GREENSBORO, N.C. – For the second consecutive season and the fourth time in six years, the North Carolina A&T women’s basketball team earned an automatic bid to the 2014 Women's National Invitational Tournament, announced late Monday evening.

A&T will face South Florida in the first round on Friday, March 21 in Tampa, Fla. Game times for the tournament have not been announced. 

A&T qualified for the 64-team field after posting a solid 24-6 record that included mid-major wins over Stetson, Georgia State and William & Mary, along with being named the MEAC regular-season runner-up with a 13-3 league record. The Aggies (24-6) program has 20 or more games five times in seven seasons.

The field includes 10 teams that were crowned regular-season conference champions, tying a WNIT record set in 2013, and 35 teams with 20 or more wins. 

Last season, the Aggies faced James Madison in the first round where they fell 77-64. A&T opened up the 2013-14 schedule in the Preseason WNIT where it posted a 2-1 record with wins against Stetson and Georgia State in November. The Aggies’ only loss was to Quinnipiac, an at-large qualifier in this year's postseason WNIT. 

All games during the tournament are hosted by participating schools with first-round games opening March 19-21, followed by round two (March 22-25), round three (March 26-28), round four (March 29-31), semifinals (April 2-3), and championship (April 5 at 3 p.m. ET).  The championship game will be nationally televised live in HD on CBS Sports Network.