Preseason WNIT Event Info Year 2012 WNIT 2011 WNIT 2010 WNIT 2009 WNIT 2008 WNIT 2007 WNIT 2006 WNIT 2005 WNIT 2004 WNIT 2003 WNIT 2002 WNIT 2001 WNIT 2000 WNIT 1999 WNIT 1998 WNIT 1997 WNIT 1996 WNIT 1995 WNIT 1994 WNIT Records Postseason WNIT Event Info Year 2012 WNIT 2011 WNIT 2010 WNIT 2009 WNIT 2008 WNIT 2007 WNIT 2006 WNIT 2005 WNIT 2004 WNIT 2003 WNIT 2002 WNIT 2001 WNIT 2000 WNIT 1999 WNIT 1998 WNIT Records Media Tournament Notes Game Program Contact Info   Tournament Notes Game Program 2011 Preseason WNIT opens Friday   November 7, 2011 – Baylor and Notre Dame headline a 16-team field that will kick off the women’s basketball season with the Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Friday, Nov. 11. Baylor and Notre Dame are ranked No. 1 and 2, respectively, in the preseason AP Top 25 and ESPN/USA Today polls. They could meet each other in the WNIT Championship Game, which will be televised on CBS Sports Network at 2 p.m. ET Sunday, Nov. 20. UCLA, which could meet Baylor in the semifinals, is ranked No. 22 in the AP poll. The Bruins are one of nine teams in the Preseason WNIT that are coming off of postseason play. The others are Baylor, Drexel, Hartford, Manhattan, McNeese, Notre Dame, Tennessee Tech, and UAB. They will be joined in this year’s Preseason WNIT field by Akron, Chattanooga, Detroit, ETSU, Indiana State, Howard, and Long Island. Five of the teams are picked to win their conference title in this year’s preseason polls: Baylor (Big 12), Chattanooga (Southern), McNeese (Southland), Notre Dame (Big East), and Tennessee Tech (Ohio Valley). The Preseason WNIT features a three-game guarantee format. The event opens Friday, Nov. 11 with first-round games. Second-round games will be played Nov. 13; semifinals will be Nov. 17; and the championship is set for Sunday, Nov. 20. Teams that lose in the first two rounds will play consolation games on the second weekend, Nov. 18-19. All games are hosted by participating schools, and sites are announced by the end of the preceding round. In last year’s Preseason WNIT, Purdue battled DePaul for a 67-58 victory. First-round 2011 Preseason WNIT games (All 2010-11 team records in parentheses) Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 McNeese State (26-7) at UCLA (28-5), 5 p.m. ET Long Island (19-11) at Drexel (19-13), 7 p.m. ET UAB (20-15) at Chattanooga (17-14), 7 p.m. ET Tennessee Tech (23-8) at ETSU (19-12), 7 p.m. ET Akron (14-16) at Notre Dame (31-8), 7 p.m. ET Howard (16-18) at Baylor (34-3), 7:30 p.m. ET Detroit (13-18) at Indiana State (16-16), 8 p.m. ET Manhattan (24-10) at Hartford (17-16), 8 p.m. ET