2022 NIT Men's Basketball Tournamnet

2022 NIT Basketball Tournament

The 2021 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 16 NCAA Division I men's college basketball teams that had not been selected to participate in the 2021 NCAA tournament. The Tournament began on March 17 and ended on March 28. All rounds were played at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas or the UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas. First-round games began on Wednesday, March 17, and was played through Saturday, March 20. Quarterfinals also took place Thursday, March 25. The semifinals and championship took place Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and 28. The 2021 tournament also featured a third-place game Sunday, March 28, which had not been played at the NIT since 2003. This was the first NIT in which the semifinals and final were not played in New York City. The Xavier Musketeers coached by Jonas Hayes won their second NIT title defeating the Texas A&M Aggies in the championship game. Colby Jones of Xavier was named the tournament MVP.

2022 NIT Tournament at Madison Square Gardens

Semifinals			National Championship Game

3	St. Bonaventure	77
2	Xavier	84
			2	Xavier	73
			1	Texas A&M	72
4	Washington State	56
1	Texas A&M	72

Preliminary Rounds (1) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
Dayton	23-10	Atlantic 10	At-large bid
Xavier	18-13	Big East	At-large bid
Florida	19-13	SEC	At-large bid
Vanderbilt	18-15	Mountain West	At-large bid
Belmont	25-7	Ohio Valley	At-large bid
Iona	25-7	MAAC	Automatic
Cleveland State	20-10	Horizon	Automatic
Toledo	26-7	MAC	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Dayton	74
8	Toledo	55
				Dayton	68
				Vanderbilt	70
5	Belmont	71
4	Vanderbilt	82

							Vanderbilt	73
							Xavier	75
3	Florida	79
6	Iona	74
				Xavier	72
				Florida	56
7	Cleveland State	68
2	Xavier	72

Preliminary Rounds (2) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
Oklahoma	18-15	Big 12	At-large bid
North Texas	24-6	CUSA	Automatic
Mississippi State	18-15	SEC	At-large bid
Colorado	21-11	Pac-12	At-large bid
St. Bonaventure	20-9	Atlantic 10	At-large bid
Virginia	19-13	ACC	At-large bid
Texas State	21-7	Sun Belt	Automatic
Missouri State	23-10	Missouri Valley	At-large bid

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Oklahoma	89
8	Missouri State	72
				Oklahoma	68
				St. Bonaventure	70
5	St. Bonaventure	76
4	Colorado	68

							St. Bonaventure	52
							Virginia	51
3	Mississippi State	57
6	Virginia	60
				North Texas	69
				Virginia	71
7	Texas State	63
2	North Texas	67

Preliminary Rounds (3) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
SMU	23-8	American	At-large bid
BYU	22-10	WCC	At-large bid
Saint Louis	23-11	Atlantic 10	At-large bid
Washington State	19-14	Pac-12	At-large bid
Santa Clara	21-11	WCC	At-large bid
Northern Iowa	19-11	MVC	Automatic
Long Beach State	20-12	Big West	Automatic
Nicholls	21-11	Southland	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	SMU	68
8	Nicholls	58
				SMU	63
				Washington State	75
5	Santa Clara	50
4	Washington State	63

							Washington State	77
							BYU	58
3	Saint Louis	68
6	Northern Iowa	80
				BYU	90
				Northern Iowa	71
7	Long Beach State	72
2	BYU	93

Preliminary Rounds (4) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
Texas A&M	23-12	SEC	At-large bid
Wake Forest	23-9	ACC	At-large bid
VCU	21-9	Atlantic 10	At-large bid
Utah State	17-16	SEC	At-large bid
Oregon	19-14	Pac-12	At-large bid
Princeton	23-5	Ivy League	Automatic
Towson	25-8	CAA	Automatic
Alcorn State	15-15	SWAC	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Texas A&M	74
8	Alcorn State	62
				Texas A&M	75
				Oregon	60
5	Oregon	83
4	Utah State	72

							Texas A&M	67
							Wake Forest	52
3	VCU	90
6	Princeton	79
				Wake Forest	80
				Oregon	74
7	Towson	64
2	Wake Forest	74