DePaul University Athletics
DePaul to Play in the 2010 Preseason WNIT
5/25/2010 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
CHICAGO - The DePaul women's basketball team is among the 16-team field for the 2010 Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament that was announced today.
The Preseason WNIT field includes seven teams that won their conference tournaments in 2010: Austin Peay, Hampton, JMU, Lamar, South Dakota State, St. Francis PA, and Utah Valley. Other teams that also earned postseason play are Charlotte, DePaul, Florida, Iona, Missouri State, Purdue, and Toledo. Central Florida and Valparaiso round out the field for this year's Preseason WNIT.
The Preseason WNIT bracket will be announced in June while the event opens Nov. 12-13 with first-round games. Second-round games will be played Nov. 14-15; semifinals will be Nov. 17-18; and the championship is set for Sunday, Nov. 21.
Teams that lose in the first two rounds will play consolation games on the second weekend, Nov. 19-20. All games are hosted by participating schools, and sites are announced by the end of the preceding round.
DePaul played in its eighth straight NCAA Tournament and has all five starters back from a team that was 21-12 and 9-7 in the BIG EAST Conference in 2009-10. Sam Quigley was one of eight finalists for the Nancy Lieberman award, which goes to the nation's top point guard, and returns for her senior year under Blue Demons head coach Doug Bruno.
In last year's Preseason WNIT, Ohio State defeated Oklahoma State 93-72.
