2015 National Invitation Tournament

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2015 National Invitation Tournament
Season 201415
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Stanford Cardinal (3rd title)
Runner-up Miami Hurricanes (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Johnny Dawkins (2nd title)
MVP Chasson Randle (Stanford)
Attendance117,911 (Total)
6,600 (Title game)
Top scorers1 (1)
1 (1)
(1 points)
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The 2015 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2015 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament is being played on campus sites for the first three rounds, with the Final Four and championship game being held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The tournament began on Tuesday, March 17 and ended on Thursday, April 2. On February 6, the NCAA announced the 2015 NIT will use a 30-second shot clock (same as its WNIT counterpart) and a 4-foot (1.2 m) restricted-area arc as experimental rules for the 2015 tournament. [1] On March 4, the NCAA announced teams that are marked as the first four teams left out of the 2015 NCAA tournament field will be the top-seeded teams in the 2015 NIT. [2]

Contents

Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams earned automatic berths into the 2015 NIT field by virtue of having won their respective conference's regular season championship but failing to win their conference tournaments or receive an at-large NCAA bid.

TeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
Bucknell Patriot 19–142nd 2012
Central Michigan Mid-American 23–82nd 1979
Charleston Southern Big South 19–112nd 2013
Iona MAAC 26–86th 2014
Louisiana Tech C-USA 25–89th 2014
Montana Big Sky 20–124th 1995
Murray State Ohio Valley 27–58th 2011
North Carolina Central MEAC 25–71stNever
South Dakota State Summit 23–101stNever
St. Francis Brooklyn Northeast 23–114th 1963
UC Davis Big West 25–61stNever
William & Mary Colonial 20–123rd 2010

At-large bids

The following 20 teams were also awarded NIT berths.

TeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
Alabama SEC 18–1413th 2013
Arizona State Pac-12 17–1513th 2013
Colorado State Mountain West 27–68th 2011
George Washington Atlantic 10 21–125th 2004
Green Bay Horizon 24–84th 2014
Illinois Big Ten 19–136th 2014
Illinois State Missouri Valley 21–1213th 2012
Miami (FL) ACC 21–1211th 2012
Old Dominion C-USA 24–711th 2006
Pittsburgh ACC 19–149th 2001
Rhode Island Atlantic 10 22–915th 2010
Richmond Atlantic 10 19–138th 2008
Saint Mary's West Coast 21–94th 2014
Stanford Pac-12 19–138th 2013
Temple American 23–1017th 2006
Texas A&M SEC 20–117th 2005
Tulsa American 22–1010th 2010
UConn American 20–1413th 2010
UTEP C-USA 22–1010th 2011
Vanderbilt SEC 19–1312th 2006

Seeds

Old Dominion bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 Old Dominion C-USA24–7At-large
2 Tulsa American22–10At-large
3 Murray State Ohio Valley27–5Automatic
4 Illinois State Missouri Valley21–12At-large
5 Green Bay Horizon24–8At-large
6 UTEP C-USA22–10At-large
7 William & Mary Colonial20–12Automatic
8 Charleston Southern Big South19–11Automatic
Richmond bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 Richmond Atlantic 1019–13At-large
2 Miami (FL) ACC21–12At-large
3 Illinois Big Ten19–13At-large
4 UConn American20–14At-large
5 Arizona State Pac-1217–15At-large
6 Alabama SEC18–14At-large
7 North Carolina Central MEAC25–7Automatic
8 St. Francis Brooklyn Northeast23–11Automatic
Temple bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 Temple American23–10At-large
2 Texas A&M SEC20–11At-large
3 Louisiana Tech C-USA25–8Automatic
4 Pittsburgh ACC19–14At-large
5 George Washington Atlantic 1021–12At-large
6 Central Michigan MAC23–8Automatic
7 Montana Big Sky20–12Automatic
8 Bucknell Patriot19–14Automatic
Colorado State bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 Colorado State Mountain West27–6At-large
2 Stanford Pac-1219–13At-large
3 Rhode Island Atlantic 1022–9At-large
4 Saint Mary's West Coast21–9At-large
5 Vanderbilt SEC19–13At-large
6 Iona MAAC26–8Automatic
7 UC Davis Big West25–6Automatic
8 South Dakota State Summit23–10Automatic

Schedule

DateTime*MatchupTelevisionScoreAttendance
First round
March 177:00 pm#5 George Washington at #4 PittsburghESPN60–543,049
7:00 pm#7 N.C. Central at #2 Miami (FL)ESPN271–751,612
7:00 pm#6 Iona at #3 Rhode IslandESPNU75–882,638
7:30 pm#6 Central Michigan at #3 Louisiana TechESPN379–896,904
8:15 pm#7 William & Mary at #2 TulsaESPN367–702,547
9:00 pm#6 UTEP at #3 Murray StateESPN266–813,376
9:00 pm#7 Montana at #2 Texas A&MESPNU64–812,583
9:00 pm#3 Illinois at #6 AlabamaESPN58–792,348
11:00 pm#7 UC Davis at #2 StanfordESPN264–771,436
March 187:00 pm#8 Bucknell at #1 TempleESPN367–733,882
7:00 pm#5 Arizona State at #4 UConnESPN268–616,045
7:15 pm#8 Charleston Southern at #1 Old DominionESPN356–654,736
7:30 pm#8 St. Francis Brooklyn at #1 RichmondESPN374–843,624
8:00 pm#5 Green Bay at #4 Illinois StateESPNU56–694,942
9:00 pm#5 Vanderbilt at #4 Saint Mary'sESPN275–641,322
10:00 pm#8 South Dakota State at #1 Colorado StateESPNU86–763,391
Second round
March 209:30 pm#8 South Dakota State at #5 VanderbiltESPNU77–925,605
March 2111:00 am#6 Alabama @ #2 Miami (FL)ESPN66–731,979
March 2211:00 am#5 George Washington @ #1 TempleESPN77–903,404
7:30 pm#5 Arizona State @ #1 RichmondESPNU70–764,507
9:30 pm#3 Rhode Island @ #2 StanfordESPNU65–741,235
March 237:00 pm#3 Louisiana Tech @ #2 Texas A&MESPN84–723,859
8:00 pm#4 Illinois State @ #1 Old DominionESPNU49–505,923
9:00 pm#3 Murray State @ #2 TulsaESPN83–623,440
Quarterfinals
March 247:00 pm#2 Miami (FL) @ #1 RichmondESPN63–616,126
9:00 pm#5 Vanderbilt @ #2 StanfordESPN75–781,546
March 259:00 pm#3 Louisiana Tech @ #1 TempleESPN259–773,906
7:00 pm#3 Murray State @ #1 Old DominionESPN269–728,161
Semifinals
March 317:00 pm#1Temple vs. #2 Miami (FL)ESPN57–607,185
9:00 pm#2 Stanford vs. #1 Old DominionESPN67–60
Championship game
April 29:00 pm#2 Stanford vs. #2 Miami (FL)ESPN66–64 (OT)6,600

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

The following teams were listed as the "First Four Out" of the NCAA tournament and received #1 seeds: Old Dominion, Richmond, Temple, Colorado State.

First round
March 17–18
Second round
March 23
Quarterfinals
March 25
         
1 Old Dominion 65
8 Charleston Southern 56
1 Old Dominion50
4 Illinois State 49
4 Illinois State 69
5 Green Bay 56
1 Old Dominion72
3 Murray State 69
2 Tulsa 70
7 William & Mary 67
2 Tulsa 62
3 Murray State83
3 Murray State 81
6 UTEP 66
First round
March 17–18
Second round
March 21–22
Quarterfinals
March 24
         
1 Richmond 84
8 St. Francis Brooklyn 74
1 Richmond76
5 Arizona State 70
4 UConn 61
5 Arizona State 68
1 Richmond 61
2 Miami (FL)63
2 Miami (FL) 75
7 North Carolina Central 71
2 Miami (FL)73
6 Alabama 66
3 Illinois^ 58
6 Alabama 79

#3 Illinois played at #6 Alabama due to State Farm Center renovations.

First round
March 17–18
Second round
March 22–23
Quarterfinals
March 25
         
1 Temple 73
8 Bucknell 67
1 Temple90
5 George Washington 77
4 Pittsburgh 54
5 George Washington 60
1 Temple77
3 Louisiana Tech 59
2 Texas A&M 81
7 Montana 64
2 Texas A&M 72
3 Louisiana Tech84
3 Louisiana Tech 89
6 Central Michigan 79
First round
March 17–18
Second round
March 20–22
Quarterfinals
March 24
         
1 Colorado State 76
8 South Dakota State 86
8 South Dakota State 77
5 Vanderbilt92
4 Saint Mary's 64
5 Vanderbilt 75
5 Vanderbilt 75
2 Stanford78
2 Stanford 77
7 UC Davis 64
2 Stanford74
3 Rhode Island 65
3 Rhode Island 88
6 Iona 75
Semifinals
March 31
Final
April 2
      
1 Temple 57
2 Miami (FL) 60
2 Miami (FL) 64
2 Stanford 66*
2 Stanford 67
1 Old Dominion 60

* Denotes overtime period

Media

ESPN, Inc. has exclusive television rights to all NIT games. It will telecast every game across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3. [3] Since 2011, Westwood One has held exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and championship. In 2015, Dave Ryan and Kelly Tripucka called these games for Westwood One.

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