| Teams | 48 | ||||
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| Finals site | Arena-Auditorium Laramie, Wyoming | ||||
| Champions | Wyoming (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Wisconsin (3rd title game) | ||||
| Winning coach | Joe Legerski (1st title) | ||||
| Attendance | 15,462 (championship game) | ||||
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The 2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament[1] (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
The teams were deemed the "best of the rest" from the 31 Division I conferences were joined by 17 at-large selections.
The final four of the tournament paired Wisconsin against Western Kentucky and Wyoming against 2006 WNIT champion Kansas State. Wisconsin (23–12) defeated Western Kentucky 79–72.[2] Meanwhile, across the country, Wyoming and Kansas State played a triple-overtime thriller. The Cowgirls eventually pulled out the victory, holding Kansas State to a single point in the third overtime, and winning 89–79.[3]
The championship game of the WNIT was played Saturday, March 31, 2007, in front of 15,462 fans at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyoming (the largest crowd in Wyoming Cowgirl History). Wyoming dominated the game and won 72–56, bringing the Cowgirls their first postseason championship win.[4] They also became the first Mountain West Conference team to win the tournament.