2006 Postseason WNIT
Champion:
Kansas State
Runner-up: Marquette
All-Tournament Team: Claire Coggins (MVP), Kansas State; Kimberly Dietz,
Kansas State; Danielle Kamm, Marquette; Christina Quaye, Marquette; Mallorie
Winn, Pittsburgh; Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky.
Championship
Friday, March 31
At Manhattan, Kan.
Semifinals
Monday, March 27
Marquette 77, Pittsburgh 64
Tuesday, March 28
Kansas State 57, Western Kentucky, 56 OT
Third Round
Thursday, March 23
Western Kentucky 94, Villanova,
Friday, March 24
Marquette 57, Indiana 56
Kansas State 77, Nebraska 63
Second Round
Monday, March 20
Indiana 68, Indiana State 62
Marquette 68, Iowa State 63
Western Kentucky 81, Charlotte 68
Villanova 59, Xavier 47
Virginia 83, Miami 72
Kansas State 64, Fresno State 61
Pittsburgh 85, Mississippi 76
First Round
Thursday, March 16
Indiana State 79, Eastern Michigan 57
Iowa State 79, Wisconsin-Green Bay 71, OT
Friday, March 17
Xavier 70 OT, South Carolina 65 OT
Charlotte 70, James Madison 62
Western Kentucky 83, Tennessee Tech 66
Marquette 64, Illinois 44
Kansas State 88, Idaho State 68
Saturday, March 18
Indiana 67, Rice 57
Pittsburgh 64, Delaware 57
Villanova 71, Hofstra 44
Virginia 48, St Joseph's 42
Miami 95, Florida Int'l 83
Wyoming 67, Oregon State 49
Sunday, March 19
Fresno State 77, UNLV 57
Mississippi 78, Kansas 76
Preliminary
Round
Wednesday, March 15
Hofstra 92, Stony Brook 65
Tennessee Tech 56, Belmont 55
Rice 64, Jackson State 48
Illinois 58, Western Illinois 37
Thursday, March 16
Florida International 81, Cincinnati 75 OT
Kansas 59, Northern Iowa 49
Oregon State 74, Santa Clara 48
Fresno State 78, UC Santa Barbara 59
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KANSAS
STATE CAPTURES
POSTSEASON
WNIT TITLE
March 31, 2006 – Kansas State defeated Marquette 77-65 in the championship game of the Postseason WNIT. The teams played in front of a sellout crowd of 13,340 fans at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan. It was the third-largest crowd in Postseason WNIT history and the first sellout in two years at K-State.
Kansas State (24-10) and Marquette (22-11) battled back and forth nearly the entire game. Marquette led 39-38 at halftime, and the lead changed 10 times before K-State made its final run late in the game, and then held Marquette to two baskets in the final seven minutes of play.
Kimberly Dietz (21 points) led K-State, and teammate Shalee Lehning had a rare triple-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. For Marquette, Danielle Kamm scored 16 points.
Dietz and Kamm earned spots on the WNIT All-Tournament team, as did Marquette's Christina Quaye, Western Kentucky's Crystal Kelly and Pittsburgh's Mallorie Winn. Claire Coggins, a junior at Kansas State, was named the Tournament MVP and scored 87 points during the tournament.
To get to the finals, Kansas State defeated Western Kentucky, Idaho State, Fresno State and Nebraska. Marquette downed Pittsburgh, Illinois, Iowa State and Indiana in earlier rounds. It was the first postseason championship game for either Kansas State or Marquette.
The final marked the culmination of the WNIT's first 40-team field. The event began with 16 teams playing a preliminary round, with the winners feeding into 16 first-round games. All games were held on the campuses of participating schools, and no seeds were designated. It was the first year that the tournament expanded from 32 to 40 teams, which was done to offer more postseason opportunities to teams that won their regular-season conference title but lost in their conference tournament and did not earn an NCAA automatic berth.