2011/03/28

2011 NIT

2011 National Invitation Tournament

The 2011 National Invitation Tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that are not selected to participate in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. The 74th annual tournament will begin March 15 on campus sites and end on March 31 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams are automatic qualifiers for the 2011 NIT field; by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship and not qualifying for the NCAA Tournament as an "at-large" bid.

Seeds

Bracket

All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)

Played on the home court of the higher-seeded team.
(except #1 Boston College & #3 Dayton in the First Round)
* – Denotes overtime

Alabama bracket

First Round
March 15-16
Second Round
March 18-21
Quarterfinals
March 23
1 Alabama 68
8 Coastal Carolina 44
1 Alabama 74
4 New Mexico 67
4 New Mexico 69
5 UTEP 57
1 Alabama 79
2 Miami (FL) 64
3 Missouri State 89
6 Murray State 76
3 Missouri State 72
2 Miami (FL) 81
2 Miami (FL) 85
7 Florida Atlantic 62

Colorado bracket

First Round
March 15-16
Second Round
March 18-21
Quarterfinals
March 22
1 Colorado 88
8 Texas Southern 74
1 Colorado 89
4 California 72
4 California 77
5 Mississippi 74
1 Colorado 81
7 Kent State 74
3 Colorado State 60
6 Fairfield 62
6 Fairfield 68
7 Kent State 72
2 Saint Mary's 70
7 Kent State 71

Boston College bracket

First Round
March 15-16
Second Round
March 18-21
Quarterfinals
March 23
1 Boston College 82
8 McNeese State 64
1 Boston College 67
4 Northwestern 85
4 Northwestern 70
5 Milwaukee 61
4 Northwestern 66
2 Washington State 69*
3 Oklahoma State 71
6 Harvard 54
3 Oklahoma State 64
2 Washington State 74
2 Washington State 85
7 Long Beach State 74

Virginia Tech bracket

First Round
March 15-16
Second Round
March 18-21
Quarterfinals
March 23
1 Virginia Tech 79
8 Bethune-Cookman 54
1 Virginia Tech 76
4 Wichita State 79*
4 Wichita State 76
5 Nebraska 49
4 Wichita State 82
6 Coll. of Charleston 75
3 Dayton 84
6 Coll. of Charleston 94
6 Coll. of Charleston 64
2 Cleveland State 56
2 Cleveland State 63
7 Vermont 60

NIT Final Four - NIT Semifinals and NIT Championship Game

Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City

Semifinals
March 29
Championship Game
March 31
1Alabama9:00pm
1ColoradoESPN2
17:00pm
ESPN2
2Washington State7:00pm
4Wichita StateESPN2

See also

References

External links






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