| Season | 2020–21 | ||||
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
| Finals site | My Town Movers Fieldhouse Collierville, Tennessee | ||||
| Champions | Rice (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Ole Miss (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Tina Langley (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Nancy Mulkey (Rice) | ||||
| Attendance | 600 (championship game) | ||||
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The 2021 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The tournament committee announced the 32-team field on March 15, 2021, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament began on March 19, 2021, with the championship game on March 28, 2021. Rice won its first WNIT championship. All games were streamed on FloSports.[1]