2000 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2000 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2000 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the third edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).

2000 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Kohl Center, Madison, WI
Champions	Wisconsin (1st title)
Runner-up	Florida (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Colorado State (1st semifinal) Arkansas (4th semifinal)
Winning coach	Jane Albright (1st title)
MVP	Tamara Moore (Wisconsin)
Attendance	13,006 (championship)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments «1999 2001»

The final four of the tournament paired Arkansas against Florida with the other match-up being Wisconsin and Colorado State. Wisconsin beat Colorado State 78–60 and Florida beat Arkansas 83–62.

Bracket

Games marked signify overtime.^[1]

North bracket

	First Round March 15				Second Round March 18 & 19				Quarterfinals March 22
	at Wisconsin	83
	Fairfield	46
					at Wisconsin	82
					DePaul	76
	DePaul	69
	Western Michigan	64
									at Wisconsin	77
									Michigan State	45
	at Michigan State	74
	Villanova	62
					Michigan State	88
					Cincinnati	83
	Cincinnati	76
	Pittsburgh	60

West bracket

	First Round March 16				Second Round March 18				Quarterfinals March 22
	Long Beach State	87
	at New Mexico	63
					Long Beach State	73
					at St. Mary's	48
	St. Mary's	75
	Hawaii	60
									Long Beach State	63
									at Colorado State	65
	at Colorado State	66
	Arizona State	54
					at Colorado State	66
					USC	56
	USC	71
	Santa Clara	64

Midwest bracket

	First Round March 15 & 16				Second Round March 18				Quarterfinals March 21
	at Arkansas	83
	Wichita State	63
					at Arkansas	89
					Missouri	88
	at Missouri	84*
	Evansville	81
									at Arkansas	78
									Georgia Tech	67
	at Georgia Tech	76
	Southern Miss	71
					Georgia Tech	81
					at Chattanooga	74
	Chattanooga	70
	Alabama	68

East bracket

	First Round March 15 & 16				Second Round March 17 & 18				Quarterfinals March 21
	at Maryland	63
	Georgetown	46
					Maryland	68*
					at Virginia Tech	60
	Virginia Tech	80
	Georgia State	56
									Maryland	57
									at Florida	77
	Memphis	76
	Arkansas State	74
					at Memphis	71
					Florida	74
	Florida	97
	at Dayton	93

Semifinals and championship game

	Semifinals March 25					Finals March 29
	N	at Wisconsin	78
	W	Colorado State	60
						at Wisconsin		75
						Florida		74
	MW	at Arkansas	62
	E	Florida	83

All-tournament team

• Tamara Moore, Wisconsin (MVP)
• LaTonya Sims, Wisconsin
• Naomi Mobley, Florida^[2]
• Tonya Washington, Florida
• Angie Gordon, Colorado State
• Lonniya Bragg, Arkansas

Source:^[3]

See also

2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament