The 2025 NIT field recently came out. Some might derisively refer to the NIT as Not In Tournament. The National Invitational Tournament selects teams that did not win their conference tournament. They also bring in at large teams. The NIT is broken down into four regions just like the NCAA tournament. However, there are less teams with 32 NIT teams as opposed to 68 from the NCAA. This means that each region has eight teams. The NIT has the one play the eight. A four plays a five. The two plays a seven. A three plays a six. The games are at the higher seed's on campus arena. The four teams that come out of their respective regions go to the NIT Final 4 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The top 4 seeds this year are UNC Greensboro, Alabama, TCU, and Indiana. ESPN has the television rights for the NIT games. They will broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and live streaming via ESPN3/WatchESPN. Online or real world sports books will have game lines. The 2019 NIT will tip off March 19th and 20th. The Final 4 will be April 2nd and the NIT National Championship will be played for on April 4th.
