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  1. Mar 18, 2024 · Mon, Mar 18, 2024. Field of 68 founder Rob Dauster explains why more NCAA men’s basketball teams are turning down invites to the National Invitation Tournament than ever before. What is the NIT...

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  2. 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 ...

  3. Mar 18, 2024 · But like many things in sports, the NIT ain't what it used to be. The current state of college sports has made it practically obsolete. And the blame lies squarely on the shoulders of the entity ...

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  4. Nov 8, 2022 · The process is easier said than done; that is why it has undergone improvements over the years. In the past, the NIT confers with ESPN, which holds the airing rights of the NIT tournament. The network’s job is to identify the big TV market schools, those teams with respectable attendance at their homecourt games.

  5. Mar 19, 2024 · Teams opting out of NIT highlights changes to college basketball landscape. Pitt and Syracuse were two of the several men's basketball teams to opt out of playing in the NIT Tournament Getty Images. The decision by several men's basketball teams to opt out of playing in the NIT represents the “cold, stark reality of college basketball in 2024 ...

  6. Mar 14, 2021 · It might not have quite the grandeur of the NCAA Tournament, but the NIT in 2021 represents an opportunity for a select few teams to play in the postseason — college basketball teams' first such ...

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  8. Apr 2, 2024 · The NIT has long been second-rate compared to the real March Madness of the NCAA Tournament, while at the same time retaining a certain degree of prestige as a respectable landing spot for the ...

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