2017 National Invitation Tournament
| 2017 National Invitation Tournament | |||||
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| Season | 2016–17 | ||||
| Teams | 32 | ||||
| Finals site |
Madison Square Garden New York City |
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The 2017 National Invitation Tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I Teams that were not selected to participate in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. The annual tournament was played on campus sites in the first three rounds (the host team being the team with the higher seeding), with the semifinals and championship game being held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Tournament began on Tuesday, March 14 and will end on Thursday, March 30. The NIT Selection Show aired Sunday March 12 on ESPNU.
In February 2017, the NCAA approved a number of experimental rule changes for use in this tournament:
The following 10 teams were guaranteed berths into the 2017 NIT field when they failed to receive an at-large NCAA bid by virtue of having won their respective conference's regular season championship and failing to win their conference tournaments.
The following 22 teams were also awarded NIT berths.
The NIT began on Tuesday, March 14. The first three rounds were played at campus sites. The semifinals were held on Tuesday, March 28 and the championship on Thursday, March 30 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
^ Indiana Athletic Director Fred Glass declined to host a home game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall citing concern it would "devalue" the Hoosiers' home court.
† Game played at Texas Southern’s Health and Physical Education Arena due to renovations at Hofheinz Pavilion.
^ Game played at UCF due to prior scheduled event at the State Farm Center.
ESPN, Inc. will have exclusive television rights to all NIT games. It will telecast every game across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3. Westwood One will have exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and the championship.
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