| Teams | 48 | ||||
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| Finals site | Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, Michigan | ||||
| Champions | Marquette (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Michigan State (1st title game) | ||||
| Winning coach | Terri Mitchell (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Krystal Ellis (Marquette) | ||||
| Attendance | 7,818 (championship game) | ||||
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The 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The 40th annual tournament was played from March 19, 2008, to April 5, 2008, entirely on campus sites. The highest ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee. Marquette defeated Michigan State, 81–66, to win the tournament.[1]