National Invitation Tournament

NIT

The National Invitation Tournament used to be the prominent tournament in college basketball. Here’s what you should know about the NIT. The National Invitation Tournament is part of what’s referred to as March Madness. The National Invitation Tournament is the secondary tournament to the NCAA tournament. The National Invitation Tournament field is selected after the main NCAA tournament field is selected by the selection committee. The selection committee is commonly made up of coaches, experts, media professionals and others who are tightly knit into the basketball community. Once they make their selection, their decision is final.

NIT Tournament

The National Invitation Tournament had been one of the two prominent tournaments at the end of the college basketball season. But in the last 30 years or so, the tournament has taken a significant backseat to the larger tournament. This happened when the NCAA tournament increased in size to 64 or 65 teams from 32 or 16 teams that used to be selected to participate in the tournament. When the NCAA tournament was smaller, the National Invitation Tournament was viewed to be more prominent than it is today. The NIT tournament used to be a much more significant part of the college basketball scene.

NIT Bracket

Filling out your National Invitation Tournament bracket can be just as challenging if not more challenging than filling out your NCAA tournament bracket. The main challenge most people are facing when it comes to filling out their National Invitation Tournament brackets is that they aren’t typically as familiar with the teams in the field of the National Invitation Tournament as they are with the teams in the main NCAA tournament. The teams that participate in the National Invitation Tournament are teams that performed fairly mediocrely during the regular season and therefore floated under the radar for the selection committees and for the public at large. So if you’re going to fill out a bracket for the National Invitation Tournament, you should really take some time to do your research to make sure you’re giving it your all. The National Invitation Tournament is a great event that should be given the attention it deserves. Unfortunately it typically is played closely to the same time the games in the NCAA tournament are played, so many of the games in the National Invitation Tournament are not covered widely or aired on television. Do your homework and fill out your National Invitation Tournament bracket carefully.