2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament

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2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Season 2013–14
Teams64
Finals site Don Haskins Center
El Paso, Texas
Champions Rutgers (1st title)
Runner-up UTEP (1st title game)
Winning coach C. Vivian Stringer (1st title)
MVP Kahleah Copper (Rutgers)
Attendance12,222 (championship game)
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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]

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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]

Bracket

Region 1

Round 1
March 19–21 		Round 2
March 22–25 		Round 3
March 26–28 		Quarterfinals
March 29–31
        
Washington67
Hawaii 50
Washington93
Oregon 85
Oregon92
Pacific 63
Washington62
San Diego 55
Montana90
Washington State 78
Montana 57
San Diego60
San Diego82
Cal Poly 59
Washington 63
UTEP70
Colorado State 56
Southern Utah71
Southern Utah 68
Colorado79
Colorado78
TCU 71
Colorado 60
UTEP68
Saint Mary's75
Cal State Bakersfield 68
St. Mary's 64
UTEP76
UTEP74
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
        
Minnesota62
Green Bay 60
Minnesota77
SMU 70
SMU84
Texas Southern 78
Minnesota 62
South Dakota State70
South Dakota State78
Butler 61
South Dakota State62
Creighton 51
Creighton77
Missouri 51
South Dakota State76
Indiana 64
Indiana State 61
Marquette63
Marquette 69
Indiana72
Indiana48
Belmont 47
Indiana66
Northwestern 65
Northwestern69
Ball State 65
Northwestern88
IUPUI 52
Central Michigan 66
IUPUI72

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
        
Michigan86
Stony Brook 48
Michigan68
Duquesne 52
Duquesne62
Mount St. Mary's 52
Michigan 53
Bowling Green65
Bowling Green72
High Point 62
Bowling Green76
St. Bonaventure 65
St. Bonaventure81
Charlotte 62
Bowling Green 50
Rutgers55
Iona 89
Harvard90
Harvard 52
Rutgers63
Rutgers65
Delaware 61
Rutgers91**
Seton Hall 79
Princeton94
VCU 76
Princeton 74
Seton Hall75
Seton Hall63
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 State77
Tulane 68
Mississippi State74**
Southern Miss 66
Southern Miss75
Lamar 60
Mississippi State59
Auburn 54
Auburn78
Furman 64
Auburn82
Old Dominion 59
Old Dominion68
Navy 60
Mississippi State 58
South Florida60
Villanova74
Quinnipiac 66
Villanova 66
George Washington76
George Washington86
East Carolina 68
George Washington 59
South Florida79
South Florida56
North Carolina A&T 50
South Florida75
Stetson 56
Miami 63
Stetson70

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
      
UTEP66
South Dakota State 63
UTEP 54
Rutgers56
South Florida 52
Rutgers62

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

All-tournament team

Source: [4]

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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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