2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament

College basketball postseason tournament

2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Season2013–14
Teams64
Finals siteDon Haskins Center
El Paso, Texas
ChampionsRutgers (1st title)
Runner-upUTEP (1st title game)
Winning coachC. Vivian Stringer (1st title)
MVPKahleah Copper (Rutgers)
Attendance12,222 (championship game)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
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The 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2014 Women's NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 19 and ended on April 5. All games were played on the campus sites of participating schools. The Tournament was won by the Rutgers Scarlet Knights who defeated the UTEP Miners, 56–54, in the championship game before a sellout crowd of 12,222 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.[1]

Participants

64 teams were selected to participate in the 2014 WNIT.[2] 32 teams received automatic berths into the tournament from being the highest-ranked team in their conference that failed to make the NCAA women's tournament. The other 32 teams earned at-large bids, by having a winning record but failing to make the NCAA Women's Tournament.[3]

Automatic qualifiers

Conference School
America East Stony Brook
American South Florida
Atlantic 10 St. Bonaventure
ACC Miami (FL)
Atlantic Sun Stetson
Big 12 TCU
Big East Creighton
Big Sky Southern Utah
Big South High Point
Big Ten Minnesota
Big West Cal Poly
Colonial Delaware
C-USA Southern Miss
Horizon Green Bay
Ivy League Princeton
MAAC Iona
MAC Bowling Green
MEAC North Carolina A&T
Missouri Valley Indiana State
Mountain West Colorado State
Northeast Mount St. Mary's
Ohio Valley Belmont
Pac-12 Washington
Patriot Navy
SEC Auburn
Southern Furman
Southland Lamar
SWAC Texas Southern
Summit South Dakota State
Sun Belt Arkansas State
WCC Pacific
WAC Cal State Bakersfield


At-large bids

School Conference
American Patriot
Ball State MAC
Butler Big East
Central Michigan MAC
Charlotte C-USA
Colorado Pac-12
Duquesne Atlantic 10
East Carolina C-USA
George Washington Atlantic 10
Harvard Ivy
Hawaii Big West
Indiana Big Ten
IUPUI Summit
Marquette Big East
Michigan Big Ten
Mississippi State SEC
Missouri SEC
Montana Big Sky
Northwestern Big Ten
Old Dominion C-USA
Oregon Pac-12
Quinnipiac MAAC
Rutgers American
Saint Mary's West Coast
San Diego West Coast
Seton Hall Big East
SMU American
Tulane C-USA
UTEP C-USA
VCU Atlantic 10
Villanova Big East
Washington State Pac-12


Bracket

Region 1

Round 1
March 19–21 		Round 2
March 22–25 		Round 3
March 26–28 		Quarterfinals
March 29–31
        
Washington 67
Hawaii 50
Washington 93
Oregon 85
Oregon 92
Pacific 63
Washington 62
San Diego 55
Montana 90
Washington State 78
Montana 57
San Diego 60
San Diego 82
Cal Poly 59
Washington 63
UTEP 70
Colorado State 56
Southern Utah 71
Southern Utah 68
Colorado 79
Colorado 78
TCU 71
Colorado 60
UTEP 68
Saint Mary's 75
Cal State Bakersfield 68
St. Mary's 64
UTEP 76
UTEP 74
Arkansas State 64

Home teams are listed first, unless noted.
* = Overtime
Colorado, Oregon, and UTEP will host 2nd Round games.

Region 2

Round 1
March 19–21 		Round 2
March 22–25 		Round 3
March 26–28 		Quarterfinals
March 29–31
        
Minnesota 62
Green Bay 60
Minnesota 77
SMU 70
SMU 84
Texas Southern 78
Minnesota 62
South Dakota State 70
South Dakota State 78
Butler 61
South Dakota State 62
Creighton 51
Creighton 77
Missouri 51
South Dakota State 76
Indiana 64
Indiana State 61
Marquette 63
Marquette 69
Indiana 72
Indiana 48
Belmont 47
Indiana 66
Northwestern 65
Northwestern 69
Ball State 65
Northwestern 88
IUPUI 52
Central Michigan 66
IUPUI 72

Home teams are listed first, unless noted.
* = Overtime
Indiana will host Marquette in Round 2.
South Dakota State will host Minnesota in Round 3.

Region 3

Round 1
March 19–21 		Round 2
March 22–25 		Round 3
March 26–28 		Quarterfinals
March 29–31
        
Michigan 86
Stony Brook 48
Michigan 68
Duquesne 52
Duquesne 62
Mount St. Mary's 52
Michigan 53
Bowling Green 65
Bowling Green 72
High Point 62
Bowling Green 76
St. Bonaventure 65
St. Bonaventure 81
Charlotte 62
Bowling Green 50
Rutgers 55
Iona 89
Harvard 90
Harvard 52
Rutgers 63
Rutgers 65
Delaware 61
Rutgers 91**
Seton Hall 79
Princeton 94
VCU 76
Princeton 74
Seton Hall 75
Seton Hall 63
American 60

Home teams are listed first, unless noted.
* = Overtime
Rutgers and Seton Hall will host Round 2 games.

Region 4

Round 1
March 19–21 		Round 2
March 22–25 		Round 3
March 26–28 		Quarterfinals
March 29–31
        
Mississippi State 77
Tulane 68
Mississippi State 74**
Southern Miss 66
Southern Miss 75
Lamar 60
Mississippi State 59
Auburn 54
Auburn 78
Furman 64
Auburn 82
Old Dominion 59
Old Dominion 68
Navy 60
Mississippi State 58
South Florida 60
Villanova 74
Quinnipiac 66
Villanova 66
George Washington 76
George Washington 86
East Carolina 68
George Washington 59
South Florida 79
South Florida 56
North Carolina A&T 50
South Florida 75
Stetson 56
Miami 63
Stetson 70

Home teams are listed first, unless noted.
* = Overtime
South Florida will host George Washington in Round 3.

Semifinals and championship game

Semifinals
April 2 		Championship Game
April 5
CBS Sports Network
      
UTEP 66
South Dakota State 63
UTEP 54
Rutgers 56
South Florida 52
Rutgers 62

Home teams are listed first, unless noted.
* = Overtime

All-tournament team

Source:[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "WNIT Postseason Info". Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 Postseason WNIT Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "WNIT to announce bracket March 17". WNIT. Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  4. ^ "Rutgers Claims WNIT Championship". womensnit.com. April 5, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
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