National Invitation Tournament

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The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is a college basketball tournament played each spring, with its final rounds in New York City. The tournament pre-dates the NCAA tournament. There are separate men's and women's tournaments. They also conduct a "Preseason NIT Tournament" in November.

Men's Post Season NIT Champs

1938 Temple
1939 Long Island U.
1940 Colorado
1941 Long Island U.
1942 West Virginia
1943 St. John's (N.Y.)
1944 St. John's (N.Y.)
1945 DePaul
1946 Kentucky
1947 Utah
1948 St. Louis
1949 San Francisco
1950 C.C.N.Y.
1951 Brigham Young
1952 La Salle
1953 Seton Hall
1954 Holy Cross
1955 Duquesne
1956 Louisville
1957 Bradley
1958 Xavier (Cincinnati)
1959 St. John's (N.Y.)
1960 Bradley
1961 Providence
1962 Dayton
1963 Providence
1964 Bradley
1965 St. John's (N.Y.)
1966 Brigham Young
1967 So. Illinois
1968 Dayton
1969 Temple
1970 Marquette
1971 North Carolina
1972 Maryland
1973 Virginia Tech
1974 Purdue
1975 Princeton
1976 Kentucky
1977 St. Bonaventure
1978 Texas
1979 Indiana
1980 Virginia
1981 Tulsa
1982 Bradley
1983 Fresno State
1984 Michigan
1985 UCLA
1986 Ohio State
1987 So. Mississippi
1988 Connecticut
1989 St. John's (N.Y.)
1990 Vanderbilt
1991 Stanford
1992 Virginia
1993 Minnesota
1994 Villanova
1995 Virginia Tech
1996 Nebraska
1997 Michigan
1998 Minnesota
1999 California
2000 Wake Forest
2001 Tulsa
2002 Memphis
2003 St. John's (N.Y.)
2004 Michigan