Women’s National Invitation Tournament

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college basketball tournament postseason basketball tournament women’s basketball competition

The Women’s National Invitation Tournament is a postseason college basketball tournament in the United States featuring NCAA Division I women’s teams that did not receive bids to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

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All labels observed (28)

Label	Occurrences
Women’s National Invitation Tournament canonical	4
Women's National Invitation Tournament	2
1998 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
1999 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2000 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2001 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2002 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2003 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2004 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2005 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2006 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2007 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2008 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2009 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2010 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2011 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2012 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2013 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2014 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2015 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2016 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2017 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2018 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2019 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2021 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2022 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
2023 Women’s National Invitation Tournament	1
WNIT quarterfinals	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1265984 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Women’s National Invitation Tournament
Context triple: [Princeton Tigers women’s basketball, postseasonTournament, Women’s National Invitation Tournament]

A. NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament is the annual single-elimination championship that determines the top women’s college basketball team in the United States.
B. 2023 NCAA Women’s Final Four
The 2023 NCAA Women’s Final Four was the culminating semifinal and championship stage of the 2022–23 women’s college basketball season, featuring the nation’s top four Division I teams competing for the national title.
C. 2022 NCAA Women’s Final Four
The 2022 NCAA Women’s Final Four was the culminating semifinal and championship stage of the 2021–22 women’s college basketball season, highlighted by South Carolina’s dominant run to the national title.
D. AIAW women’s basketball championship
The AIAW women’s basketball championship was the premier national collegiate tournament for women’s basketball in the United States before the NCAA began sponsoring women’s championships in the early 1980s.
E. 2021 NCAA Women’s Final Four
The 2021 NCAA Women’s Final Four was the culminating semifinal and championship stage of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament, featuring four of the nation’s top teams competing for the national title.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Women’s National Invitation Tournament
Target entity description: The Women’s National Invitation Tournament is a postseason college basketball tournament in the United States featuring NCAA Division I women’s teams that did not receive bids to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

A. NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament is the annual single-elimination championship that determines the top women’s college basketball team in the United States.
B. 2023 NCAA Women’s Final Four
The 2023 NCAA Women’s Final Four was the culminating semifinal and championship stage of the 2022–23 women’s college basketball season, featuring the nation’s top four Division I teams competing for the national title.
C. 2022 NCAA Women’s Final Four
The 2022 NCAA Women’s Final Four was the culminating semifinal and championship stage of the 2021–22 women’s college basketball season, highlighted by South Carolina’s dominant run to the national title.
D. AIAW women’s basketball championship
The AIAW women’s basketball championship was the premier national collegiate tournament for women’s basketball in the United States before the NCAA began sponsoring women’s championships in the early 1980s.
E. 2021 NCAA Women’s Final Four
The 2021 NCAA Women’s Final Four was the culminating semifinal and championship stage of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament, featuring four of the nation’s top teams competing for the national title.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	college basketball tournament ⓘ postseason basketball tournament ⓘ women’s basketball competition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	WNIT ⓘ
atLargeSelectionCriteria	conference standing ⓘ other performance metrics ⓘ overall season performance ⓘ strength of schedule ⓘ
automaticQualifierCriteria	best available team in each conference not selected for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
broadcastMedium	online streaming ⓘ television ⓘ
competitionLevel	NCAA Division I ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibility	teams that did not receive bids to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
finalRoundsLocation	various campus sites ⓘ
gameSites	campus sites ⓘ
gender	women ⓘ
governingBody	Triple Crown Sports ⓘ
hasEdition	1998 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 1999 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2000 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2001 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2002 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2003 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2004 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2005 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2006 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2007 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2008 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2009 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2010 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2011 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2012 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2013 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2014 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2015 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2016 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2017 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2018 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2019 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2021 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2022 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament 2023 Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ linked to: Women’s National Invitation Tournament
inception	1998 ⓘ
isPostseasonTournamentFor	NCAA Division I women’s basketball teams ⓘ
numberOfTeams	64 ⓘ
organizer	Triple Crown Sports ⓘ
purpose	to provide additional postseason opportunities for NCAA Division I women’s basketball teams ⓘ
region	continental United States ⓘ linked to: contiguous United States
relatedTo	NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament National Invitation Tournament ⓘ
selectionProcess	combination of automatic qualifiers and at-large selections ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
tournamentType	single-elimination tournament ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Princeton Tigers women’s basketball → postseasonTournament → Women’s National Invitation Tournament ⓘ

UCLA Bruins women's basketball team → postseasonTournament → Women's National Invitation Tournament ⓘ

subject linked to: UCLA Bruins women’s basketball team