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).
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.
*#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
Minnesota
88
8
High Point
81
1
Minnesota
63
4
Saint Mary's
55
4
Saint Mary's
70
5
Utah
58
1
Minnesota
81
3
Southern Miss
73
2
Missouri
85
7
Davidson
77
2
Missouri
63
3
Southern Miss
71
3
Southern Miss
66
6
Toledo
59
First round March 18–19
Second round March 22, 24
Quarterfinals March 26
1
Florida State
58
8
Florida Gulf Coast
53
1
Florida State
101
4
Georgetown
90
4
Georgetown
77
5
West Virginia
65
1
Florida State
78
3
Louisiana Tech
75
2
Georgia
63
7
Vermont
56
2
Georgia
71
3
Louisiana Tech
79
3
Louisiana Tech
89
6
Iona
88
Semifinals April 1
Final April 3
1
SMU
65
3
Clemson
59
1
SMU
63
1
Minnesota
65
1
Minnesota
67OT
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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