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2024 NIT begins: Tuesday's first-round schedule, times, TV for men's basketball games
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Date:2025-04-12 10:17:21
The NCAA Tournament isn't the only men's college basketball action going this week; the National Invitation Tournament is also set to tip off with action starting on Tuesday.
Teams that earned a Top-4 seed will host first-round games on their home courts. Seton Hall, Villanova, Wake Forest and Indiana State are the four No. 1 seeds, and each will be in action on Wednesday.
The first round of the NIT will conclude Wednesday, with the second round playing March 23 and 24. Quarterfinals will be held March 26 and 27. The semifinal and championship set for April 2 and April 4, respectively, at the Hinkle Fieldhouse, the home court of the Butler Bulldogs, in Indianapolis.
Here's a list of the NIT games that are scheduled for Tuesday. Games will be televised on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+ and the SEC Network.
What NIT games are today?
- No. 4 LSU vs. North Texas | 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network/ESPN+
- No. 3 Providence vs. Boston College | 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU
- No. 4 Georgia vs. Xavier | 7 p.m. ET on ESPN
- No. 2 Ohio State vs. Cornell | 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2
- No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. Richmond | 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
- No. 4 Butler vs. Minnesota | 9 p.m. ET on ESPNU
- No. 3 Iowa vs. Kansas State | 9 p.m. ET on ESPN
- No. 4 UCF vs. South Florida | 9 p.m. ET on ESPN+
- No. 2 Utah vs. UC Irvine | 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2
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Who declined an invite to the 2024 NIT?
After being snubbed by the NCAA selection committee for the Big Dance, a handful of teams followed North Carolina's example from last season and declined an invitation to the NIT.
The schools that have declined to play in the NIT: Indiana, Memphis, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Pittsburgh, St. John's and Washington.
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