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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.
These two teams also met in the Final Four during Connecticut's previous national championship run in 2011, with the Huskies winning 56–55 before beating Butler in the final. The 2014 national championship game featured the highest combined seeds in NCAA history, surpassing 2011's number 8 vs. number 3 match-up.
The Big Ten has achieved this nine times, with one appearance later vacated, tying them with the Atlantic Coast Conference for non-vacated multi-team Final Four appearances. The Big East is the only conference to have three teams in the Final Four, which was in 1985.
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After the NCAA tournament field is announced, the NCAA invited 32 teams to participate in the National Invitation Tournament. The tournament began on March 17, 2015 with all games prior to the semifinals played on campus sites. The semifinals and final were held on March 31 and April 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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The Ohio city, approximately 54 miles north of Cincinnati, has hosted the First Four almost every year since it began in 2011, the same year the men's tournament was expanded to 68 teams.
2014 Final Four may refer to: 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament; 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament This page was last edited on 27 ...