2012 National Invitation Tournament
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2012 NIT Logo
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| Season | 2011–12 | ||||
| Teams | 32 | ||||
| Finals site |
Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | Stanford (2nd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Minnesota (4th title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Johnny Dawkins (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Aaron Bright Stanford | ||||
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The 2012 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The annual tournament began on March 13 on campus sites and ended on March 29 at Madison Square Garden. Stanford defeated Minnesota in the final game, by a score of 75-51 to become NIT champions for second time (first since 1991).
The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2012 NIT field by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship but failing to win their conference tournament. These teams also did not receive an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament.
Played on the home court of the higher-seeded team except #7 seed Iowa hosts #2 seed Dayton since Dayton is the host of the NCAA First Four and cannot host a first-round NIT game.[1]
Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 27 and March 29
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