Current season, competition or edition: 2024 National Invitation Tournament
Sport
College basketball
Founded
1938
Founder
Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association
Motto
College Basketball’s Beginning
No. of teams
32
Most recent champion(s)
Seton Hall (2nd title)
Most titles
St. John's (5 titles)
TV partner(s)
ESPN
Related competitions
NIT Season Tip-Off NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament College Basketball Invitational CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Official website
www.ncaa.com/championships/basketball-men/nit
The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The tournament is played at regional sites with its Final Four played at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York City up until 2022. Starting in 2023, the NIT Final Four began following the format of the NCAA Tournament by having its Final Four at different venues each season. First held in 1938, the NIT was once considered the most prestigious post-season showcase for college basketball before its status was superseded in the mid-1950s by the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[1][2]
A second, much more recent "NIT" tournament is played in November and known as the NIT Season Tip-Off. Formerly the "Preseason NIT" (and still sometimes referred to as such colloquially), it was founded in 1985. Unlike the postseason NIT, its final rounds are played at Madison Square Garden. Both tournaments were operated by the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA) until 2005, when they were purchased by the NCAA,[3] and the MIBA disbanded.
Unless otherwise qualified, the terms NIT or National Invitation Tournament refer to the post-season tournament in both common and official use.
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