The National Invitational Tournament — our beloved NIT — rolls on after a chaotic opening round. As the nation tunes in for March Madness, let us not forget about the "other" tournament.

Seton Hall guard Al-Amir Dawes (2) celebrates with the NIT trophy. / Robert Goddin-Imagn Images Every March, America gets swept up in college basketball, taking part in the madness created by the ...

WATCH:2025 NIT games LIVE with Sling In total, there will be nine games on the docket after seven teams advanced to the second round with wins Tuesday night. Which teams will fill out the field?

Rod Thompson just finished working out his son, Oklahoma State guard Bryce Thompson, when he called the Wichita State coach on the eve of the Cowboys hosting the Shockers in the first round of the NIT ...

With an NCAA tournament berth not in the cards for these teams, they'll instead have to settle for an invitation to a consolation postseason tournament like the NIT. But, for several different ...

The National Invitation Tournament − commonly known as the NIT − is another postseason tournament put on by the NCAA that actually started in 1938, a year before the NCAA Tournament we know ...

After Sun Belt commissioner Keith Gill and NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt extended South Alabama an invite to the NIT [National Invitation Tournament] late Sunday night ...

An hour later, the NIT called back and rescinded the offer because it had overbooked the bracket. The issue? NIT officials thought a spot opened because UC Riverside was locked into another postseason ...

After winning a share of the Sun Belt regular-season title, South Alabama had its invitation to the NIT rescinded after a series of missteps by the event, which said it extended a bid to the ...

The NIT mistakenly invited, then uninvited, South Alabama to the postseason tournament. The error occurred when a different team decided to play in the NIT instead of ...

They just weren't aware of the second -- the NIT -- was even a possibility, a source close to the program told CBS Sports. UC Riverside became a viral social media story Sunday evening as the NIT ...

For teams that fall just short of making the NCAA Tournament, the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is often a chance to end the season on a high note. But for South Alabama, what was ...