2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

2014 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament
Teams	68
Finals site	AT&T Stadium; Arlington, Texas
Champions	UConn Huskies (4th title, 4th title game,; 5th Final Four)
Runner-up	Kentucky Wildcats (12th title game,; 16th Final Four)
Semifinalists	Florida Gators (5th Final Four); Wisconsin Badgers (3rd Final Four);
Winning coach	Kevin Ollie (1st title)
MOP	Shabazz Napier (UConn)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«2013	2015»

The 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2013-14 season. The 76th annual edition of the tournament began on March 18, 2014, and concluded with the championship game on April 7, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The East Regional semifinals and final were held in Madison Square Garden, the first time that arena has been used as an NCAA Tournament venue and the first time in 63 years that tournament games have been held in New York City.

The Final Four consisted of Florida (the #1 overall seed of the tournament), making their first appearance since winning their second consecutive championship in 2007, UConn, returning after winning their 2011 national championship, Wisconsin, making their first appearance since 2000, and Kentucky, back in the Final Four after winning their 2012 national championship.

With No. 7 seed UConn and No. 8 seed Kentucky reaching the championship game, this tournament's final was the first ever not to include at least one team seeded 1–3. It is also only the third final not to feature a 1 or 2 seed (1989 – #3 Michigan vs. #3 Seton Hall and 2011 – #3 UConn vs. #8 Butler). UConn defeated Kentucky in the championship game 60-54, to claim their 4th national championship as in many attempts. UConn was also the first 7 seed ever to reach and win the championship game. The two teams combined for the highest seed total in championship game history with 15. The previous record (11) was held by UConn and Butler in 2011.

The next day, the UConn Huskies women's team won the women's NCAA basketball tournament, only the second time that a school has won both the men's and women's Division I national basketball championships in the same year; UConn first accomplished this in 2004.^[1]

Tournament procedure

For 2014 the selection committee picked a total of 68 teams that would enter the 2014 tournament, of which 32 were "automatic bids" (teams winning their conference tournaments, with the exception of the Ivy League, which does not host a post-season conference tournament; thus, its regular-season conference champion is awarded the automatic bid) while the remaining 36 were "at large" bids which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee on the Sunday preceding the First Four play-in tournament and dubbed Selection Sunday by the media and fans. The Selection Committee also seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.^[2]

Eight teams – the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams – played in the First Four (the successor to what had been popularly known as "play-in games" through the 2010 tournament). The winners of those games advanced to the main draw of the tournament.

Schedule and venues

Dayton

Buffalo

Milwaukee

Orlando

Spokane

Raleigh

San Antonio

San Diego

St. Louis

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2014 First Four (orange) and first and second rounds (green)

Anaheim

Memphis

Indianapolis

New York City

Arlington

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2014 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2014 tournament:^[3]

First Four

March 18 and 19
- University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)

First and Second rounds

March 20 and 22
- First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York (Hosts: Canisius College, Niagara University, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
- Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Host: Marquette University)
- Amway Center, Orlando, Florida (Host: Stetson University)
- Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington (Host: Washington State University)
March 21 and 23
- PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University)
- AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio)
- Viejas Arena, San Diego, California (Host: San Diego State University)
- Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 27 and 29
- South Regional, FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee (Host: University of Memphis)
- West Regional, Honda Center, Anaheim, California (Host: Big West Conference)
March 28 and 30
- East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Hosts: St. John's University, Big East Conference)
- Midwest Regional, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana (Hosts: IUPUI, Horizon League)

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

April 5 and 7
- AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas (Host: Big 12 Conference)

Qualified teams

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams are automatic qualifiers for the 2014 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the Ivy League, whose regular-season champion receives the automatic bid).

Conference	Team	Appearance	Last bid
ACC	Virginia	18th	2012
America East	Albany	4th	2013
American	Louisville	40th	2013
Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph's	20th	2008
Atlantic Sun	Mercer	3rd	1985
Big 12	Iowa State	16th	2013
Big East	Providence	16th	2004
Big Sky	Weber State	15th	2007
Big South	Coastal Carolina	3rd	1993
Big Ten	Michigan State	28th	2013
Big West	Cal Poly	1st	Never
Colonial	Delaware	5th	1999
C-USA	Tulsa	15th	2003
Horizon	Milwaukee	4th	2006
Ivy League	Harvard	4th	2013
MAAC	Manhattan	7th	2004
MAC	Western Michigan	4th	2004
MEAC	North Carolina Central	1st	Never
Missouri Valley	Wichita State	11th	2013
Mountain West	New Mexico	15th	2013
Northeast	Mount St. Mary's	4th	2008
Ohio Valley	Eastern Kentucky	8th	2007
Pac-12	UCLA	46th	2013
Patriot	American	3rd	2009
SEC	Florida	19th	2013
Southern	Wofford	3rd	2011
Southland	Stephen F. Austin	2nd	2009
SWAC	Texas Southern	5th	2003
Summit	North Dakota State	2nd	2009
Sun Belt	Louisiana–Lafayette	6th	2000 ^{[n 1]}
West Coast	Gonzaga	17th	2013
WAC	New Mexico State	21st	2013

Tournament seeds

South Region – Memphis, Tennessee
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Coach	Berth type	Overall rank^[4]
1	Florida	SEC	32–2	Billy Donovan	Automatic	1
2	Kansas	Big 12	24–9	Bill Self	At–large	7
3	Syracuse	ACC	27–5	Jim Boeheim	At–large	10
4	UCLA	Pac-12	26–8	Steve Alford	Automatic	15
5	VCU	Atlantic 10	26–8	Shaka Smart	At–large	19
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	25–9	Thad Matta	At–large	22
7	New Mexico	Mountain West	27–6	Craig Neal	Automatic	28
8	Colorado	Pac-12	23–11	Tad Boyle	At–large	32
9	Pittsburgh	ACC	25–9	Jamie Dixon	At–large	36
10	Stanford	Pac-12	21–12	Johnny Dawkins	At–large	37
11	Dayton	Atlantic 10	23–10	Archie Miller	At–large	41
12	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	31–2	Brad Underwood	Automatic	50
13	Tulsa	C-USA	21–12	Danny Manning	Automatic	52
14	Western Michigan	MAC	23–9	Steve Hawkins	Automatic	55
15	Eastern Kentucky	Ohio Valley	24–9	Jeff Neubauer	Automatic	59
16*	Albany	America East	18–14	Will Brown	Automatic	66
16*	Mount St. Mary's	Northeast	16–16	Jamion Christian	Automatic	65

East Region – New York City, New York
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Coach	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Virginia	ACC	28–6	Tony Bennett	Automatic	4
2	Villanova	Big East	28–4	Jay Wright	At-Large	5
3	Iowa State	Big 12	26–7	Fred Hoiberg	Automatic	12
4	Michigan State	Big Ten	26–8	Tom Izzo	Automatic	14
5	Cincinnati	American	27–6	Mick Cronin	At–large	17
6	North Carolina	ACC	23–9	Roy Williams	At–large	21
7	UConn	American	26–8	Kevin Ollie	At–large	26
8	Memphis	American	23–9	Josh Pastner	At–large	31
9	George Washington	Atlantic 10	24–8	Mike Lonergan	At–large	34
10	Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	24–9	Phil Martelli	Automatic	38
11	Providence	Big East	23–11	Ed Cooley	Automatic	43
12	Harvard	Ivy	26–4	Tommy Amaker	Automatic	49
13	Delaware	Colonial	25–9	Monte Ross	Automatic	54
14	North Carolina Central	MEAC	28–5	LeVelle Moton	Automatic	58
15	Milwaukee	Horizon	21–13	Rob Jeter	Automatic	60
16	Coastal Carolina	Big South	21–12	Cliff Ellis	Automatic	63

West Region – Anaheim, California
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Coach	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Arizona	Pac-12	30–4	Sean Miller	At–large	2
2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	26–7	Bo Ryan	At–large	8
3	Creighton	Big East	26–7	Greg McDermott	At–large	11
4	San Diego State	Mountain West	29–4	Steve Fisher	At–large	16
5	Oklahoma	Big 12	23–9	Lon Krueger	At–large	20
6	Baylor	Big 12	24–11	Scott Drew	At–large	24
7	Oregon	Pac-12	23–9	Dana Altman	At–large	27
8	Gonzaga	West Coast	28–6	Mark Few	Automatic	30
9	Oklahoma State	Big 12	21–12	Travis Ford	At–large	35
10	BYU	West Coast	23–11	Dave Rose	At–large	39
11	Nebraska	Big Ten	19–12	Tim Miles	At–large	42
12	North Dakota State	Summit	25–6	Saul Phillips	Automatic	48
13	New Mexico State	WAC	26–9	Marvin Menzies	Automatic	53
14	Louisiana-Lafayette	Sun Belt	23–11	Bob Marlin	Automatic	57
15	American	Patriot	20–12	Mike Brennan	Automatic	62
16	Weber State	Big Sky	19–11	Randy Rahe	Automatic	64

Midwest Region – Indianapolis, Indiana
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Coach	Berth type	Overall rank
1	Wichita State	MVC	34–0	Gregg Marshall	Automatic	3
2	Michigan	Big Ten	25–8	John Beilein	At-large	6
3	Duke	ACC	26–8	Mike Krzyzewski	At–large	9
4	Louisville	American	29–5	Rick Pitino	Automatic	13
5	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	26–6	Jim Crews	At–large	18
6	Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	24–8	Derek Kellogg	At–large	23
7	Texas	Big 12	23–10	Rick Barnes	At–large	25
8	Kentucky	SEC	24–10	John Calipari	At–large	29
9	Kansas State	Big 12	20–12	Bruce Weber	At–large	33
10	Arizona State	Pac-12	21–11	Herb Sendek	At–large	40
11*	Iowa	Big Ten	20–12	Fran McCaffery	At–large	45
11*	Tennessee	SEC	21–12	Cuonzo Martin	At–large	44
12*	NC State	ACC	21–13	Mark Gottfried	At–large	47
12*	Xavier	Big East	21–12	Chris Mack	At–large	46
13	Manhattan	MAAC	25–7	Steve Massiello	Automatic	51
14	Mercer	Atlantic Sun	26–8	Bob Hoffman	Automatic	56
15	Wofford	Southern	20–12	Mike Young	Automatic	61
16*	Cal Poly	Big West	13–19	Joe Calero	Automatic	68
16*	Texas Southern	SWAC	19–14	Mike Davis	Automatic	67

Florida was the overall 1 seed for the second time, the other being 2007 when they repeated as national champions. Arizona was a 1 seed for the 6th time in school history. They lost in the West regional final for the 3rd straight time as a 1 seed, all games being played in Anaheim (also in 1998 and 2003). Virginia was a 1 seed for the 4th time in school history, their first since three straight 1 seeds in 1981, 1982, and 1983.

Bracket

Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)

First Four – Dayton, Ohio

The First Four games involved eight teams: the four overall lowest-ranked teams, and the four lowest-ranked at-large teams.

March 18 – Midwest Region

12	NC State	74

12	Xavier	59

March 18 – South Region

16	Albany	71

16	Mount St. Mary's	64

March 19 – Midwest Region

11	Iowa	65

11	Tennessee	78^OT

March 19 – Midwest Region

16	Cal Poly	81

16	Texas Southern	69

South Regional – Memphis, Tennessee

First round Round of 64 March 20–21			Second round Round of 32 March 22–23			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 27			Regional finals Elite 8 March 29

1	Florida	67

16	Albany	55
			1	Florida	61
Orlando – Thu/Sat
			9	Pittsburgh	45
8	Colorado	48

9	Pittsburgh	77
						1	Florida	79

						4	UCLA	68
5	VCU	75

12	Stephen F. Austin	77^OT
			12	Stephen F. Austin	60
San Diego – Fri/Sun
			4	UCLA	77
4	UCLA	76

13	Tulsa	59
									1	Florida	62

									11	Dayton	52
6	Ohio State	59

11	Dayton	60
			11	Dayton	55
Buffalo – Thu/Sat
			3	Syracuse	53
3	Syracuse	77

14	Western Michigan	53
						11	Dayton	82

						10	Stanford	72
7	New Mexico	53

10	Stanford	58
			10	Stanford	60
St. Louis – Fri/Sun
			2	Kansas	57
2	Kansas	80

15	Eastern Kentucky	69

Regional Final summary

TBS

Saturday, March 29
5:09 pm CT

box score

#11 Dayton Flyers 52, #1 Florida Gators 62
Scoring by half: 24–38, 28–24
Pts: D. Pierre – 18 Rebs: M. Kavanaugh – 8 Asts: D. Pierre – 5		Pts: S. Wilbekin – 23 Rebs: D. Finney-Smith – 9 Asts: K. Hill, S. Wilbekin – 3

FedEx Forum – Memphis, TN
Attendance: 15,443
Referees: Mike Stuart, Pat Driscoll, Doug Shows

South Regional all-tournament team

Regional all-tournament team: Michael Frazier II, Florida; Devin Oliver, Dayton; Dyshawn Pierre, Dayton; Dwight Powell, Stanford^[5]

Regional most outstanding player: Scottie Wilbekin, Florida^[6]

East Regional – New York City, New York

First round Round of 64 March 20–21			Second round Round of 32 March 22–23			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 28			Regional finals Elite 8 March 30

1	Virginia	70

16	Coastal Carolina	59
			1	Virginia	78
Raleigh – Fri/Sun
			8	Memphis	60
8	Memphis	71

9	George Washington	66
						1	Virginia	59

						4	Michigan State	61
5	Cincinnati	57

12	Harvard	61
			12	Harvard	73
Spokane – Thu/Sat
			4	Michigan State	80
4	Michigan State	93

13	Delaware	78
									4	Michigan State	54

									7	UConn	60
6	North Carolina	79

11	Providence	77
			6	North Carolina	83
San Antonio – Fri/Sun
			3	Iowa State	85
3	Iowa State	93

14	NC Central	75
						3	Iowa State	76

						7	UConn	81
7	UConn	89^OT

10	Saint Joseph's	81
			7	UConn	77
Buffalo – Thu/Sat
			2	Villanova	65
2	Villanova	73

15	Milwaukee	53

Regional Final summary

CBS

Sunday, March 30
2:20 pm ET

box score

#7 UConn Huskies 60, #4 Michigan State Spartans 54
Scoring by half: 21–25, 39–29
Pts: S. Napier – 25 Rebs: D. Daniels – 8 Asts: S. Napier – 4		Pts: G. Harris – 22 Rebs: A. Payne – 9 Asts: A. Payne – 3

Madison Square Garden – New York City, NY
Attendance: 19,499
Referees: Tom Eades, John Higgins, Michael Roberts

East Regional all-tournament team

Regional all-tournament team: DeAndre Daniels, UConn; Gary Harris, Michigan State; Dustin Hogue, Iowa State; Adreian Payne, Michigan State^[7]

Regional most outstanding player: Shabazz Napier, UConn^[8]

West Regional – Anaheim, California

First round Round of 64 March 20–21			Second round Round of 32 March 22–23			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 27			Regional finals Elite 8 March 29

1	Arizona	68

16	Weber State	59
			1	Arizona	84
San Diego – Fri/Sun
			8	Gonzaga	61
8	Gonzaga	85

9	Oklahoma State	77
						1	Arizona	70

						4	San Diego State	64
5	Oklahoma	75

12	North Dakota State	80^OT
			12	North Dakota State	44
Spokane – Thu/Sat
			4	San Diego State	63
4	San Diego State	73^OT

13	New Mexico State	69
									1	Arizona	63

									2	Wisconsin	64^OT
6	Baylor	74

11	Nebraska	60
			6	Baylor	85
San Antonio – Fri/Sun
			3	Creighton	55
3	Creighton	76

14	Louisiana–Lafayette	66
						6	Baylor	52

						2	Wisconsin	69
7	Oregon	87

10	BYU	68
			7	Oregon	77
Milwaukee – Thu/Sat
			2	Wisconsin	85
2	Wisconsin	75

15	American	35

Regional Final summary

TBS

Saturday, March 29
5:49 pm PT

box score

#2 Wisconsin Badgers 64, #1 Arizona Wildcats 63 (OT)
Scoring by half: 25–28, 29–26 Overtime: 10–9
Pts: F. Kaminsky III – 28 Rebs: F. Kaminsky III – 11 Asts: T. Jackson – 5		Pts: N. Johnson – 16 Rebs: A. Gordon – 18 Asts: N. Johnson – 3

Honda Center – Anaheim, CA
Attendance: 17,814
Referees: Bryan Kersey, Tony Greene, Mike Eades

West Regional all-tournament team

Regional all-tournament team: Aaron Gordon, Arizona; Traevon Jackson, Wisconsin; Nick Johnson, Arizona; Xavier Thames, San Diego State^[9]

Regional most outstanding player: Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin

Midwest Regional – Indianapolis, Indiana

First round Round of 64 March 20–21			Second round Round of 32 March 22–23			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 28			Regional finals Elite 8 March 30

1	Wichita State	64

16	Cal Poly	37
			1	Wichita State	76
St. Louis – Fri/Sun
			8	Kentucky	78
8	Kentucky	56

9	Kansas State	49
						8	Kentucky	74

						4	Louisville#	69
5	Saint Louis	83^OT

12	NC State	80
			5	Saint Louis	51
Orlando – Thu/Sat
			4	Louisville#	66
4	Louisville#	71

13	Manhattan	64
									8	Kentucky	75

									2	Michigan	72
6	Massachusetts	67

11	Tennessee	86
			11	Tennessee	83
Raleigh – Fri/Sun
			14	Mercer	63
3	Duke	71

14	Mercer	78
						11	Tennessee	71

						2	Michigan	73
7	Texas	87

10	Arizona State	85
			7	Texas	65
Milwaukee – Thu/Sat
			2	Michigan	79
2	Michigan	57

15	Wofford	40

# — On February 20, 2018, the NCAA announced that the wins and records for Louisville's 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014–15 seasons were vacated due to the sex scandal at Louisville.^[10] Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Louisville removing the wins from its own record.

Regional Final summary

CBS

Sunday, March 30
5:05 pm ET

box score

#8 Kentucky Wildcats 75, #2 Michigan Wolverines 72
Scoring by half: 37–37, 38–35
Pts: J. Randle – 16 Rebs: J. Randle – 11 Asts: A. Harrison – 6		Pts: N. Stauskas – 24 Rebs: J. Morgan, G. Robinson III – 4 Asts: C. LeVert – 5

Lucas Oil Stadium – Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 35,551
Referees: Ed Corbett, Don Daily, Randall McCall

Midwest Regional all-tournament team

Regional all-tournament team: Aaron Harrison, Kentucky; Marcus Lee, Kentucky; Caris LeVert, Michigan; Nik Stauskas, Michigan

Regional most outstanding player: Julius Randle, Kentucky^[11]

Final Four

During the Final Four round, regardless of the seeds of the participating teams, the champion of the top overall top seed's region plays against the champion of the fourth-ranked top seed's region, and the champion of the second overall top seed's region plays against the champion of the third-ranked top seed's region.^[12] Florida (placed in the South Regional) was selected as the top overall seed, and Virginia (in the East Regional) was named as the #4 overall seed.^[13] Thus, the South champion (Florida) played the East Champion (UConn) in one semifinal game, and the West Champion (Wisconsin) faced the Midwest Champion (Kentucky) in the other semifinal game.^[14] The overall No. 1 seed Florida lost only two games during the regular season: to West Champion Wisconsin and to East Champion (and eventual National Champion) UConn; Florida also played and beat Midwest Champion Kentucky twice during the regular season and again in the conference championship game.

Final Four – AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

National semifinals April 5			National championship game April 7

MW8	Kentucky	74

W2	Wisconsin	73
			MW8	Kentucky	54

			E7	UConn	60
E7	UConn	63

S1	Florida	53

Game summaries

Final four

TBS
TNT
truTV

Saturday, April 5
5:15 pm CT

Recap

E7 UConn Huskies 63, S1 Florida Gators 53
Scoring by half: 25–22, 38–31
Pts: D. Daniels – 20 Rebs: D. Daniels – 10 Asts: S. Napier – 6		Pts: P. Young – 19 Rebs: C. Prather – 6 Asts: S. Wilbekin, C. Prather, D. Finney-Smith – 1

AT&T Stadium – Arlington, TX
Attendance: 79,444^[15]
Referees: John Higgins, Michael Stephens, Doug Simmons

TBS
TNT
truTV

Saturday, April 5, 2014
8:12 pm CT

Recap

MW8 Kentucky Wildcats 74, W2 Wisconsin Badgers 73
Scoring by half: 36–40, 38–33
Pts: J. Young – 17 Rebs: D. Johnson, A. Poythress – 7 Asts: A. Harrison – 4		Pts: B. Brust, S. Dekker – 15 Rebs: J. Gasser, F. Kaminsky III – 5 Asts: T. Jackson, J. Gasser – 3

AT&T Stadium – Arlington, TX
Attendance: 79,444^[16]
Referees: Mike Stuart, Pat Adams, Terry Wymer

National Championship

CBS

Monday, April 7, 2014
8:10 pm CT

Recap

#8 Kentucky Wildcats 54, #7 UConn Huskies 60
Scoring by half: 31–35, 23–25
Pts: J. Young – 22 Rebs: J. Young – 7 Asts: A. Harrison – 5		Pts: S. Napier – 22 Rebs: L. Kromah, D. Daniels, S. Napier – 6 Asts: R. Boatright, S. Napier – 3

AT&T Stadium – Arlington, TX
Attendance: 79,238^[17]
Referees: Verne Harris, Doug Shows, Joe DeRosa

Final Four all-tournament team

Julius Randle, Kentucky
James Young, Kentucky
Ryan Boatright, UConn
DeAndre Daniels, UConn
Shabazz Napier, UConn, Most Outstanding Player

Tournament notes

Wichita State became the first team since UNLV in 1991 to go into the tournament undefeated. The Shockers entered the tournament 34–0. Their perfect record of 35–0 (a then NCAA men's record) was spoiled by Kentucky in the second round. Kentucky in turn set an NCAA-men's-record 38 straight wins to start a season the next year.

Kentucky became the first team to field all-freshman starters at the Final Four and championship games since the 1991–92 Michigan Wolverines under the Fab Five.^[18] The 1992 Final Four and championship appearances by Michigan were subsequently vacated.

MEAC champion North Carolina Central University^[19] and Big West champion Cal Poly^[20] made their first NCAA Division I tournament appearances.

For only the second time since 1973 no teams from the state of Indiana (a state noted for its basketball powerhouse programs) were in the tournament.^[21]

There were five overtime games in the second round of the tournament, the most overtime games ever in tournament history. In contrast, the previous two tournaments had two overtime games combined.

North Dakota State's victory against Oklahoma secured the first tournament win for the state of North Dakota. Mercer, Stephen F. Austin, Albany, and Cal Poly had their first NCAA tournament wins. Cal Poly's victory over Texas Southern marked only the third time a team with a losing record won a game in the tournament.

Upsets

Per the NCAA, "Upsets are defined as when the winner of the game was seeded five or more places lower than the team it defeated." The 2014 tournament saw a total of 13 upsets; 6 of them were in the first round, 4 of them were in the second round, none in the Sweet Sixteen, one in the Elite Eight, and 2 in the Final Four.

Round	South	East	West	Midwest
First round	No. 12 Stephen F. Austin defeated No. 5 VCU, 77–75 (OT) No. 11 Dayton defeated No. 6 Ohio State, 60–59	No. 12 Harvard defeated No. 5 Cincinnati, 61–57	No. 12 North Dakota State defeated No. 5 Oklahoma, 80–75 (OT)	No. 14 Mercer defeated No. 3 Duke, 78–71 No. 11 Tennessee defeated No. 6 Massachusetts, 86–67
Second Round	No. 11 Dayton defeated No. 3 Syracuse, 55–53 No. 10 Stanford defeated No. 2 Kansas, 60–57	No. 7 UConn defeated No. 2 Villanova, 77–65	None	No. 8 Kentucky defeated No. 1 Wichita State, 78–76
Sweet 16	None	None	None	None
Elite 8	None	None	None	No. 8 Kentucky defeated No. 2 Michigan, 75–72
Final 4	No. 7 UConn defeated No. 1 Florida, 63–53 No. 8 Kentucky defeated No. 2 Wisconsin, 74–73

Record by conference

Conference	Bids	Record	Win %	R64	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG	NC
American	4	9–3	.750	4	3	2	1	1	1	1
SEC	3	12–3	.800	3	3	3	2	2	1	–
Big Ten	6	10–6	.625	5	3	3	3	1	–	–
Pac-12	6	8–6	.571	6	4	3	1	–	–	–
Atlantic 10	6	4–6	.400	6	2	1	1	–	–	–
Big 12	7	6–7	.462	7	4	2	–	–	–	–
ACC	6	6–6	.500	6	4	1	–	–	–	–
Mountain West	2	2–2	.500	2	1	1	–	–	–	–
Big East	4	2–4	.333	3	2	–	–	–	–	–
WCC	2	1–2	.333	2	1	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic Sun	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Ivy	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
MVC	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Southland	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Summit	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
America East	1	1–1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Big West	1	1–1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–	–

The R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 64 (second round), round of 32 (third round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
The "Record" column includes wins in the first round (First Four) for ACC, America East, Big West, and SEC.
The "Record" column also includes losses in the first round (First Four) for Big East and Big 10.
The SWAC and NEC each had one representative, eliminated in the first round with a record of 0–1.
The MAAC, OVC, WAC, Patriot League, Colonial, Sun Belt, Big Sky, Horizon League, Big South, Southern Conference, MAC, C-USA, and MEAC each had one representative, eliminated in the second round with a record of 0–1.

Media coverage

Television

The year 2014 marked the fourth year of a 14-year partnership between CBS and Turner cable networks TBS, TNT and truTV to cover the entire tournament under the NCAA March Madness banner. TBS aired the Final Four for the first year since CBS' 32 consecutive years of airing. The tournament was considered a ratings success. Tournament games averaged 10.5 million viewers, and the championship game garnered an average of 21.2 million viewers and a peak viewership of 24.3 million.

First Four – truTV
Second and third rounds – CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV
Regional semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) – CBS and TBS
National semifinals (Final Four) – TBS, TNT, truTV
- TBS provided traditional coverage; TNT and truTV each gave team-specific broadcasts.^[22]
National Championship – CBS

Studio hosts

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Greg Gumbel (New York City and Arlington) – second round, third round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game
Ernie Johnson Jr. (New York City, Atlanta and Arlington) – second round, third round, regional semi-finals, Final Four and national championship game
Matt Winer (Atlanta) – First Four, second round and third round

Studio analysts

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Charles Barkley (New York City and Arlington) – second round, third round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game
Mateen Cleaves (New York City) – third round
Seth Davis (Atlanta and Arlington) – First Four, second round, third round, regional semi-finals, Final Four and national championship game
Doug Gottlieb (Atlanta) – regional semi-finals
Grant Hill (Atlanta and Arlington) – First Four, second round, third round, regional semi-finals, Final Four and national championship game
Clark Kellogg (New York City and Arlington) – second round, third round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game
Reggie Miller (Arlington) – Final Four
Kenny Smith (New York City and Arlington) – second round, third round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game
Steve Smith (Atlanta) – First Four, second round, third round and regional semi-finals
Buzz Williams (New York City) – third round

Commentary teams

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Jim Nantz/Greg Anthony/Steve Kerr/Tracy Wolfson – Second and third round at St. Louis, Missouri; Midwest Regional at Indianapolis, Indiana; Final Four at Arlington, Texas
Kerr joined Nantz and Anthony during the Final Four and national championship games
Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craig Sager – Second and third round at San Antonio, Texas; West Regional at Anaheim, California
Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery/Allie LaForce – Second and third round at Buffalo, New York; East Regional at New York City, New York
Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller/Rachel Nichols – First Four at Dayton, Ohio; Second and third round at Raleigh, North Carolina; South Regional at Memphis, Tennessee
Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Lewis Johnson – Second and third round at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Brian Anderson/Dan Bonner/Kristine Leahy – First Four at Dayton, Ohio; Second and third round at Orlando, Florida
Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb/Jaime Maggio – Second and third round at Spokane, Washington
Andrew Catalon/Mike Gminski/Otis Livingston – Second and third round at San Diego, California

Team casts

For the first time in the history of the tournament, Turner broadcast the semifinals. TBS aired the traditional neutral broadcast (with Nantz/Anthony/Kerr/Wolfson commentator set that is also being used for CBS's national championship coverage). However, Turner also distributed team-centered broadcasts for the Final Four broadcasts on TNT and truTV. The announcers for these broadcasts are as follows:^[25]

David Steele/Mark Wise/James Bates – Florida Teamcast on TNT
Eric Frede/Donny Marshall/Swin Cash – UConn Teamcast on truTV
Rob Bromley/Rex Chapman/Dave Baker – Kentucky Teamcast on TNT
Wayne Larrivee/Mike Kelley/Phil Dawson – Wisconsin Teamcast on truTV

International

ESPN International distributes broadcast rights to the tournament outside the United States, and will produce separate international broadcasts of the semi-final and championship games with announcers Dan Shulman (play-by-play), Dick Vitale (analyst for the final and one semi-final), and Jay Bilas (analyst for the other semi-final).^[26] For the initial rounds, they use CBS/Turner coverage with an additional host to transition between games, with whiparound coverage similar to the CBS-only era. ESPN also has exclusive digital rights to the NCAA tournament outside of North America.

In Canada, the broadcasting rights are with TSN.^[27] In The Philippines it's aired on TV5.^[28]

Radio

Westwood One has exclusive national radio rights to the entire tournament.^[29] Team radio networks also hold the rights to broadcast their teams through their entire progression within the tournament and no flagship restrictions. However men's team radio networks cannot stream the games online during the NCAA tournament. WestwoodOne is the only group authorized to stream the tournament online.

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2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Tournament procedure

Schedule and venues

Qualified teams

Automatic qualifiers

Tournament seeds

Bracket

First Four – Dayton, Ohio

South Regional – Memphis, Tennessee

Regional Final summary

South Regional all-tournament team

East Regional – New York City, New York

Regional Final summary

East Regional all-tournament team

West Regional – Anaheim, California

Regional Final summary

West Regional all-tournament team

Midwest Regional – Indianapolis, Indiana

Regional Final summary

Midwest Regional all-tournament team

Final Four

Final Four – AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Game summaries

Final four

National Championship

Final Four all-tournament team

Tournament notes

Upsets

Record by conference

Media coverage

Television

Studio hosts

Studio analysts

Commentary teams

Team casts

International

Radio

See also

Notes

References