an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Coaching changes Final season rankings Post-season tournaments NCAA tournament Final Four – Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas National Invitation tournament Women's Basketball Invitational This season saw the debut of a third national postseason tournament in the Women's Basketball Invitational, a 16-team affair with all games played on home courts. The inaugural title was won by Appalachian State, who came back from a 19-point deficit to defeat Memphis 79–71 in the final held on the Mountaineers' home floor in Boone, North Carolina. Awards and honors Consensus All-American teams Major player of the year awards Wooden Award: Tina Charles, Connecticut Naismith Award: Tina Charles, Connecticut Wade Trophy: Maya Moore, Connecticut Major coach of the year awards Kay Yow Award: Connie Yori, Nebraska Maggie Dixon Award: Teresa Weatherspoon, Louisiana Tech Naismith College Coach of the Year: Connie Yori, Nebraska WBCA National Coach of the Year: Connie Yori, Nebraska Other major awards Nancy Lieberman Award (Best point guard): Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Best player 5'8"/1.73 m or shorter): Alexis Gray-Lawson, California Lowe's Senior CLASS Award (top senior): Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska Conference standings See also 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament 2009–10 ACC women's basketball season 2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season References 2009–10 in American women's college basketball