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Icon for www.nbclosangeles.comNBC Los Angeles · Mar 17, 2025

What to know about the 2025 NIT: Bracket, schedule and how to watch the games

NIT stands for the National Invitation Tournament, a single-elimination postseason college basketball tournament ... less than half the size of the NCAA Tournament. Only the top 16 teams in ...
Sporting News on MSN.com · Mar 16, 2025

NIT selection show 2025 time, TV channel, live stream for college basketball tournament bracket reveal

That's where the NIT Tournament steps in, welcoming an additional 32 teams to play in postseason basketball. It doesn't hold the weight of the NCAA Tournament, but it's esteemed and reputable in ...
Icon for www.si.comSports Illustrated · Mar 18, 2025

NIT Basketball Schedule and Score Updates | National Invitation Tournament

See the complete bracket for the 2025 National Invitation Tournament below. Complete bracket for the 2025 National Invitation Tournament / National Invitation Tournament Note: In all cases except ...
CBS Sports · Mar 16, 2025

NCAA championship game 2025: Printable March Madness bracket, NCAA Tournament predictions, picks, scores

From what was a 68-team field, we are down to only two teams remaining to meet for the NCAA Tournament championship. After two wild semifinal games on Saturday at the Final Four i
Icon for dailycampus.comThe Daily Campus · 28d

The College Basketball Crown is killing the NIT and changing college hoops

While it’s nowhere near the amount that the NCAA tournament brings in ... fans noticed that UC Riverside was listed in both the NIT and the College Basketball Invitational (CBI). The NIT’s organizers prematurely assumed they would decline their ...
Icon for www.silive.comStaten Island Advance · Mar 17, 2025

March Madness 2025: These teams just missed NCAA Tournament. Will they play in NIT, Crown?

The postseason picture has never been so cloudy in college basketball. The NCAA Tournament remains ... The selection process for that tournament — and its effects on the NIT — are not clear ...
Louisville Courier-Journal on MSN.com · Mar 17, 2025

When does NCAA Tournament basketball start? Men's, women's, NIT March Madness brackets, schedule

All 2025 NCAA Tournament women's basketball games will air on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. Streaming available on ESPN+. The first game of the NIT is No. 4 Georgia Tech vs. Jacksonville State in the ...
Icon for www.ncaa.comNCAA · Apr 7, 2025

Even unranked teams can find success in the NCAA tournament

Kentucky would finish 21-12, losing to Robert Morris in the first round of the NIT. In the 2020-21 season ... and missed the NCAA tournament.
Icon for wtop.comWTOP News · Mar 22, 2025

Rutgers and Army meet in NIT

Rutgers and Army play in the National Invitation Tournament. The Scarlet Knights have gone 3-16 against Big Ten opponents, with an 8-3 record in non-conference play. Rutgers averages 14.9 ...
Icon for wtop.comWTOP News · Apr 4, 2025

Buffalo, Troy meet in NIT

Buffalo takes on Troy in the National Invitation Tournament. The Bulls’ record in MAC games is 14-6, and their record is 15-1 in non-conference play. Buffalo leads college basketball with 18.8 ...
Icon for 247sports.com247Sports.com · Apr 2, 2025

March Madness 2025: College basketball's active coaches with most NCAA Tournament wins

Two of college basketball's winningest active ... failed to play in the postseason (NCAA or NIT). Sean Miller has guided teams to 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, including four trips to the ...
Cache Valley Daily · 6d

Utah State basketball reported to be part of Charleston Classic in 2025-26

According to a report from CBS Sports college basketball reporter Jon Rothstein, Utah State men's basketball will participate in an additional field of four teams in the 2025 Charleston Classic.
Icon for www.usatoday.comUSA Today · Mar 26, 2025

How to buy Cleveland State vs. Duquesne women's NIT basketball tickets: March 28

Cleveland State's offense has been less effective over its last 10 games, scoring 72.4 points a contest compared to the 75.2 it has averaged this year. Cleveland State has been slightly suspect on ...
Icon for www.newsobserver.comRaleigh News & Observer · Mar 16, 2025

Tar Heels are in: UNC basketball makes NCAA Tournament, will start in First Four at Dayton

The latest results, news, notes and analysis from the 2025 NCAA Tournament. North Carolina ... NCAA field and then declined to compete in the NIT. This ties to the Quad-1 problem.
Oklahoma State University Athletics · 8d

‘Late-bloomer’ Coleman is latest Cowboy Basketball signee

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State officially announced the signing of 6-foot-8 guard Christian Coleman on Monday afternoon.
Icon for www.usatoday.comUSA Today · 29d

Has Florida won a national championship? Gators' NCAA Tournament history

But the conference is no slouch in the realm of basketball. While Kentucky is ... Florida has made 23 NCAA Tournament appearances, with two more vacated by the NCAA. It has made 19 of those ...
Icon for www.al.comal.com · 28d

Samford hires NCAA tournament coach with in-state ties to replace Bucky McMillan

Lennie Acuff has been hired as head basketball coach ... The Bulldogs reached the NCAA tournament in 2024 for the first time since 2000, and played in the NIT this past season.
Icon for okcthunderwire.usatoday.comOKC Thunder Wire · Mar 30, 2025

What time does Alabama basketball play Duke in March Madness Elite Eight?

Alabama and Duke last met on Nov. 27, 2013, and aren't too terribly far off from the Madison Square Garden venue that saw the Crimson Tide fall by 10 in the NIT Season ... why Alabama basketball player did not make trip to NCAA Tournament in Cleveland ...
Icon for www.onlineathens.comOnline Athens · 5d

Georgia basketball could see familiar face in Charleston Classic in November

Georgia basketball could go up against a starter from last year’s Bulldog team in November when it plays two nonconference games in South Carolina.
Icon for www.cbssports.comCBSSports.com · 29d

NCAA championship game 2025: Printable March Madness bracket, NCAA Tournament predictions, picks, scores

From what was a 68-team field, we are down to only two teams remaining to meet for the NCAA Tournament championship. After two wild semifinal games on Saturday at the Final Four it will be ...
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · Mar 17, 2025

Did LSU basketball make the NIT? Find out Tigers' postseason fate here

The 2024-25 LSU basketball season is over ... ACC and SEC that failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament are given an automatic berth in the NIT. On Sunday, 15th-ranked LSU watched as each ...
Icon for www.reviewjournal.comLas Vegas Review-Journal · Mar 19, 2024

UNLV embraces rare postseason opportunity: ‘We earned this’

It’s not the NCAA Tournament ... has played some really good basketball,” said UNLV coach Kevin Kruger, whose side has won 10 of its last 13 games. “The NIT has a lot of good teams and ...
Yardbarker · 5d

Date Set for Bedlam Basketball in 2025

According to a report from CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have officially set a date for their next matchup on the basketball court.
Icon for 247sports.com247Sports.com · Mar 7, 2025

Mike Rhoades declines to discuss Penn State basketball’s postseason possibilities before season finale

Penn State will miss the Big Ten Tournament and the NCAA Tournament, but the Nittany Lions could be in the mix for spots in the NIT or College Basketball Crown. Second-year coach Mike Rhoades ...
Icon for www.yardbarker.comYardbarker · Apr 1, 2025

West Virginia Fans to Get a Sneak Peek at the Future Tonight in the NIT

Tuesday night, Hodge's Mean Green will be in action at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis to take on UC Irvine in the semifinals of the NIT ... snubbed from the NCAA Tournament.
Icon for www.reviewjournal.comLas Vegas Review-Journal · Mar 18, 2024

‘Great thing to keep playing’: UNLV men receive NIT bid

The UNLV men’s basketball team plays on ... “Obviously, everyone wants to win a few more games and be in the NCAA Tournament, but from where we started to how we have played over the last ...
The Seattle Times · Mar 28, 2025

How the new College Basketball Crown could impact NCAA men’s tourney

It’s not difficult to envision a world in which the CBC thrives over time and the power conferences grow increasingly frustrated with the NCAAs, Jon Wilner writes.
Icon for www.foxnews.comFox News · Apr 4, 2024

Fox Sports, AEG to host 16-team college basketball postseason tournament in 2025

Teams that didn’t make the field of 68 for the NCAA Men’s Basketball ... National Invitation Tournament (NIT) – the oldest major postseason tournament in college basketball.
Icon for www.espn.comESPN · Apr 6, 2025

Who has won the NIT championship? All-time winners list

The National Invitation Tournament, or NIT, is an annual postseason knockout tournament featuring 32 Division I basketball teams. The NCAA has held the men's tournament since 1938. Temple defeated ...
Icon for www.foxnews.comFox News · 28d

College Basketball Crown scores big with viewers as Nebraska wins 1st tournament

The Nebraska Cornhuskers took home the title in the College Basketball ... which was up 145% over the NIT’s semifinals this year. It was the most-watched non-NCAA Tournament postseason ...