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2024 National Invitation Tournament

The 2024 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I men's college basketball teams not selected to participate in the 2024 NCAA tournament. The tournament began on March 19 and ended on April 4. The first three rounds were played on campuses, with the semifinal and championship final played at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1]

Participants

Teams and pairings for the 2024 NIT were released by the NIT Committee on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Thirty–two teams qualified for the NIT, including both automatic qualifiers and at-large selections. In 2023, The North Texas Mean Green won the NIT championship.

Automatic qualifiers

In a change from previous tournaments, teams which had the best regular-season record in their conference but failed to win their conference tournament no longer automatically qualified for the NIT.[2] Instead, the top two teams (based on NET ranking) from six major conferences (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC) not selected for the NCAA tournament received automatic bids, regardless of their win-loss records. These 12 teams also were given the opportunity to host first-round games.[2] If a team declined an automatic bid, it was offered to the team with the next best NET ranking in the declining team's conference. Despite this new automatic qualification criterion, only one automatic qualifier from the Pac-12 accepted a 2024 NIT bid, meaning only 11 automatic bids were awarded.

The NET rankings through games of March 17, 2024, of non-NCAA tournament teams from automatically qualifying conferences are listed below.[3] Team in bold accepted a bid, teams in italics were eligible for an automatic bid, but declined.

At-large bids

The following teams were awarded at-large bids.

† Team was one of the first four out of the NCAA tournament and entitled to deference from the NIT Committee in determining home-court advantage for first-round games.[2][4]

Declined bids

The following schools declined to play in the 2024 NIT:

Bracket

The 32-team bracket was announced at 9:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN2.

Game summaries

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Media

ESPN, Inc. has exclusive rights to all of the NIT games. It will telecast every game across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPN+. Westwood One has exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and the championship.

See also

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Basketball 2024 NIT Hinkle Fieldhouse Semifinals Finals In Indianapolis". IndyStar.com. August 12, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Williams, Jeff (October 27, 2023). "NIT announces changes to tournament selection format". NCAA.org. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  3. ^ "NCAA men's Basketball NET Rankings Through Games Mar. 17 2024". NCAA.com. March 18, 2024. Archived from the original on March 18, 2024.
  4. ^ Murphy, Bryan (March 18, 2024). "March Madness Bracket First Four Out: Why Indiana State, Oklahoma, Pitt, Seton Hall Missed 2024 NCAA Tournament". The Sporting News. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Trass, Jerry (2024-03-19). "ESPN: Bonnies among 17 to decline NIT". Olean Times Herald. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  6. ^ Sulley, Colton (March 17, 2024). "Porter Moser: OU basketball 'devastated' by NCAA Tournament omission, declines NIT invite". Oklahoman.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  7. ^ Eckert, David (March 17, 2024). "Why Chris Beard said Ole Miss basketball won't play in NIT". Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Gannett. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  8. ^ Waters, Mike (March 17, 2024). "Syracuse opted out of NIT prior to selection of tournament field". Syracuse.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  9. ^ Osterman, Zach (March 15, 2024). "Indiana basketball will decline 2024 NIT invite, turn attention to transfer portal". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  10. ^ "Panthers Decline Invitation to NIT". pittsburghpanthers.com. March 17, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  11. ^ Allen, Percy (March 16, 2024). "UW men expected to decline NIT invite if extended, sources say | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  12. ^ Puleo, Mark (March 15, 2024). "Penny Hardaway says Memphis will decline NIT invite if offered: 'No sir'". The Athletic. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  13. ^ Rivera, Don (March 17, 2024). "St. John's basketball declines any 2024 NIT invite it would receive, Rick Pitino says". The Record. Retrieved March 17, 2024.