Sam Houston St. (Southland)
Sacred Heart (Northeast)
San Diego (West Coast)
San Diego State (MWC)
Seattle (WAC)
SMU (Conference USA)
Texas Southern (SWAC)
Toledo (MAC)
UALR (Sun Belt)
Washington (Pac 12)
Winthrop (Big South)
Youngstown St. (Horizon)

At Large
Akron (MAC)
Appalachian St. (Southern)
Auburn (SEC)
Ball State (MAC)
Bowling Green St. (MAC)
Butler (Atlantic 10)
BYU (WCC)
Drexel (Colonial)
Duquesne (Atlantic 10)
East Carolina (CUSA)
E. Washington (Big Sky)
FIU (Sunbelt)
Florida (SEC)
Fordham (Atlantic 10)
Hartford (America East)
Hawaii (Big West)
Idaho State (Big Sky)
Indiana State (MVC)
Long Beach St. (Big West)
Marquette (Big East)
Memphis (CUSA)
Miami (Ohio) (MAC)
Minnesota (Big 10)
Missouri (SEC)
NC State (ACC)
Northern Iowa (MVC)
Old Dominion (Colonial)
Richmond (Atlantic 10)
Saint Mary’s (WCC)
Tulane (CUSA)
UAB (CUSA)
UCSB (Big West)
Utah (Pac 12)
Western Kentucky (Sunbelt)
Wyoming (MWC)

First Round
Wednesday, March 20
Utah at Long Beach State
UCSB at San Diego State
Idaho State at BYU
Eastern Illinois at Missouri
UAB at Auburn

Thursday, March 21
Hawaii at San Diego
Seattle at Saint Mary’s CA
Northern Colorado at WyomingA
Texas Southern at Kansas State
IUPUI at Illinois State
Butler at Toledo
Indiana State at Youngstown State
Miami OH at Illinois
East Carolina at Western Kentucky
Memphis at Arkansas
Sam Houston State at Tulane
Iona at Drexel
Harvard at Hartford
SMU at Bowling Green State
Akron at Duquesne
Sacred Heart at Boston University
Army at Fordham
NCA&T at James Madison
Richmond at North Carolina State
Davidson at Old Dominion
Appalachian State at Charlotte
Florida at Florida International
Winthrop at Florida Gulf Coast

Friday, March 22
Eastern Washington at Washington
UALR at Pacific
Ball State at Minnesota
Northern Iowa at Marquette