2010 NIT Men's Basketball Tournamnet

2010 NIT Basketball Tournament

The 2010 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 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The 73rd annual tournament began on March 16 on campus sites and ended on April 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Dayton Flyers coached by Brian Gregory won their 3rd NIT title, defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the championship game. Chris Johnson of Dayton was named the tournament MVP.

2010 NIT Tournament at Madison Square Gardens

Semifinals			National Championship Game

3	Dayton	68
2	Mississippi	63
			3	Dayton	79
			4	North Carolina	68
2	Rhode Island	67
4	North Carolina	68

Preliminary Rounds (1) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
Illinois	22-9	Big Ten	At-large bid
Cincinnati	22-12	Big East	At-large bid
Dayton	23-8	Atlantic 10	At-large bid
Kent State	23-8	MAC	At-large bid
Tulsa	20-11	CUSA	At-large bid
Illinois State	18-15	MVC	At-large bid
Weber State	24-8	Big Sky	Automatic
Stony Brook	21-12	America East	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Illinois	76
8	Stony Brook	66
				Illinois	75
				Kent State	68
5	Tulsa	74
4	Kent State	75

							Illinois	71
							Dayton	77
3	Dayton	63
6	Illinois State	42
				Cincinnati	66
				Dayton	81
7	Weber State	62
2	Cincinnati	76

Preliminary Rounds (2) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
Virginia Tech	23-8	ACC	At-large bid
Rhode Island	22-11	Atlantic 10	At-large bid
Wichita State	18-13	MVC	At-large bid
Connecticut	18-13	Big East	At-large bid
Northeastern	22-9	CAA	At-large bid
Nevada	22-9	WAC	At-large bid
Northwestern	25-7	Big Ten	Automatic
Quinnipiac	21-11	NEC	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Virginia Tech	81
8	Quinnipiac	61
				Virginia Tech	65
				Connecticut	63
5	Northeastern	57
4	Connecticut	59

							Virginia Tech	72
							Rhode Island	79
3	Wichita State	70
6	Nevada	74
				Rhode Island	85
				Nevada	83
7	Northwestern	64
2	Rhode Island	76

Preliminary Rounds (3) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
Arizona State	21-10	Pac-10	At-large bid
Mississippi	22-10	SEC	At-large bid
Memphis	22-10	CUSA	At-large bid
Seton Hall	20-12	Big East	At-large bid
Texas Tech	25-7	Big 12	At-large bid
St. Johns	21-10	Big East	At-large bid
Troy	20-11	Sun Belt	Automatic
Jacksonville	24-9	Atlantic Sun	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Arizona State	66
8	Jacksonville	67
				Jacksonville	64
				Texas Tech	69
5	Texas Tech	87
4	Seton Hall	69

							Texas Tech	87
							Mississippi	90
3	Memphis	73
6	St. Johns	71
				Mississippi	90
				Memphis	81
7	Troy	65
2	Mississippi	84

Preliminary Rounds (4) held On Campus

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Invitation
Mississippi State	23-11	SEC	At-large
UAB	23-8	CUSA	At-large
South Florida	20-12	Big East	At-large
North Carolina	16-16	ACC	At-large
William & Mary	22-10	CAA	At-large
NC State	19-15	ACC	At-large
Coastal Carolina	28-6	Big South	Automatic
Jackson State	19-15	SWAC	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Mississippi State	81
8	Jackson State	67
				Mississippi State	74
				North Carolina	76
5	William & Mary	72
4	North Carolina	80

							North Carolina	60
							UAB	55
3	South Florida	57
6	NC State	58
				UAB	72
				NC State	52
7	Coastal Carolina	49
2	UAB	65