2014 National Invitation Tournament

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2014 National Invitation Tournament
Season 201314
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Minnesota Golden Gophers (3rd title)
Runner-up SMU Mustangs (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Richard Pitino (1st title)
MVP Austin Hollins (Minnesota)
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The 2014 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2014 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament started on campus sites for the first three rounds, with the Final 4 and championship game being held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The tournament began on Tuesday, March 18 and ended on Thursday, April 3. Minnesota won this tournament after being the third Big Ten team in a row to make the NIT Finals (the two previous years a Big Ten team had lost the final game).

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Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams earned automatic berths into the 2014 NIT field having won their respective conference's regular season championship, but failing to win their conference tournament.

ConferenceTeamRecordAppearanceLast bid
Belmont Ohio Valley 24–92nd 2004
Boston University Patriot 24–106th 2005
Davidson Southern 20–126th 2009
Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun 22–121stNever
Georgia State Sun Belt 25–82nd 2002
Green Bay Horizon 24–63rd 1992
High Point Big South 16–141stNever
Iona MAAC 22–105th 1997
Louisiana Tech C-USA 27–78th 2013
Robert Morris Northeast 21–133rd 2013
UC Irvine Big West 23–115th 2002
Utah Valley WAC 20–111stNever
Vermont America East 22–103rd 2011

Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) was the league regular-season champion and lost in their conference tournament but is ineligible for the NIT due to Academic Progress Rate (APR) sanctions. [1] No team from the SWAC received an NIT autobid.[ citation needed ]

Arizona (Pac-12), Cincinnati (American), Kansas (Big 12), Michigan (Big Ten), Saint Louis (Atlantic 10), San Diego State (Mountain West) and Villanova (Big East) received automatic bids to the NIT, but did not accept them as they were selected as at-large teams in the 2014 NCAA tournament.

At-large bids

The following 19 teams were also awarded NIT berths.

TeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
Arkansas SEC 21–113rd 1997
California Pac-12 19–138th 2011
Clemson ACC 20–1215th 2007
Florida State ACC 19–139th 2013
Georgetown Big East 17–1412th 2009
Georgia SEC 19–1312th 2007
Illinois Big Ten 19–145th 2010
Indiana State Missouri Valley 23–104th 2013
LSU SEC 19–137th 2012
Minnesota Big Ten 20–1315th 2012
Missouri SEC 22–118th 2005
Saint Mary's West Coast 22–113rd 2011
San Francisco West Coast 21–116th 2005
SMU American 23–93rd 2000
Southern Miss C-USA 27–610th 2013
St. John's Big East 20–1230th 2013
Toledo MAC 27–68th 2007
Utah Pac-12 21–1116th 2001
West Virginia Big 12 17–1516th 2007

Seeds

SMU Bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 SMU American23–9At-large
2 California Pac-1219–13At-large
3 Arkansas SEC21–11At-large
4 San Francisco West Coast21–11At-large
5 LSU SEC19–13At-large
6 Indiana State MVC23–10At-large
7Utah ValleyWAC20–11Automatic
8UC IrvineBig West23–11Automatic
St. John's Bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 St. John's Big East20–12At-large
2 Illinois Big Ten19–14At-large
3 Clemson ACC20–12At-large
4Green BayHorizon24–6Automatic
5BelmontOhio Valley24–9Automatic
6Georgia StateSun Belt25–8Automatic
7Boston UniversityPatriot24–10Automatic
8Robert MorrisNortheast21–13Automatic
Florida State Bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 Florida State ACC19–13At-large
2 Georgia SEC19–13At-large
3Louisiana TechC-USA27–7Automatic
4 Georgetown Big East17–14At-large
5 West Virginia Big 1217–15At-large
6IonaMAAC22–10Automatic
7VermontAmerica East22–10Automatic
8Florida Gulf CoastAtlantic Sun22–12Automatic
Minnesota Bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 Minnesota Big Ten20–13At-large
2 Missouri SEC22–11At-large
3 Southern Miss C-USA27–6At-large
4 Saint Mary's West Coast22–11At-large
5 Utah Pac-1221–11At-large
6 Toledo MAC27–6At-large
7DavidsonSouthern20–12Automatic
8High PointBig South16–14Automatic

Bracket

Games are played at higher seed unless noted.

First round
March 18–19
Second round
March 24
Quarterfinals
March 26
         
1 SMU68
8 UC Irvine 54
1 SMU80
5 LSU 67
4 San Francisco 63
5 LSU71
1 SMU67
2 California 65
2 California77
7 Utah Valley 64
2 California75
3 Arkansas 64
3 Arkansas91
6 Indiana State 71
First round
March 18–19
Second round
March 21, 23
Quarterfinals
March 25
         
1 St. John's 78
8 Robert Morris89
8 Robert Morris 71
5 Belmont82
4 Green Bay 65
5 Belmont80
5 Belmont 68
3 Clemson73
2 Illinois66
7 Boston University 62
2 Illinois 49
3 Clemson50
3 Clemson78
6 Georgia State 66

*#2 Illinois played at #7 Boston University and at #3 Clemson due to State Farm Center renovations.

First round
March 18–19
Second round
March 23
Quarterfinals
March 25
         
1 Minnesota88
8 High Point 81
1 Minnesota63
4 Saint Mary's 55
4 Saint Mary's70
5 Utah 58
1 Minnesota81
3 Southern Miss 73
2 Missouri85
7 Davidson 77
2 Missouri 63
3 Southern Miss71
3 Southern Miss66
6 Toledo 59
First round
March 18–19
Second round
March 22, 24
Quarterfinals
March 26
         
1 Florida State58
8 Florida Gulf Coast 53
1 Florida State101
4 Georgetown 90
4 Georgetown77
5 West Virginia 65
1 Florida State78
3 Louisiana Tech 75
2 Georgia63
7 Vermont 56
2 Georgia 71
3 Louisiana Tech79
3 Louisiana Tech89
6 Iona 88
Semifinals
April 1
Final
April 3
      
1 SMU65
3 Clemson 59
1 SMU 63
1 Minnesota65
1 Minnesota67OT
1 Florida State 64

Media

ESPN has exclusive television rights to all NIT games. They aired every single game across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3. [2] Since 2011 Westwood One has held exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and championship. In 2014, John Tautges and Kelly Tripucka called these games for Westwood One. [3]

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