WNIT bracket 2023: Full list matchups, schedule for Women’s National Invitation Tournament

The 2023 women’s NCAA Tournament field was settled at 8 p.m. ET on Selection Sunday, and now the NIT field is set. The women’s National Invitational Tournament features 64 teams, with 32 automatic qualifiers and 32 at-large teams. The automatic qualifiers won or tied for their regular season conference championship, but lost in the postseason tournament and did not earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The first round runs March 15-17, the second round runs March 18-21, the third round runs March 22-24, the quarterfinals are March 25-27, the semifinals are March 28 and 29, and the championship game is April 1.

The full list of first round matchups and days and times are listed below. All times listed are Eastern Time.

2023 Women’s NIT bracket

First round

Wednesday, March 15

Syracuse 84, Kent State 56
Nebraska 74, Missouri State 65

Thursday, March 16

Liberty at Bowling Green, 6 p.m.
Morgan State at Wake Forest, 6 p.m.
Penn at Richmond, 6 p.m.
Wofford at Florida, 6 p.m.
Belmont at Ball State, 6:30 p.m.
Colorado State at Northern Iowa, 7 p.m.
Drexel at Fordham, 7 p.m.
High Point at Clemson, 7 p.m.
Saint Joseph’s at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.
Towson at Harvard, 7 p.m.
UTEP at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
Wichita State at Kansas State, 7 p.m.
Texas State at Stephen F. Austin, 7:30 p.m.
Illinois State at Missouri, 8 p.m.
Jackson State at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Little Rock at SMU, 8 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Arkansas, 8 p.m.
Niagara at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Long Beach State at San Diego, 9 p.m.
Northern Arizona at New Mexico, 9 p.m.
San Francisco at Washington, 10 p.m.

Friday, March 17

Boston at Rhode Island, 6 p.m.
Western Kentucky at Kansas, 6 p.m.
Fairleigh Dickinson at Columbia, 7 p.m.
UAlbany at UMass, 7 p.m.
Tulane at Auburn, 8 p.m.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Wyoming, 8:30 p.m.
Rice at BYU, 9 p.m.
UC Irvine at San Diego State, 9 p.m.
North Dakota State at Oregon, 10 p.m.

Automatic qualifiers

Arkansas (21-12) – Southeastern
Boston (24-8) — Patriot
Bowling Green (27-6) – Mid-American
Columbia (23-5) – Ivy
Fairleigh Dickinson (24-7) — Northeast
Green Bay (27-5) – Horizon
High Point (17-14) – Big South
Illinois State (24-8) – Missouri Valley
Jackson State (21-9) – Southwestern Athletic
Kansas (19-11) – Big 12
Liberty (24-8) — Atlantic Sun
Little Rock (21-10) – Ohio Valley
Memphis (20-10) – American Athletic
Morgan State (17-11) — Mid-Eastern Athletic
Nebraska (16-14) – Big Ten
Niagara (18-12) – Metro Atlantic Athletic
North Dakota State (18-11) – Summit
Northern Arizona (21-13) – Big Sky
San Diego (17-13) – West Coast
Seton Hall (18-14) – Big East
Stephen F. Austin (26-6) — Western Athletic
Syracuse (18-12) – Atlantic Coast
Texas A&M Corpus Christi (19-11) – Southland
Texas State (23-9) – Sun Belt
Towson (21-11) — Colonial Athletic
UAlbany (22-11) – America East
UC-Irvine (24-6) – Big West
UMass (26-6) – Atlantic 10
Washington (15-14) – Pac 12
Western Kentucky (19-13) — Conference USA
Wofford (22-9) – Southern
Wyoming (22-10) – Mountain West

At-large qualifiers

Auburn (15-14) – Southeastern
Ball State (25-8) – Mid-American
Belmont (23-11) – Missouri Valley
BYU (16-16) – West Coast
Clemson (17-15) – Atlantic Coast
Colorado State (20-11) – Mountain West
Drexel (21-9) – Colonial Athletic
Florida (16-14) – Southeastern
Fordham (18-12) – Atlantic 10
Harvard (17-11) – Ivy
Kansas State (17-16) – Big 12
Kent State (21-10) – Mid-American
Long Beach State (23-9) – Big West
Louisiana Tech (19-12) – Conference USA
Missouri (17-13) – Southeastern
Missouri State (20-11) – Missouri Valley
New Mexico (20-12) – Mountain West
Northern Iowa (22-9) – Missouri Valley
Oregon (17-14) – Pac 12
Penn (17-11) – Ivy
Rhode Island (24-6) – Atlantic 10
Rice (22-8) – Conference USA
Richmond (20-10) – Atlantic 10
Saint Joseph’s (20-10) – Atlantic 10
San Diego State (23-10) – Mountain West
San Francisco (19-12) – West Coast
SMU (16-12) – American
Texas Tech (18-14) – Big 12
Tulane (18-13) – American
UTEP (20-11) – Conference USA
Wake Forest (16-16) – Atlantic Coast
Wichita State (18-14) – American Athletic