The 2014 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2014 WNIT. The field of 16 was announced on March 17, 2014.[1] All games were hosted by the higher seed throughout the tournament, unless the higher seed's arena was unavailable. The championship game was hosted by the school with the higher end of the season RPI. The tournament was won by the UIC Flames of the University of Illinois Chicago.
Season | 2013–14 | ||||
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Teams | 16 | ||||
Champions | UIC | ||||
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Bracket
editWest Region
edit1st Round March 19–20 | Quarterfinals March 22–23 | Semi-finals March 27 | ||||||||||||
1 | Grand Canyon | 51 | ||||||||||||
8 | Boise State | 52 | ||||||||||||
8 | Boise State | 59 | ||||||||||||
4 | Stephen F. Austin | 80 | ||||||||||||
4 | Stephen F. Austin | 59 | ||||||||||||
5 | Texas State | 51 | ||||||||||||
4 | Stephen F. Austin | 78 | ||||||||||||
2 | Charleston | 74 | ||||||||||||
2 | Charleston | 85 | ||||||||||||
7 | USC Upstate | 71 | ||||||||||||
2 | Charleston | 60 | ||||||||||||
3 | Northern Kentucky | 54 | ||||||||||||
3 | Northern Kentucky | 84 | ||||||||||||
6 | McNeese State | 72 |
East Region
edit1st Round March 19–20 | Quarterfinals March 22–23 | Semi-finals March 27 | ||||||||||||
1 | Eastern Michigan | 78 | ||||||||||||
8 | Evansville | 65 | ||||||||||||
1 | Eastern Michigan | 91 | ||||||||||||
4 | UIC | 93 | ||||||||||||
4 | UIC | 84 | ||||||||||||
5 | IPFW | 71 | ||||||||||||
4 | UIC | 74 | ||||||||||||
6 | Fairfield | 44 | ||||||||||||
2 | Bucknell | 47 | ||||||||||||
7 | Maine | 77 | ||||||||||||
7 | Maine | 50 | ||||||||||||
6 | Fairfield | 63 | ||||||||||||
3 | Bryant | 86 | ||||||||||||
6 | Fairfield | 90 |
*#7 Maine will host #2 Bucknell in First round.
WBI Championship Game
editChampionship Game March 29 | ||||
4W | Stephen F. Austin | 64 | ||
4E | UIC | 73 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2014 WBI Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.