In an effort to secure another participating team, the NIT prematurely extended an invitation to the South Alabama Jaguars, prior to learning that the original team chose to accept its invitation ...

MOBILE, Ala. — Even amid the backdrop of college basketball’s chaotic postseason, what happened to South Alabama was “avoidable” and “unfortunate,” the school’s athletic director ...

After Sun Belt commissioner Keith Gill and NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt extended South Alabama an invite to the NIT [National Invitation Tournament] late Sunday night ...

With an NCAA tournament berth not in the cards for these teams, they'll instead have to settle for an invitation ... declined NIT bids to participate in the inaugural (and controversial) College ...

While there was plenty of controversy surrounding the seeding ... We did not decline the NIT invitation. We never got invited." UC Riverside had initially accepted a bid to the College Basketball ...

UC Riverside had also received an NIT invitation, but had first committed to play in the College Basketball Invitational, a less-prestigious tournament. However, roughly an hour later, Riley was ...

The only 2 SEC programs not to make the NCAA Tournament received automatic bids to the NIT but declined the opportunity.

The event was the National Invitation Tournament. After it debuted in 1938, the NIT reigned supreme as the top men's college basketball tournament. The NIT remains an important postseason ...

The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) will fill its field on Sunday night, March 16, with 32 teams set to compete in the postseason tournament. Here is round-by-round information about the NIT ...

Shortly after the announcement of the 68-team field at 6 p.m. ET, the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), will begin unveiling its 32-team bracket. The NIT is strictly an invitation style ...