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NIT History
The National Invitation
Tournament (NIT) is a college
basketball tournament played each spring, with its final rounds in
New York City at
Madison Square Garden. The tournament pre-dates the
NCAA tournament. Since the rise to prominence of the NCAA
tournament, the post-season NIT has consisted of teams who failed to
qualify for the NCAA event.
There are separate men's
and women's tournaments. There is also a "Preseason
NIT", typically held in November.
Originated by the
Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association in 1938, responsibility for
administering the NIT was transferred two years later to local colleges,
first known as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Committee and
in 1948, as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA),
which today is comprised of representatives from the five New York City
schools,
Fordham University,
Manhattan College,
New York University,
St. John's University and
Wagner College.
Men's post-season NIT
champions
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