Английская Википедия:2008 National Invitation Tournament

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The 2008 National Invitation Tournament (known through sponsorship as the MasterCard NIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The 71st annual tournament began on March 18 on campus sites and ended on April 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Each regular season conference champion that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the NIT Selection Committee. The first, second, and third rounds were played on the higher seeded team's home court, with the semi-finals and finals played at Madison Square Garden.

The Ohio State Buckeyes won the tournament.

Selection Committee

The 2008 NIT Selection Committee consists of the following former college basketball coaches and administrators:

• Rudy Davalos
• Don DeVoe
• Gene Keady
• Reggie Minton
• C. M. Newton (Chair)
• John J. Powers
• Carroll Williams

Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2008 NIT field after losing in their respective conference tournaments; by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship and not qualifying for the NCAA tournament.

Team	Conference	Record	Appearance	Last bid
Шаблон:Cbb link	SWAC	20–10	2nd	1983
Шаблон:Cbb link	MEAC	22–10	1st	Never
Шаблон:Cbb link	Northeast	26–7	1st	Never
Шаблон:Cbb link	Southland	26–5	2nd	1987
Шаблон:Cbb link	Big West	23–8	5th	2003
Шаблон:Cbb link	Big South	23–9	1st	Never
Шаблон:Cbb link	WAC	24–10	9th	2007
VCU	CAA	24–7	5th	2005

Seedings

Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Ohio State Big Ten 19–13 At-large 2 Illinois State MVC 24–9 At-large 3 Dayton A-10 21–10 At-large 4 Шаблон:Cbb link Pac-10 16–15 At-large 5 Шаблон:Cbb link MWC 24–8 At-large 6 Cleveland State Horizon 21–12 At-large 7 Шаблон:Cbb link WAC 24–10 Automatic 8 Шаблон:Cbb link Big South 23–9 Automatic	Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Virginia Tech ACC 19–13 At-large 2 Шаблон:Cbb link SEC 21–10 At-large 3 Шаблон:Cbb link Big 12 19–12 At-large 4 VCU CAA 24–7 Automatic 5 Шаблон:Cbb link C-USA 22–10 At-large 6 Шаблон:Cbb link A-10 20–13 At-large 7 Шаблон:Cbb link Big West 23–8 Automatic 8 Шаблон:Cbb link MEAC 22–10 Automatic
Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Arizona State Pac-10 19–12 At-large 2 Florida SEC 21–11 At-large 3 Шаблон:Cbb link MVC 21–10 At-large 4 Шаблон:Cbb link MVC 17–14 At-large 5 Шаблон:Cbb link Big 12 17–15 At-large 6 Шаблон:Cbb link A-10 21–11 At-large 7 Шаблон:Cbb link MWC 20–12 At-large 8 Шаблон:Cbb link SWAC 20–10 Automatic	Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Syracuse Big East 19–13 At-large 2 UMass A-10 21–10 At-large 3 Шаблон:Cbb link ACC 19–14 At-large 4 Minnesota Big Ten 20–13 At-large 5 Maryland ACC 18–14 At-large 6 Шаблон:Cbb link MAC 23–10 At-large 7 Шаблон:Cbb link Southland 26–5 Automatic 8 Шаблон:Cbb link NEC 26–7 Automatic

Bracket

Semifinals and Final

Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 1 and 3

Шаблон:4TeamBracket * - Overtime game.

See also

• 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament
• 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2008 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2008 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2008 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2008 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 2008 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2008 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2008 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2008 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2008 College Basketball Invitational