2014 National Invitation Tournament
Season | 2013–14 | ||||
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Teams | 32 | ||||
Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
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The 2014 National Invitation Tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The annual tournament starts on campus sites and ends at Madison Square Garden. The tournament will begin on Tuesday, March 18 and will end on Thursday, April 3.
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.
Conference | Team | Record |
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America East | Vermont | 22–10 |
Atlantic Sun | Florida Gulf Coast | 22–12 |
Big South | High Point | 16–14 |
Big West | UC Irvine | 23–11 |
C-USA | Louisiana Tech | 27–7 |
Horizon | Green Bay | 24–6 |
MAAC | Iona | 22–10 |
Northeast | Robert Morris | 21–13 |
Ohio Valley | Belmont | 24–9 |
Patriot | Boston University | 24–10 |
Southern | Davidson | 20–12 |
Sun Belt | Georgia State | 25–8 |
WAC | Utah Valley | 20–11 |
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.
Seeds
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Bracket
Games are played at higher seed unless noted
First round March 18–19 | Second round March 24 | Quarterfinals March 26 | ||||||||||||
1 | SMU | 68 | ||||||||||||
8 | UC Irvine | 54 | ||||||||||||
1 | SMU | |||||||||||||
5 | LSU | |||||||||||||
4 | San Francisco | 63 | ||||||||||||
5 | LSU | 71 | ||||||||||||
2 | California | 77 | ||||||||||||
7 | Utah Valley | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | California | |||||||||||||
3 | Arkansas | |||||||||||||
3 | Arkansas | 91 | ||||||||||||
6 | Indiana State | 71 |
First round March 18–19 | Second round March 21, 23 | Quarterfinals March 25 | ||||||||||||
1 | St. John's | 78 | ||||||||||||
8 | Robert Morris | 89 | ||||||||||||
8 | Robert Morris | 71 | ||||||||||||
5 | Belmont | 82 | ||||||||||||
4 | Green Bay | 65 | ||||||||||||
5 | Belmont | 80 | ||||||||||||
5 | Belmont | |||||||||||||
2 | Illinois | 66 | ||||||||||||
7 | Boston University | 62 | ||||||||||||
2 | Illinois | |||||||||||||
3 | Clemson | |||||||||||||
3 | Clemson | 78 | ||||||||||||
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 | Minnesota | 88 | ||||||||||||
8 | High Point | 81 | ||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | |||||||||||||
4 | Saint Mary's | |||||||||||||
4 | Saint Mary's | 70 | ||||||||||||
5 | Utah | 58 | ||||||||||||
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2 | Missouri | 85 | ||||||||||||
7 | Davidson | 77 | ||||||||||||
2 | Missouri | |||||||||||||
3 | Southern Miss | |||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
4 | Georgetown | |||||||||||||
4 | Georgetown | 77 | ||||||||||||
5 | West Virginia | 65 | ||||||||||||
2 | Georgia | 63 | ||||||||||||
7 | Vermont | 56 | ||||||||||||
2 | Georgia | |||||||||||||
3 | Louisiana Tech | |||||||||||||
3 | Louisiana Tech | 89 | ||||||||||||
6 | Iona | 88 |
Semifinals April 1 | Finals April 3 | ||||||||
See also
- 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- 2014 College Basketball Invitational
- 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
References
- ^ Katz, Andy (March 1, 2014). "NCAA gives SWAC exemption". espn.com. Retrieved March 13, 2014.