2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 40 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2006 Women's NCAA tournament. It was the ninth edition of the postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament and the first to be played with a 40-team field, expanded from 32 the year prior.^[1]

2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Teams	40
Finals site	Bramlage Coliseum, Manhattan, Kansas
Champions	Kansas State (1st title)
Runner-up	Marquette (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Pittsburgh Western Kentucky
Winning coach	Deb Patterson (1st title)
Attendance	13,340 (championship game)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments «2005 2007»

Tournament bracket

Region 1

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	March 15					March 16–18					March 20					March 24
						Indiana*		67
						Rice		57
	Jackson State		48
	Rice*		64
											Indiana*		68
											Indiana State		62
						Eastern Michigan		57
						Indiana State*		79
																Indiana		54
																Marquette*		57
						Green Bay		71
						Iowa State* (OT)		79
											Iowa State*		63
											Marquette		68
	Western Illinois		37
	Illinois*		58
						Illinois		44
						Marquette		64

Region 2

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	March 16					March 18–19					March 22					March 24
						Ole Miss		78
						Kansas*		76
	Northern Iowa		49
	Kansas*		59
											Ole Miss		76
											Pittsburgh*		85
						Delaware		57
						Pittsburgh*		64
																Pittsburgh*		68
																Virginia		56
						Saint Joseph's		42
						Virginia*		48
											Virginia*		83
											Miami		72
	Cincinnati		75
	FIU* (OT)		81
						FIU		83
						Miami*		95

Region 3

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	March 15					March 17–18					March 20–21					March 23
						Villanova*		71
						Hofstra		44
	Stony Brook		65
	Hofstra*		92
											Villanova*		59
											Xavier		47
						South Carolina		65
						Xavier* (OT)		70
																Villanova*		81
																Western Kentucky		94
						James Madison		62
						Charlotte*		70
											Charlotte		68
											Western Kentucky*		81
	Belmont		55
	Tennessee Tech*		56
						Tennessee Tech		66
						Western Kentucky*		83

Region 4

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	March 16					March 16–19					March 22					March 24
						Wyoming*		67
						Oregon State		49
	Santa Clara		48
	Oregon State*		74
											Wyoming*		67
											Nebraska		72
						Drake		59
						Nebraska*		62
																Nebraska		63
																Kansas State*		77
						Idaho State		68
						Kansas State*		88
											Kansas State*		64
											Fresno State		61
	UC Santa Barbara		59
	Fresno State*		78
						Fresno State*		77
						UNLV		57

Semifinals and final

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	March 27–28					March 31
	R1	Marquette*	77
	R2	Pittsburgh	64
						R1	Marquette	65
						R4	Kansas State*	77
	R3	Western Kentucky	56
	R4	Kansas State* (OT)	57

March 31, 2006

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Marquette 65, Kansas State 77

Scoring by half: 39–38, 26–39

Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas