2011 NIT Men's Basketball Tournamnet

2011 NIT Basketball Tournament

The 2011 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The 74th annual tournament began March 15 on campus sites ended on March 31 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Wichita State Shockers coached by Gregg Marshall won their first NIT title, defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide in the championship game. Graham Hatch of Wichita State was named the tournament MVP.

2011 NIT Tournament at Madison Square Gardens

Semifinals			National Championship Game

1	Alabama	62
1	Colorado	61
			1	Alabama	57
			4	Wichita State	66
2	Washington State	44
4	Wichita State	75

Preliminary Rounds (1) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
Alabama	25-7	SEC	Automatic
Miami (FL)	20-11	ACC	Automatic
Missouri State	22-11	Missouri Valley	At-large bid
New Mexico	18-13	Mountain West	At-large bid
UTEP	18-12	CUSA	At-large bid
Murray State	18-13	Ohio Valley	At-large bid
Florida Atlantic	20-11	Sun Belt	At-large bid
Coastal Carolina	22-12	Big South	At-large bid

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Alabama	68
8	Coastal Carolina	44
				Alabama	74
				New Mexico	67
5	UTEP	57
4	New Mexico	69

							Alabama	79
							Miami (FL)	64
3	Missouri State	89
6	Murray State	76
				Miami (FL)	81
				Missouri State	72
7	Florida Atlantic	62
2	Miami (FL)	85

Preliminary Rounds (2) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
Colorado	22-10	Big 12	At-large bid
Saint Mary's	18-13	West Coast	At-large bid
Colorado State	20-12	Mountain West	At-large bid
California	21-10	Pac-10	At-large bid
Ole Miss	21-12	SEC	At-large bid
Fairfield	23-8	MAAC	At-large bid
Kent State	18-15	MAC	At-large bid
Texas Southern	22-9	SWAC	At-large bid

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Colorado	88
8	Texas Southern	74
				Colorado	89
				California	72
5	Ole Miss	74
4	California	77

							Colorado	81
							Kent State	74
3	Colorado State	60
6	Fairfield	62
				Kent State	72
				Fairfield	68
7	Kent State	71
2	Saint Mary's	70

Preliminary Rounds (3) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
Boston College	21-11	ACC	Automatic
Washington State	19-12	Pac-10	Automatic
Oklahoma State	21-12	Big 12	At-large bid
Northwestern	20-12	Big Ten	At-large bid
Milwaukee	23-8	Horizon	At-large bid
Harvard	21-10	Ivy	At-large bid
Long Beach State	24-8	Big West	Automatic
McNeese State	21-12	Southland	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Boston College	82
8	McNeese State	64
				Boston College	67
				Northwestern	85
5	Milwaukee	61
4	Northwestern	70

							Northwestern	66
							Washington State	69
3	Oklahoma State	71
6	Harvard	54
				Washington State	74
				Oklahoma State	64
7	Long Beach State	74
2	Washington State	85

Preliminary Rounds (4) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
Virginia Tech	23-11	ACC	At-large bid
Cleveland State	22-10	Horizon	At-large bid
Dayton	25-7	Atlantic 10	At-large bid
Wichita State	18-15	Missouri Valley	Automatic
Nebraska	24-9	Big 12	Automatic
College of Charleston	23-8	Southern	At-large bid
Vermont	22-9	America East	At-large bid
Bethune Cookman	22-9	MEAC	At-large bid

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Virginia Tech	79
8	Bethune Cookman	54
				Virginia Tech	76
				Wichita State	79
5	Nebraska	49
4	Wichita State	76

							Wichita State	82
							College of Charleston	75
3	Dayton	84
6	College of Charleston	94
				Cleveland State	56
				College of Charleston	64
7	Vermont	60
2	Cleveland State	63