2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament

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 final before a sellout crowd of 12,222 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.

Participants

64 teams were selected to participate in the 2014 WNIT. 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.

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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.

WNIT Semifinals and WNIT 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

See also

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