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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

1	Alabama	9:00pm
1	Colorado	ESPN2
			1	7:00pm
				ESPN2
2	Washington State	7:00pm
4	Wichita State	ESPN2

References

External links

Official NIT site

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