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 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

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

Source:^[4]

See also

• 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2014 Women's Basketball Invitational
• 2014 National Invitation Tournament

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.