2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament

2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Season2014–15
Teams64
Finals siteCharleston Civic Center
Charleston, West Virginia
ChampionsUCLA (1st title)
Runner-upWest Virginia (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachCori Close (1st title)
MVPJordin Canada (UCLA)
Attendance8,403 (championship game)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
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The 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2015 Women's NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 18 and ended on April 4, with the championship game televised on CBS Sports Network.[1] All games were played on the campus sites of participating schools. The Tournament was won by the UCLA Bruins who defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers, 62–60, in the final before a crowd of 8,658 at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia, on April 4.[2][3] It was UCLA's first WNIT title. UCLA's Jordin Canada was named the tournament's most valuable player.[4]

  1. ^ "CBS SN to Televise WNIT Championship Game". Women's NIT. Triple Crown Sports. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "Charleston to host WVU and UCLA Saturday in WNIT finals". Charleston Gazette. Charleston Gazette. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "2020-21 WVU Women's Basketball Guide". Issuu. p. 44. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "UCLA beats WVU 62-60 for WNIT title". USA TODAY. Retrieved May 1, 2016.