POSTSEASON WNIT Tournament Notes/Records

www.womensnit.com WOMEN’S NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT The 64-team Postseason WNIT is a single-elimination event with all games played at sites of host TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE schools. The WNIT is committed to offering deserved opportunities to women’s basketball programs, and the 2013 Postseason WNIT features a full 64-team bracket. SELECTION – MONDAY, MARCH 18 ROUND 1 – MARCH 20-22 The WNIT offers teams an opportunity to get more practices in, to experience playoff-atmosphere games, ROUND 2 – MARCH 23-25 to play in front of passionate fans, and to use their WNIT success as a springboard to the next season. ROUND 3 – MARCH 27-29 ROUND 4 – MARCH 30-APRIL 1 WNIT HISTORY SEMIFINALS – APRIL 3-4 The Postseason WNIT began in 1998 with 16 teams playing for a postseason crown. The event has Championship Game undergone four expansions since then, with its mission remaining the same. Saturday, April 6, 3 p.m. ET LIVE and in HD on CBS Sports Network Following the inaugural year, the field doubled to 32 teams and remained that way until 2006 when a deeper commitment was made to schools. The WNIT expanded to a 40-team field to give spots to teams Play-by-Play: Thad Anderson that won their regular-season conference title but did not win their conference tournament and therefore Analyst: Ceal Barry were excluded from the NCAA Tournament.

The WNIT furthered that commitment to conferences in 2007, when it expanded to 48 teams and award- ed an automatic berth to each conference. The number of at-large berths remained at 17 until 2010, when the WNIT felt that the level of women’s basketball warranted an expansion to the 64-team field.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT The Postseason WNIT features 32 first-round games, followed by 16 second-round games, eight third-round games, four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games, and the championship. The event offers 31 automatic berths, one to each established conference, and 33 at-large berths. The WNIT field and bracket is announced late on the evening of the NCAA Tournament selections.

ON TV The championship game will air Live and in HD on CBS Sports Network at 3pm ET on Saturday, April 6. CBS Sports Network is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 613 and Dish Network Channel 158.

OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT WEBSITE The official tournament website is www.womensnit.com. It has the latest news and information regarding the Postseason WNIT. Also, follow the WNIT on Facebook and Twitter. Please use #wnit for all tweets.

QUICK NOTES • This year’s field includes 36 teams with 20 or more wins. Ties the record • WNIT games showcase the best of women’s basketball, both with fan ex- set in 2012. citement (The 2009 championship was played in front of a Big 12 record 16,113 fans at Kansas) and level of play (teams that do well in the Post- • A record 10 teams in this year’s field were crowned regular-season cham- season WNIT often make a huge jump the following year to performing pions in their respected conferences - Army (Patriot), Eastern Illinois (Ohio well in the NCAA Tournament). Valley), FGCU (Atlantic Sun), Pacific (Big West), San Diego State (MWC), Seattle (WAC), SMU (CUSA), Texas Southern (SWAC), Toledo (MAC), • A WNIT record crowd of 18,018 watched Ohio State knock off New Mexico and UALR (Sunbelt). in the 2001 championship game at The Pit. The game sold out eight hours after tickets went on sale to the general public. The sell-out was the third • The Postseason WNIT is the longest current running postseason event for fastest in the history of the facility. women’s college basketball, in addition to the NCAA Tournament. Since 1998, the Postseason WNIT has afforded hundreds of opportunities for • The Postseason WNIT is owned and produced by Triple Crown Sports. Based schools in every conference to play in the postseason. in Fort Collins, Colo., TCS runs more than 300 youth and college events na- tionwide in baseball, fastpitch, volleyball, and basketball. TCS also produc- • The WNIT is committed to all established conferences. It is the only men’s es the Preseason WNIT and the Men’s and Women’s Cancun Challenge. or women’s postseason tournament – other than the NCAA – to offer an Visit www.triplecrownsports.com for more information. automatic berth to each of the 31 established conferences.

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www.womensnit.com T Iona SMU UAB Army Akron FGCU Drexel Florida Tulane Boston Harvard NC A& Auburn Hartford Fordham Arkansas Charlotte Memphis Davidson Duquesne Winthrop Richmond Florida Int'l Sacred Heart East Carolina Round 1 Old Dominion 7 ET Thur. 3/21 @ Charlotte 7 ET Thur. 3/21 @ Drexel 6 CT Wed. 3/20 @ Auburn 7 ET Thur. 3/21 @ Florida Int'l 7 ET Thur. 3/21 @ Hartford 7 ET Thur. 3/21 @ Old Dominion 7 CT Thur. 3/21 @ Arkansas 7 CT Thur. 3/21 @ Tulane 7 ET Thur. 3/21 @JMU 7 CT Thur. 3/21 @ WKU 7 ET Thur. 3/21 @ NC St. 7 ET Thur. 3/21 @ Duquesne 7 ET Thur. 3/21 @ Fordham 7 ET Thur. 3/21 @ Boston 7:05 ET Thur. 3/21 @ FGCU 7 ET Thur. 3/21 @ BGSU James Madison Appalachian St. March 20-22 Sam Houston St. Bowling Green St. North Carolina St. Western Kentucky Round 2 March 23-25 Round 3 March 27-29 Quarterfinals March 30-Apr 1 April 3-4

Semifinals 2013 2013 CHAMPIONS CBS Sports Network 3 p.m. ET Sat. April 6 Championship at TBA Postseason WNIT Postseason host school’s time zone. host school’s All game times are according to April 3-4 Semifinals Quarterfinals March 30-Apr 1 Round 3 March 27-29 Round 2 March 23-25 i c U @ BY @ Pacifi @ Illinois @ Toledo @ Missour Round 1 @ Illinois St. @ St. Mary's @ Wyoming @ Kansas St. @ San Diego 7 PT Fri. 3/22 7 PT Fri. 3/22 7 CT Fri. 3/22 @ Marquette 7 CT Fri. 3/22 @ Minnesota March 20-22 7 PT Wed. 3/20 @ Washington 7 PT Wed. 3/20 7 ET Thur. 3/21 7 CT Wed. 3/20 6 PT Thur. 3/21 7 CT Thur. 3/21 7 PT Thur. 3/21 7 CT Thur. 3/21 7 MT Wed. 3/20 @ San Diego St. 7 MT Thur. 3/21 @ Long Beach St. exas Southern oledo 7:05 ET Thur. 3/21 @ Youngstown St. 7:05 CT Thur. 3/21 Marquette Northern Iowa T T Kansas St. Illinois St. IUPUI Butler Youngstown St. Indiana St. Missouri Eastern Illinois Long Beach St. Utah San Diego Hawaii San Diego St. UCSB BYU Minnesota Ball St. Wyoming Northern Colorado Pacific UALR Washington E. Washington St. Mary's Seattle Illinois Miami (OH) Idaho St.

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2012 Championship Game 1ST 2ND F Stillwater, OK James Madison 26 42 68 March 31, 2012 Oklahoma State 35 40 75

Stillwater, Okla. -- The Oklahoma State women’s basketball team hon- ored former head coach Kurt Budke the best way they knew how. On Satur- day, in front of a season-high 6,157 fans in Stillwater, the Cowgirls defeated JMU 75-68 to claim the Postseason WNIT national championship.

Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna, who both died Nov. 17 in a small plane crash, were on the minds of many at the game. Players, fans, and head coach Jim Littell watched Saturday as Budke’s wife, Shelley, was the last to climb the ladder to cut down the OSU nets.

The team battled JMU throughout the entire game. JMU (29-8) led 13-12 early in the first half before Oklahoma State (22-12) rattled off 11 straight points to turn the tide. JMU stayed within reach, though, in part because of Tarik Hislop’s 16 points and 13 from Nikki Newman and 10 from Lauren Whitehurst.

Oklahoma State’s defense held JMU to 35.4 percent shooting for the game. On the offensive side, the Cowgirls shot 48.3 percent and were led by MVP Toni Young, who had 25 points and nine rebounds.

Joining Young on the All-Tournament team was teammate Liz Donohoe, who had her fifth straight double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Also named to the all-tournament team were JMU’s Kirby Burkholder and Hislop, as well as Kayla Alexander of Syracuse and Dominique Conners of San Diego.

STATS COMPARISON JMU Okla. St. Points 68 75 FG Made-Attempted 23-65 29-60 FG Percentage .354 .483 3PT Made-Attempted 7-23 1-7 3PT Percentage .304 .143 FT Made-Attempted 15-19 16-26 FT Percentage .789 .615 Rebounds 41 40 Turnovers 16 14

www.womensnit.com INDIVIDUAL RECORDS MOST POINTS - GAME MOST ASSISTS - GAME 45 Tamika Whitmore, Memphis vs. Arkansas St., 3/17/99 13 Dee Dee Pate, Wisconsin vs. Memphis, 3/20/99 13 Kelsey Corbin, Ball State vs. Kentucky, 3/19/07

MOST POINTS - TOURNAMENT 147 Danielle McCray, Kansas (2009) MOST ASSISTS - TOURNAMENT 43 Yolanda Paige, West Virginia (2005)

MOST FIELD GOALS MADE - GAME 18 Aisha Hollans, University of Southern California vs. Washington, 3/17/02 MOST BLOCKS - GAME 9 Nalini Miller, South Florida, vs. Coppin State, 3/19/07

MOST FIELD GOALS MADE - TOURNAMENT 49 Danielle McCray, Kansas (2009) MOST BLOCKS - TOURNAMENT 22 Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State (2008)

BEST SHOOTING PERCENTAGE - GAME (MIN. 12 ATTEMPTS) .917 Kelsey Kahle, Portland State (11 for 12) vs. Portland, 3/19/09 MOST STEALS - GAME 10 Shala Crook, Ball State vs. Valparaiso, 3/16/02

MOST 3-POINTERS - GAME 9 Jordan Jones, South Carolina vs. NCA&T, 3/21/08 MOST STEALS - TOURNAMENT 18 Tonya Washington, Florida (2000)

18 Bell Tonbi, Florida (2000) MOST 3-POINTERS - TOURNAMENT 22 Jenny Lingor, Missouri State (2005) TEAM RECORDS BEST 3-POINT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE - GAME MOST POINTS - GAME (MIN. 6 ATTEMPTS) 107 University of Wisconsin vs. Siena College, 03/14/99 100.0 Valerie Nainima, Long Island (6 for 6), vs. Iona, 3/15/07 MOST POINTS - TOURNAMENT MOST FREE THROWS - GAME 452 University of Wyoming (2007) 17 Hanna Zavecz (17 of 24), Wyoming vs. Kansas State, 3/28/07 MOST FIELD GOALS - GAME MOST FREE THROWS - TOURNAMENT 45 University of Illinois vs. Wisconsin Green Bay, 3/15/01 47 Hanna Zavecz, Wyoming (2007) MOST FIELD GOALS - TOURNAMENT BEST FREE THROW SHOOTING PERCENTAGE - GAME (MIN 13 AT.) 179 Florida (2000) 100.0 Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky (14 for 14), vs. Minnesota, 3/19/07 100.0 Krysten Boogaard, Kansas (13 for 13), vs. Prairie View A&M, 3/17/10 100.0 Kristi Cirone, Illinois State (13 for 13), vs. Marquette, 3/26/09 BEST SHOOTING PERCENTAGE - GAME 100.0 Shantia Grace, South Florida (13 for 13), vs. St. Bonaventure, 3/29/09 .618 South Carolina vs. Hartford, 3/18/07

MOST REBOUNDS - GAME MOST 3-POINTERS - GAME 25 Sophia Young, Baylor vs. Auburn, 4/4/03 17 Missouri State vs. Iowa, 3/28/05

MOST REBOUNDS - TOURNAMENT MOST 3-POINTERS - TOURNAMENT 68 Sophia Young, Baylor (2003) 58 Missouri State (2005)

MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS - GAME BEST 3-POINT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE - GAME 10 Anna McLean, Iona vs. Quinnipiac, 3/19/08 (MIN. 10 ATTEMPTS) .750 University of Wyoming (9 for 12), vs. Nevada, 3/15/07 MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS - TOURNAMENT 20 Janese Banks, Wisconsin (2007) MOST FREE THROWS - GAME 37 University of Wyoming (37 of 52), vs. Kansas State, MOST DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS - GAME 3/28/07 15 Natalie Doma, Idaho State vs. Boise State, 3/20/08 MOST FREE THROWS - TOURNAMENT MOST DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS - TOURNAMENT 122 University of Wyoming (2007) 35 Justyna Podziemska, Wyoming (2007)

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TEAM RECORDS CONT. ATTENDANCE RECORDS BEST FREE THROW SHOOTING PERCENTAGE - GAME (MIN. 15 ATTEMPTS) 1. New Mexico - 18,018 100.0 University of Wisconsin (20 for 20), vs. Western Ken- Ohio State at New Mexico, Championship Game 2001 tucky, 3/28/07

2. Kansas - 16,113 MOST REBOUNDS - GAME South Florida at Kansas, Championship Game 2009 62 Fresno State vs. Santa Clara, 3/21/03

62 Missouri State vs. Oral Roberts, 3/19/10 3. Wyoming - 15,462

Wisconsin at Wyoming, Championship Game 2007 MOST REBOUNDS - TOURNAMENT 273 University of California-Berkeley (2010) 4. Arkansas - 14,163 Wisconsin at Arkansas, Championship Game 1999 MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS - GAME 32 South Florida vs. Florida, 3/18/10 5. Kansas State - 13,340 Marquette at Kansas State, Championship Game 2006 MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS - TOURNAMENT 85 University of Wisconsin (2007) 6. Wisconsin - 13,006 Florida at Wisconsin, Championship Game 2000 MOST DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS - GAME 44 Illinois State vs. Rice, 3/15/07 7. Wyoming - 12,225

Kansas State at Wyoming, Semifinal Game 2007 MOST DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS - TOURNAMENT 154 University of Wyoming (2007) 8. Wyoming - 11,253

South Dakota State at Wyoming, Quarterfinal Game 2007 MOST ASSISTS - GAME 28 Kansas State vs. Idaho State, 3/17/06 9. New Mexico - 11,213 Most Assists - Tournament Drake at New Mexico, Quarterfinal Game 1999 101 University of Wyoming (2007)

10. New Mexico - 11,090 MOST TURNOVERS - GAME Hawaii at New Mexico, Semifinal Game 2001 30 Eastern Illinois vs. Marquette, 3/18/10 30 Oral Roberts vs. Missouri State, 3/19/10

PAST CHAMPIONS MOST TURNOVERS - TOURNAMENT 94 University of Miami (2010) 2012 – Oklahoma State 2011 – Toledo MOST STEALS - GAME 2010 – California 22 Missouri vs. Western Illinois, 3/19/03 2009 – South Florida 2008 – Marquette MOST STEALS - TOURNAMENT 2007 – Wyoming 60 Houston (2002) 2006 – Kansas State 2005 – Missouri State MOST BLOCKS - GAME 2004 – Creighton 16 South Florida vs. Coppin State, 3/19/07 2003 – Auburn 2002 – Oregon MOST BLOCKS - TOURNAMENT 2001 – Ohio State 27 University of New Mexico (2001) 2000 – Wisconsin 27 University of Wyoming (2007) 1999 – Arkansas 1998 – Penn State

www.womensnit.com YEAR-BY-YEAR OVERVIEW

1998 – The Postseason WNIT began in March of 1998 and 2007 – In the 10th year of the Postseason WNIT, Wyoming rolled involved 16 teams from around the country. Penn State defeated with six straight wins, including a 72-56 victory over Wisconsin in Baylor in Waco, Texas in front of 10,057 extremely vocal home- the championship. The entire state of Wyoming got behind the town fans. Attendance for the two semifinal games and champi- Cowgirls, as they sold out the final game in less than 10 hours, onship game averaged 7,970 spectators per game. and drew 52,541 fans for the entire event, including 15,462 for the championship. 1999 – The event was expanded to involve 32 schools. Arkan- sas and Wisconsin drew a WNIT record 14,161 women’s bas- 2008 - Marquette beat the odds and became the first team to win ketball fans for the championship matchup at Arkansas. three road games in the Postseason WNIT. The Golden Eagles topped Michigan State 81-66 in front of 7,818 fans at the Breslin 2000 – The tournament saw Wisconsin reach the champion- Center to capture their first postseason championship. ship game for the second year in a row. This time, however, Wisconsin was victorious against Florida in front of a crowd of 2009 - South Florida relied on veteran leadership and took a cue 13,006 fans in Madison, Wis. from the 2008 Marquette team to win three straight road games, including a championship at Kansas. South Florida edged the Jay- 2001 – Ohio State overcame a 12-point deficit against New hawks 75-71 in front of a Kansas and Big 12 conference record- Mexico to beat the host Lobos at The Pit in front of 18,018 fans. setting crowd of 16,113 fans at venerable Allen Fieldhouse. This championship game sold out eight hours after tickets went on sale to the general public. The sell-out was the third fastest in 2010 – California won six straight games, including two on the the history of the facility. road, to capture its first national title. The Golden Bears defeated Miami 73-61 in a championship game that showcased some of the 2002 – Oregon scored with 2.4 seconds remaining to give Or- nation’s best up-and-coming players. egon the Women's NIT championship with a 54-52 victory over Houston before a season-high 6,835 fans at McArthur Court at 2011 – Toledo steamrolled its way to a championship that ener- Eugene, Ore. gized the entire community. The Rockets hosted all six games, defeating Delaware, Auburn, Alabama, Syracuse, Charlotte, and 2003 – Auburn overcame a six-point Baylor lead in the final USC. Toledo sold out its semifinal and championship games at two and a half minutes to win the championship game. Auburn more than 7,000 fans each, which set school and conference at- edged Baylor 64-63 in front of a deafening crowd of 7,314 at tendance records. Waco, Texas. The winning basket came with 3.2 seconds left in the contest. 2012 – Oklahoma State wrapped up an emotional season that started with the Cowgirls losing head coach Kurt Budke and as- 2004 – Creighton dominated UNLV from start to finish for a 73- sistant coach Miranda Serna in a plane crash. The season ended 52 victory in front of 4,180 fans in Omaha. This was the second with an amazing storybook finish as the Cowgirls won game after largest home crowd in school history for Creighton. game, until they defeated JMU 75-68 to win the Postseason WNIT title. 2005 – Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State) defeated West Virginia 78-70 in the championship. A sellout crowd of 8,870 vocal fans witnessed the final game for the team before the school changed its name to Missouri State. Jenny Lingor set the WNIT scoring record with 116 points in five games and the team made a WNIT record 58 3-pointers during their tournament run.

2006 – Kansas State overcame a one-point halftime deficit and Marquette’s hot 3-point shooting to win the WNIT championship. The game was played in front of a sellout crowd of 13,340 – at the time the third largest in WNIT history.

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