With the college hoops season coming to an end, champions have been crowned not only in March Madness, but also in both the longtime tradition of the NIT and the inaugural College Basketball Crown.

As March Madness heads into its second weekend, the race to the finish line is well and truly on in another one of the other marquee men's college basketball postseason tournaments: the NIT.

The NIT was founded in 1938 and once considered college basketball's top postseason tournament and then considered an equal or great title than the NCAA Tournament. That has not been the case for ...

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 ...

Another new NIT selection process announced in October ... The move comes amid the advent of the College Basketball Crown, a new postseason tournament launched by Fox Sports that will begin ...

he received a call from Gill and Gavitt around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday with the invitation to the NIT because UC Riverside had committed to the less prestigious College Basketball Invitational before ...

This year, the top seeds are SMU, Dayton, San Fransisco and UC Irvine. The NIT features 32 teams, while the new College Basketball Crown includes just 16. While Fox Sports is hosting the College ...

The mix-up happened because UC Riverside, which had initially committed to the College Basketball Invitational (CBI), later reversed course and accepted an NIT bid. That left South Alabama ...

The Ohio State Buckeyes have once again missed the NCAA Tournament, leaving the NIT and Fox's College Basketball Crown Tournament as alternative options. Yet, it is not that simple given ...

South Alabama Jaguars coach Richie Riley blasted the NIT after the initial invitation his team received was later revoked. South Alabama originally received an invitation to the NIT, only for that ...

but for 2024-25 there’s now the College Basketball Crown tournament, which will award bids to schools — which fundamentally competes with the NIT for attention. In what could either be ...

The NIT is officially a mid-major tournament. Why is this? Well, Fox saw an opportunity. The network is actively involved in college basketball throughout the regular season, owning exclusive ...