2025 NIT changes

[SFspidur]

- 16 "exempt" teams are guaranteed the opportunity to host in first round.

- Exempt slots include the top two teams each from ACC and SEC not selected for NCAA, plus the top non-NCAA team from each the top 12 conferences. These slots from each conference will be determined by averaging a bunch of metrics like BPI, KPI, NET, KenPom, Torvik, etc.

- Regular-season champs who don't earn an NCAA bid will receive an auto bid to the NIT, provided their average ranking as above is 125 or better.

- The remainder of the field will be selected at large.

NIT announces new team selection protocol and new committee members

The National Invitation Tournament Board of Managers has announced new qualification procedures for the 2025 NIT, which include bids going to 16 “exempt” teams, as well as others that may qualify automatically as regular-season conference champions.

www.ncaa.com

 

[GKiller]

- 16 "exempt" teams are guaranteed the opportunity to host in first round.

- Exempt slots include the top two teams each from ACC and SEC not selected for NCAA, plus the top non-NCAA team from each the top 12 conferences. These slots from each conference will be determined by averaging a bunch of metrics like BPI, KPI, NET, KenPom, Torvik, etc.

- Regular-season champs who don't earn an NCAA bid will receive an auto bid to the NIT, provided their average ranking as above is 125 or better.

- The remainder of the field will be selected at large.

NIT announces new team selection protocol and new committee members

The National Invitation Tournament Board of Managers has announced new qualification procedures for the 2025 NIT, which include bids going to 16 “exempt” teams, as well as others that may qualify automatically as regular-season conference champions.

www.ncaa.com

Odd the NCAA/NET just doesn't do their own conference ranking & relying on Kenpom for that. Really not a big deal anyway, they would align closely, but if u r doing indivisual NET rankings it can't be too hard to have conf ranking too.

But most importantly....the Collusion! Will all the schools band together and not decline NIT bids now?

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