2016_National_Invitation_Tournament

2016 National Invitation Tournament

2016 National Invitation Tournament

79th edition of the National Invitation Tournament

The 2016 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2016 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament was played on campus sites for the first three rounds, with the Final Four and championship game being held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The tournament began on Tuesday, March 15 and ended on Thursday, March 31. An experimental rule allowing players six personal fouls instead of five was approved for use in all national postseason tournaments except for the NCAA Tournament. The NIT Selection Show aired at 8:30 PM EDT on Sunday, March 13, 2016, on ESPNU. George Washington were the champions over Valparaiso 76–60. The Colonials victory was their first-ever NIT title.

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Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following 15 teams earned automatic berths into the 2016 NIT field by virtue of having won their respective conference's regular season championship but failing to win their conference tournaments or receive an at-large NCAA bid.

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At-large bids

The following 17 teams were also awarded NIT berths.

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Seeds

The first four teams left out of the NCAA tournament were the top seeds in the four regions, as in last year's tournament. They were St. Bonaventure, South Carolina, Monmouth and Valparaiso.[1]

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Schedule

The NIT began on Tuesday March 15. The first three rounds were played on campus sites. The Final Four began on Tuesday, March 29 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and ended there with the championship game on Thursday, March 31.

Bracket

^Florida was not able to host home games at the O'Connell Center due to arena renovations.[2]

First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
1 Monmouth 90
8 Bucknell 80
1 Monmouth 71
4 George Washington 87
4 George Washington 82
5 Hofstra 80
4 George Washington 82
2 Florida^ 77
2 Florida^ 97
7 North Florida 68
2 Florida^ 74
3 Ohio State 66
3 Ohio State 72*
6 Akron 63
First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
1 St. Bonaventure 75
8 Wagner 79
8 Wagner 54
4 Creighton 87
4 Creighton 72
5 Alabama 54
4 Creighton 82
2 BYU 88
2 BYU 97
7 UAB 79
2 BYU 80
3 Virginia Tech 77
3 Virginia Tech 86*
6 Princeton 81
First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
1 South Carolina 88
8 High Point 66
1 South Carolina 66
4 Georgia Tech 83
4 Georgia Tech 81
5 Houston 62
4 Georgia Tech 56
2 San Diego State 72
2 San Diego State 79
7 IPFW 55
2 San Diego State 93
3 Washington 78
3 Washington 107
6 Long Beach State 102
First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
1 Valparaiso 84
8 Texas Southern 73
1 Valparaiso 81
4 Florida State 69
4 Florida State 84
5 Davidson 74
1 Valparaiso 60
2 Saint Mary's 44
2 Saint Mary's 58
7 New Mexico State 56
2 Saint Mary's 77
3 Georgia 65
3 Georgia 93
6 Belmont 84
Semifinals
March 29 		Final
March 31
      
1 Valparaiso 72
2 BYU 70
1 Valparaiso 60
4 George Washington 76
2 San Diego State 46
4 George Washington 65

* Denotes overtime period

Media

ESPN, Inc. had exclusive television rights to all NIT games. It will telecast every game across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3 (ESPNews was used for the Valparaiso–Florida State game). Since 2011, Westwood One had exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and championship. In 2016 Scott Graham and Kelly Tripucka provided the call.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "2016 NIT bracket". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Florida/UNF Game Notes" (PDF). GatorZone.com. SideArm Sports. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
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