2016 National Invitation Tournament

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2016 National Invitation Tournament
Season 201516
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions George Washington Colonials (1st title)
Runner-up Valparaiso Crusaders (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Mike Lonergan (1st title)
MVP Tyler Cavanaugh (George Washington)
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The 2016 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2016 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament was 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 15 and ended on Thursday, March 31. An experimental rule allowing players six personal fouls instead of five was approved for use in all national postseason tournaments except for the NCAA Tournament. The NIT Selection Show aired at 8:30 PM EDT on Sunday, March 13, 2016, on ESPNU. George Washington were the champions over Valparaiso 76–60. The Colonials victory was their first-ever NIT title.

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Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following 15 teams earned automatic berths into the 2016 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
Akron MAC 26–84th 2012
Belmont Ohio Valley 20–113rd 2014
Bucknell Patriot 17–133rd 2015
High Point Big South 21–102nd 2014
Hofstra CAA 24–95th 2007
IPFW Summit 24–91stNever
Monmouth MAAC 27–71stNever
New Mexico State WAC 23–105th 2000
North Florida Atlantic Sun 22–111stNever
Saint Mary's WCC 27–55th 2015
San Diego State Mountain West 25–96th 2009
Texas Southern SWAC 18–142nd 2011
UAB C-USA 26–612th 2010
Valparaiso Horizon 26–63rd 2012
Wagner NEC 22–103rd 2002

At-large bids

The following 17 teams were also awarded NIT berths.

TeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
Alabama SEC 18–1414th 2015
BYU West Coast 23–1012th 2013
Creighton Big East 18–1411th 2011
Davidson Atlantic 10 20–127th 2014
Florida SEC 19–1410th 2009
Florida State ACC 19–1310th 2014
George Washington Atlantic 10 23–106th 2015
Georgia SEC 19–1313th 2014
Georgia Tech ACC 19–148th 2003
Houston American 22–910th 2006
Long Beach State Big West 20–148th 2013
Ohio State Big Ten 20–139th 2008
Princeton Ivy 22–66th 2002
South Carolina SEC 24–812th 2009
St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 22–816th 2002
Virginia Tech ACC 19–1413th 2011
Washington Pac-12 18–148th 2013

Seeds

The first four teams left out of the NCAA tournament were the top seeds in the four regions, as in last year's tournament. They were St. Bonaventure, South Carolina, Monmouth and Valparaiso. [1]

St. Bonaventure Bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 St. Bonaventure Atlantic 1022–8At-large
2 BYU West Coast23–10At-large
3 Virginia Tech ACC19–14At-large
4 Creighton Big East18–14At-large
5 Alabama SEC18–14At-large
6 Princeton Ivy22–6At-large
7 UAB C-USA26–6Automatic
8 Wagner Northeast22–10Automatic
South Carolina Bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 South Carolina SEC24–8At-large
2 San Diego State Mountain West25–9Automatic
3 Washington Pac-1218–14At-large
4 Georgia Tech ACC19–14At-large
5 Houston American22–9At-large
6 Long Beach State Big West20–14At-large
7 IPFW Summit24–9Automatic
8 High Point Big South21–10Automatic
Valparaiso Bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 Valparaiso Horizon26–6Automatic
2 Saint Mary's West Coast27–5Automatic
3 Georgia SEC19–13At-large
4 Florida State ACC19–13At-large
5 Davidson Atlantic 1020–12At-large
6 Belmont Ohio Valley20–11Automatic
7 New Mexico State WAC23–10Automatic
8 Texas Southern SWAC18–14Automatic
Monmouth Bracket
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type
1 Monmouth MAAC27–7Automatic
2 Florida SEC19–14At-large
3 Ohio State Big Ten20–13At-large
4 George Washington Atlantic 1023–10At-large
5 Hofstra Colonial24–9Automatic
6 Akron MAC26–8Automatic
7 North Florida Atlantic Sun22–11Automatic
8 Bucknell Patriot17–13Automatic

Schedule

The NIT began on Tuesday March 15. The first three rounds were played on campus sites. The Final Four began on Tuesday, March 29 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and ended there with the championship game on Thursday, March 31.

Bracket

^Florida was not able to host home games at the O'Connell Center due to arena renovations. [2]

First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
1 Monmouth90
8 Bucknell 80
1 Monmouth 71
4 George Washington87
4 George Washington82
5 Hofstra 80
4 George Washington82
2 Florida^ 77
2 Florida^97
7 North Florida 68
2 Florida^74
3 Ohio State 66
3 Ohio State72*
6 Akron 63
First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
1 St. Bonaventure 75
8 Wagner79
8 Wagner 54
4 Creighton87
4 Creighton72
5 Alabama 54
4 Creighton 82
2 BYU88
2 BYU97
7 UAB 79
2 BYU80
3 Virginia Tech 77
3 Virginia Tech86*
6 Princeton 81
First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
1 South Carolina88
8 High Point 66
1 South Carolina 66
4 Georgia Tech83
4 Georgia Tech81
5 Houston 62
4 Georgia Tech 56
2 San Diego State72
2 San Diego State79
7 IPFW 55
2 San Diego State93
3 Washington 78
3 Washington107
6 Long Beach State 102
First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
1 Valparaiso84
8 Texas Southern 73
1 Valparaiso81
4 Florida State 69
4 Florida State84
5 Davidson 74
1 Valparaiso60
2 Saint Mary's 44
2 Saint Mary's58
7 New Mexico State 56
2 Saint Mary's77
3 Georgia 65
3 Georgia93
6 Belmont 84
Semifinals
March 29
Final
March 31
      
1 Valparaiso72
2 BYU 70
1 Valparaiso 60
4 George Washington76
2 San Diego State 46
4 George Washington65

* Denotes overtime period

Media

ESPN, Inc. had exclusive television rights to all NIT games. It will telecast every game across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3 (ESPNews was used for the Valparaiso–Florida State game). Since 2011, Westwood One had exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and championship. In 2016 Scott Graham and Kelly Tripucka provided the call.

See also

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