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.

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.

Automatic qualifiers ConferenceSchoolAmerica EastAmericanAtlantic 10ACCAtlantic SunBig 12TCUBig EastBig SkySouthern UtahBig SouthBig TenMinnesotaBig WestColonialC-USAHorizonGreen BayIvy LeagueMAACMACMEACMissouri ValleyMountain WestColorado StateNortheastOhio ValleyPac-12WashingtonPatriotSECAuburnSouthernSouthlandLamarSWACTexas SouthernSummitSun BeltWCCPacificWACCal State Bakersfield

At-large bids SchoolConferencePatriotMACButlerBig EastMACC-USAColoradoPac-12Atlantic 10C-USAAtlantic 10IvyBig WestIndianaBig TenSummitBig EastMichiganBig TenSECSECMontanaBig SkyNorthwesternBig TenOld DominionC-USAOregonPac-12MAACAmericanSaint Mary'sWest CoastSan DiegoWest CoastBig EastSMUAmericanC-USAUTEPC-USAAtlantic 10Big EastWashington StatePac-12

Bracket

Region 1

Home teams are listed first, unless noted. * = Overtime Colorado, Oregon, and UTEP will host 2nd Round games.

Region 2

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

Home teams are listed first, unless noted. * = Overtime Rutgers and Seton Hall will host Round 2 games.

Region 4

Home teams are listed first, unless noted. * = Overtime South Florida will host George Washington in Round 3.

Semifinals and championship game

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:

See also 2014 National Invitation Tournament

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