2018 National Invitation Tournament 2018 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I college men's basketball teams that were not selected to participate in the 2018 NCAA Tournament . The first three rounds of the annual tournament were played on campus sites. The semifinals and championship game were held at Madison Square Garden in New York City .Experimental rules In February 2018, the NCAA approved a number of experimental rule changes for use in this tournament: Games were played in 10-minute quarters instead of 20-minute halves. The NCAA has used this timing convention for women's basketball since the 2015–16 season. As in NCAA women's basketball , as well as the 2017 NIT , there were no "one-and-one" foul shots . Starting with the fifth foul in each quarter, non-shooting fouls by the defense resulted in two free throws, with the exception of administrative technical fouls . The 2018 NIT, however, returned to the standard NCAA procedure of treating overtime periods as extensions of the final period of regulation for purposes of team foul accumulation. The three-point line changed to the current FIBA distance of from the center of the basket, except along the sidelines. Once the arc reaches a distance of from the sideline, it becomes a straight line parallel to the sideline. The free-throw lane was wide, the same width as in NBA and FIBA rules, instead of the in the current NCAA rules. The shot clock was reset to 20 seconds after an offensive rebound . Participants Automatic qualifiers The following teams were guaranteed berths into the 2018 NIT field by having the best regular season record in their conference but failing to either win their conference tournament or earn an at-large berth in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.Team Conference Appearance Last bid Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun 2nd 2014 Hampton MEAC 1st Never Harvard Ivy 2nd 2011 Louisiana Sun Belt 6th 2003 Middle Tennessee C-USA 4th 2012 Northern Kentucky Horizon 1st Never Rider Metro Atlantic 2nd 1998 Southeastern Louisiana Southland 1st Never UC Davis Big West 2nd 2015 UNC Asheville Big South 2nd 2008 Vermont America East 4th 2014 Wagner Northeast 4th 2016
Grambling State won the SWAC regular season title but was banned from the postseason due to low graduation rates and did not participate in the conference tournament. There was thus no automatic qualifier from the SWAC.At-large bids The following 20 teams were also awarded NIT berths.Team Conference Appearance Last bid Baylor Big 12 6th 2013 Boise State Mountain West 6th 2017 Boston College ACC 12th 2011 BYU WCC 14th 2017 Louisville ACC 15th 2006 LSU SEC 8th 2014 Marquette Big East 16th 2005 Mississippi State SEC 9th 2012 Nebraska Big Ten 18th 2011 Notre Dame ACC 12th 2009 Oklahoma State Big 12 12th 2011 Oregon Pac-12 11th 2012 Penn State Big Ten 11th 2009 Stanford Pac-12 9th 2015 Saint Mary's WCC 5th 2016 Temple American 19th 2015 USC Pac-12 5th 1999 Utah Pac-12 14th 2017 Washington Pac-12 9th 2016 Western Kentucky C-USA 14th 2006
Bids by conference Seeds Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Saint Mary's WCC 28–5 At-large 2 Utah Pac-12 19–11 At-large 3 LSU SEC 17–14 At-large 4 Boise State Mountain West 23–8 At-large 5 Washington Pac-12 20–12 At-large 6 Louisiana Sun Belt 27–6 Automatic 7 UC Davis Big West 22–10 Automatic 8 SE Louisiana Southland 22–11 Automatic
Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 USC Pac-12 23–11 At-large 2 Oklahoma State Big 12 19–14 At-large 3 Stanford Pac-12 18–15 At-large 4 Western Kentucky C-USA 24–10 At-large 5 Boston College ACC 19–15 At-large 6 BYU WCC 24–10 At-large 7 Florida Gulf Coast ASUN 23–11 Automatic 8 UNC Asheville Big South 21–12 Automatic
Schedule The NIT Tournament began on Tuesday, March 13 , 2018. Due to a conflict at Taco Bell Arena , Boise State travelled to the University of Washington for their first round match. The first three rounds were played on campus sites. The Semifinals were held on Tuesday, March 27 , and the Championship Game was held on Thursday, March 29 , at Madison Square Garden in New York City .Bracket ^ Game played at Washington due to Taco Bell Arena hosting First and Second Round 2018 NCAA Tournament games.* Denotes overtime periodMedia had exclusive television rights to all of the NIT Games. It was telecast every game across ESPN , ESPN2 , ESPNU , and ESPN3 . Westwood One had exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and the championship.
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