| Season | 2018–19 | ||||
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
| Finals site | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona | ||||
| Champions | Arizona (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Northwestern (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Adia Barnes (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Aari McDonald (Arizona) | ||||
| Attendance | 14,644 (championship game) | ||||
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The 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2019 Women's NCAA tournament. The tournament committee announced the 64-team field on March 18, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 20, 2019, and concluded on April 6, 2019, with the championship game televised on the CBS Sports Network.[1] In the championship game, Arizona defeated Northwestern 56–42 to win the tournament.