NIT Mens Basketball Championship

The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2023, all rounds of the tournament are played at various sites across the country which are selected annually. From its founding in 1938 to 2022, the semifinals and finals were always played at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York City. Predating the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament by one year, the NIT was considered the most prestigious post-season showcase for college basketball before its status was superseded in the mid-1950s by the NCAA tournament.

NIT Mens Championship Tournament Format

Originally the tournament invited a field of six teams, with all games played at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.

The field was expanded to eight teams in 1941, 12 in 1949, 14 in 1965, 16 in 1968, 24 in 1979, 32 in 1980, and 40 from 2002 through 2006. From 2007 to 2019 and since 2022, the tournament reverted to the current 32-team format; 2021 saw the field cut to 16 due to the COVID-19 pandemi, after no tournament being held in 2020.

NIT Mens D1 Tournament Final Game Results

Click on the year of interest for an expanded look at that years tournament.

College Database Connected

Year	Result
1937-38	Temple 60, Colorado 36
1938-39	Long Island 44, Loyola (Chicago) 32
1939-40	Colorado 51, Duquesne 40
1940-41	Long Island 56, Ohio 42
1941-42	West Virginia 47, Western Kentucky 45
1942-43	St. John's 48, Toledo 27
1943-44	St. John's 47, DePaul 39
1944-45	DePaul 71, Bowling Green 54
1945-46	Kentucky 46, Rhode Island 45
1946-47	Utah 49, Kentucky 45
1947-48	Saint Louis 65, NYU 52
1948-49	San Francisco 48, Loyola (Chicago) 47
1949-50	CCNY 69, Bradley 61
1950-51	Brigham Young 62, Dayton 43
1951-52	La Salle 75, Dayton 64
1952-53	Seton Hall 58, St. John's 46
1953-54	Holy Cross 71, Duquesne 62
1954-55	Duquesne 70, Dayton 58
1955-56	Louisville 93, Dayton 80
1956-57	Bradley 84, Memphis State 83
1957-58	Xavier 78, Dayton 74
1958-59	St. John's 76, Bradley 71
1959-60	Bradley 88, Providence 72
1960-61	Providence 62, Saint Louis 59
1961-62	Dayton 73, St. John's 67
1962-63	Providence 81, Canisius 66
1963-64	Bradley 86, New Mexico 54
1964-65	St. John's 55, Villanova 51
1965-66	Brigham Young 97, NYU 84
1966-67	Southern Illinois 71, Marquette 56
1967-68	Dayton 61, Kansas 48
1968-69	Temple 89, Boston College 76
1969-70	Marquette 65, St. John's 53
1970-71	North Carolina 84, Georgia Tech 66
1971-72	Maryland 100, Niagara 69
1972-73	Virginia Tech 92, Notre Dame 91
1973-74	Purdue 87, Utah 81
1974-75	Princeton 80, Providence 69
1975-76	Kentucky 71, UNC Charlotte 67
1976-77	St. Bonaventure 94, Houston 91
1977-78	Texas 101, North Carolina State 93
1978-79	Indiana 53, Purdue 52
1979-80	Virginia 58, Minnesota 55
1980-81	Tulsa 86, Syracuse 84
1981-82	Bradley 67, Purdue 58
1982-83	Fresno State 69, DePaul 60
1983-84	Michigan 83, Notre Dame 63
1984-85	UCLA 65, Indiana 62
1985-86	Ohio State 73, Wyoming 63
1986-87	Southern Miss 84, La Salle 80
1987-88	Connecticut 72, Ohio State 67
1988-89	St. John's 73, Saint Louis 65
1989-90	Vanderbilt 74, Saint Louis 72
1990-91	Stanford 78, Oklahoma 72
1991-92	Virginia 81, Notre Dame 76
1992-93	Minnesota 62, Georgetown 61
1993-94	Villanova 80, Vanderbilt 73
1994-95	Virginia Tech 65, Marquette 64
1995-96	Nebraska 60, Saint Joseph's 56
1996-97	Vacated [note 5] 82, Florida State 73
1997-98	Vacated [note 3] 79, Penn State 72
1998-99	California 61, Clemson 60
1999-00	Wake Forest 71, Notre Dame 61
2000-01	Tulsa 79, Alabama 66
2001-02	Memphis 72, South Carolina 62
2002-03	Vacated [note 1] 70, Georgetown 67
2003-04	Michigan 62, Rutgers 55
2004-05	South Carolina 60, Saint Joseph's 57
2005-06	South Carolina 76, Michigan 64
2006-07	West Virginia 78, Clemson 73
2007-08	Ohio State 92, Massachusetts 85
2008-09	Penn State 69, Baylor 63
2009-10	Dayton 79, North Carolina 68
2010-11	Wichita State 66, Alabama 57
2011-12	Stanford 75, Minnesota 51
2012-13	Baylor 74, Iowa 54
2013-14	Minnesota 65, SMU 63
2014-15	Stanford 66, Miami (FL) 64
2015-16	George Washington 76, Valparaiso 60
2016-17	TCU 88, Georgia Tech 56
2017-18	Penn State 82, Utah 66
2018-19	Texas 81, Lipscomb 66
2019-20	No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21	Memphis 77, Mississippi State 64
2021-22	Xavier 73, Texas A&M 72
2022-23	North Texas 68, UAB 61
2023-24	Seton Hall 79, Indiana State 77
2024-25	Chattanooga 85, UC Irvine 84