the 2014 national invitation tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 ncaa division i teams that were not selected to participate in the 2014 ncaa tournament. the annual tournament started on campus sites for the first 3 rounds, with the final 4 and championship game being held at madison square garden in new york city. the tournament began on tuesday, march 18 and ended on thursday, april 3. minnesota won this tournament after being the 3rd big ten team in a row to make the nit finals (the two previous years a big ten team had lost the final game).