NIT - Kvinder

NIT - Kvinder

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The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament with a preseason and postseason version played every year. It is operated in a similar fashion to the men's college National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and NIT Season Tip-Off. Unlike the NIT, the women's tournament is not run by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), but is an independent tournament. Triple Crown Sports, a company based in Fort Collins, Colorado that specializes in the promotion of amateur sporting events, created the WNIT in 1994 as a preseason counterpart to the then-current National Women's Invitational Tournament (NWIT). After the NWIT folded in 1996, Triple Crown Sports resurrected the postseason version in 1998 under the NWIT name, but changed the following season to the current name.

NIT - Kvinder

NIT - Kvinder er en årlig basketballturnering for collegehold fra NCAA Division I. Turneringen blev grundlagt i 1994 og har siden da været afholdt hvert år i slutningen af marts.

NIT - Kvinder er den næststørste basketballturnering for collegehold i USA efter NCAA-turneringen. Turneringen er åben for alle hold fra NCAA Division I, der ikke har kvalificeret sig til NCAA-turneringen.

NIT - Kvinder-turneringen består af 32 hold, der er opdelt i fire regioner. Hver region spiller en enkelt-eliminations-turnering, hvor vinderen af hver region avancerer til Final Four. Final Four afholdes på et neutralt sted, og vinderholdet krones som NIT - Kvinder-mester.

NIT - Kvinder er en prestigefyldt turnering, og mange af de bedste collegehold i USA deltager i turneringen. Turneringen er et vigtigt skridt i udviklingen af unge basketballspillere, og mange af de spillere, der har spillet i NIT - Kvinder, er gået videre til at spille i WNBA eller i udlandet.