2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament

2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament
Season	2013–14
Teams	64
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)
Attendance	12,222 (championship game)
Women's National Invitation Tournaments
«2013	2015»

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

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

Kahleah Copper, Rutgers (MVP)
Tyler Scaife, Rutgers
Kayla Thornton, UTEP
Kristīne Vītola, UTEP
Courtney Williams, South Florida
Steph Paluch, South Dakota State

Source:^[4]

References

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

[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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