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2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament
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WNIT Women's 2014 64 Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas Rutgers 1st UTEP 1st C. Vivian Stringer 1st Kahleah Copper Rutgers 12,222 (championship game)
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.WNIT Postseason Info http://www.womensnit.com/postinfo.asp 12 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140308073636/http://www.womensnit.com/postinfo.asp 2014-03-08 dead
Participants
64 teams were selected to participate in the 2014 WNIT.2014 Postseason WNIT Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament https://womensnit.com/documents/2021/4/26/2014_Postseason_WNIT_bracket_nonwriteable1.pdf?id=270 2021-04-27 womensnit.com en 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.WNIT to announce bracket March 17 http://www.womensnit.com/showstory.asp?id=current&eventid=41 WNIT 12 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140308074208/http://www.womensnit.com/showstory.asp?id=current&eventid=41 2014-03-08 dead
Automatic qualifiers
ConferenceSchoolAmerica East2013 women Stony Brook Seawolves Stony Brook University Stony BrookAmerican2013 women South Florida Bulls University of South Florida South FloridaAtlantic 102013 women St. Bonaventure Bonnies St. Bonaventure University St. BonaventureACC2013 women Miami Hurricanes University of Miami Miami (FL)Atlantic Sun2013 women Stetson Hatters Stetson University StetsonBig 12TCUBig East2013 women Creighton Bluejays Creighton University CreightonBig SkySouthern UtahBig South2013 women High Point Panthers High Point University High PointBig TenMinnesotaBig West2013 women Cal Poly Mustangs California Polytechnic State University Cal PolyColonial2013 women Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens University of Delaware DelawareC-USA2013 women Southern Miss Lady Eagles University of Southern Mississippi Southern MissHorizonGreen BayIvy League2013 women Princeton Tigers Princeton University PrincetonMAAC2013 women Iona Gaels Iona College (New York) IonaMAC2013 women Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green State University Bowling GreenMEAC2013 women North Carolina A&T Aggies North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University North Carolina A&TMissouri Valley2013 women Indiana State Sycamores Indiana State University Indiana StateMountain WestColorado StateNortheast2013 women Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Mount St. Mary's University Mount St. Mary'sOhio Valley2013 women Belmont Bruins Belmont University BelmontPac-12WashingtonPatriot2013 women Navy Midshipmen United States Naval Academy NavySECAuburnSouthern2013 women Furman Paladins Furman University FurmanSouthlandLamarSWACTexas SouthernSummit2013 women South Dakota State Jackrabbits South Dakota State University South Dakota StateSun Belt2013 women Arkansas State Red Wolves Arkansas State University Arkansas StateWCCPacificWACCal State Bakersfield
At-large bids
SchoolConference2013 women American Eagles American University AmericanPatriot2013 women Ball State Cardinals Ball State University Ball StateMACButlerBig East2013 women Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan University Central MichiganMAC2013 women Charlotte 49ers University of North Carolina at Charlotte CharlotteC-USAColoradoPac-122013 women Duquesne Dukes Duquesne University DuquesneAtlantic 102013 women East Carolina Pirates East Carolina University East CarolinaC-USA2013 women George Washington Colonials George Washington University George WashingtonAtlantic 102013 women Harvard Crimson Harvard University HarvardIvy2013 women Hawaii Rainbow Wahine University of Hawaii at Manoa HawaiiBig WestIndianaBig Ten2013 women IUPUI Jaguars Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis IUPUISummit2013 women Marquette Golden Eagles Marquette University MarquetteBig EastMichiganBig Ten2013 women Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs Mississippi State University Mississippi StateSEC2013 women Missouri Tigers University of Missouri MissouriSECMontanaBig SkyNorthwesternBig TenOld DominionC-USAOregonPac-122013 women Quinnipiac Bobcats Quinnipiac University QuinnipiacMAAC2013 women Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers University RutgersAmericanSaint Mary'sWest CoastSan DiegoWest Coast2013 women Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall University Seton HallBig EastSMUAmerican2013 women Tulane Green Wave Tulane University TulaneC-USAUTEPC-USA2013 women VCU Rams Virginia Commonwealth University VCUAtlantic 102013 women Villanova Wildcats Villanova University VillanovaBig EastWashington StatePac-12
Bracket
Region 1
n y Round 1March 19–21 Round 2March 22–25 Round 3March 26–28 QuarterfinalsMarch 29–31 Washington 67 Hawaii 50 Oregon 92 Pacific 63 Montana 90 Washington State 78 San Diego 82 Cal Poly 59 Colorado State 56 Southern Utah 71 Colorado 78 TCU 71 Saint Mary's 75 Cal State Bakersfield 68 UTEP 74 Arkansas State 64 Washington 93 Oregon 85 Montana 57 San Diego 60 Southern Utah 68 Colorado 79 St. Mary's 64 UTEP 76 Washington 62 San Diego 55 Colorado 60 UTEP 68 Washington 63 UTEP 70
Home teams are listed first, unless noted.
* = Overtime
Colorado, Oregon, and UTEP will host 2nd Round games.
Region 2
n y Round 1March 19–21 Round 2March 22–25 Round 3March 26–28 QuarterfinalsMarch 29–31 Minnesota 62 Green Bay 60 SMU 84 Texas Southern 78 South Dakota State 78 Butler 61 Creighton 77 Missouri 51 Indiana State 61 Marquette 63 Indiana 48 Belmont 47 Northwestern 69 Ball State 65 Central Michigan 66 IUPUI 72 Minnesota 77 SMU 70 South Dakota State 62 Creighton 51 Marquette 69 Indiana 72 Northwestern 88 IUPUI 52 Minnesota 62 South Dakota State 70 Indiana 66 Northwestern 65 South Dakota State 76 Indiana 64
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
n y Round 1March 19–21 Round 2March 22–25 Round 3March 26–28 QuarterfinalsMarch 29–31 Michigan 86 Stony Brook 48 Duquesne 62 Mount St. Mary's 52 Bowling Green 72 High Point 62 St. Bonaventure 81 Charlotte 62 Iona 89 Harvard 90 Rutgers 65 Delaware 61 Princeton 94 VCU 76 Seton Hall 63 American 60 Michigan 68 Duquesne 52 Bowling Green 76 St. Bonaventure 65 Harvard 52 Rutgers 63 Princeton 74 Seton Hall 75 Michigan 53 Bowling Green 65 Rutgers 91** Seton Hall 79 Bowling Green 50 Rutgers 55
Home teams are listed first, unless noted.
* = Overtime
Rutgers and Seton Hall will host Round 2 games.
Region 4
n y Round 1March 19–21 Round 2March 22–25 Round 3March 26–28 QuarterfinalsMarch 29–31 Mississippi State 77 Tulane 68 Southern Miss 75 Lamar 60 Auburn 78 Furman 64 Old Dominion 68 Navy 60 Villanova 74 Quinnipiac 66 George Washington 86 East Carolina 68 South Florida 56 North Carolina A&T 50 Miami 63 Stetson 70 Mississippi State 74** Southern Miss 66 Auburn 82 Old Dominion 59 Villanova 66 George Washington 76 South Florida 75 Stetson 56 Mississippi State 59 Auburn 54 George Washington 59 South Florida 79 Mississippi State 58 South Florida 60
Home teams are listed first, unless noted.
* = Overtime
South Florida will host George Washington in Round 3.
Semifinals and championship game
SemifinalsApril 2 Championship GameApril 5CBS Sports Network UTEP 66 South Dakota State 63 South Florida 52 Rutgers 62 UTEP 54 Rutgers 56
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:https://womensnit.com/news/2019/2/21/postseason-wnit-rutgers-claims-wnit-championship.aspx Rutgers Claims WNIT Championship womensnit.com April 5, 2014 March 28, 2022
See also
2014 National Invitation Tournament
References
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