• Pre-season and post-season NIT tournaments held annually
    • Separate tournaments held for men and women
    • Open to the top 32 men's and women's teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament
    • Men's NIT operated by the NCAA, women's NIT operated by Triple Crown Sports
    • Each conference receives an automatic bid, with the remaining at-large teams selected by committee
    • Men's tournament has five rounds; women's tournament has six
    • Each game in first three rounds held at home court of higher seed
    • Semifinals and finals held at Madison Square Garden in New York City
    • Longest-running tournament in college basketball
    • Nicknames: "Not Invited Tournament," "Not Important Tournament," "Nobody's Interested Tournament," "National Insignificant Tournament," and "Not In Tournament"
  • The National Invitation Tournament, or NIT, is held every year featuring college basketball teams that just missed out on being invited to the NCAA Tournament.

    The NIT invites the top 32 men's and women's teams that do not play in the NCAA Tournaments to play in this annual tournament.

  • 2009 Men's NIT

    1. First round: March 17 - March 18
    2. Second round: March 19 - March 23
    3. Quarterfinal round: March 24 - March 25
    4. Final Four: March 31
    5. Championship: April 2
  • 2009 Women's NIT

    1. First round: March 18 - March 20
    2. Second round: March 21 - March 25
    3. Third round: March 25 - March 27
    4. Fourth round: April 1 - April 2
    5. Final Four: April 1 - April 2
    6. Championship: April 4

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