2011 NIT Tournament

The 2011 National Invitation Tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that are not selected to participate in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. The 74th annual tournament will begin March 15 on campus sites and end on March 31 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Participants[]

Automatic qualifiers[]

The following teams are automatic qualifiers for the 2011 NIT field; by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship and not qualifying for the NCAA Tournament as an "at-large" bid.

Conference	School
MEAC	Bethune-Cookman
Big South	Coastal Carolina
Southern	College of Charleston
MAAC	Fairfield
Sun Belt	Florida Atlantic
Big West	Long Beach State
MAC	Kent State
Southland	McNeese State
Missouri Valley	Missouri State
Horizon	Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ohio Valley	Murray State
West Coast	Saint Mary's
SWAC	Texas Southern
America East	Vermont

Seeds[]

Alabama Bracket
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Alabama	SEC	21–11	At-large
2	Miami (FL)	ACC	19–14	At-large
3	Missouri State	MVC	25–8	Automatic
4	New Mexico	MWC	21–12	At-large
5	UTEP	C-USA	25–9	At-large
6	Murray State	OVC	23–8	Automatic
7	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	21–10	Automatic
8	Coastal Carolina	Big South	28–5	Automatic

Colorado Bracket
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Colorado	Big 12	21–13	At–large
2	St. Mary's	WCC	25–8	Automatic
3	Colorado State	MWC	19–12	At-large
4	California	Pac-10	17–14	At–large
5	Mississippi	SEC	20–13	At-large
6	Fairfield	MAAC	24–7	Automatic
7	Kent State	MAC	23–11	Automatic
8	Texas Southern	SWAC	19–12	Automatic

Boston College Bracket
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Boston College	ACC	20–12	At-large
2	Washington State	Pac-10	19–12	At-large
3	Oklahoma State	Big 12	19–13	At-large
4	Northwestern	Big Ten	18–13	At-large
5	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Horizon	19–13	Automatic
6	Harvard	Ivy	23–6	At-large
7	Long Beach State	Big West	22–11	Automatic
8	McNeese State	Southland	21–11	Automatic

Virginia Tech Bracket
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Virginia Tech	ACC	21–11	At-large
2	Cleveland State	Horizon	26–8	At-large
3	Dayton	A-10	22–13	At-large
4	Wichita State	MVC	24–8	At-large
5	Nebraska	Big 12	19–12	At-large
6	College of Charleston	SoCon	24–10	Automatic
7	Vermont	America East	23–8	Automatic
8	Bethune-Cookman	MEAC	21–12	Automatic

Bracket[]

All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)

Played on the home court of the higher-seeded team.
(except #1 Boston College & #3 Dayton in the First Round)
* – Denotes overtime

Alabama bracket[]

First Round March 15-16			Second Round March 18-21			Quarterfinals March 22-23

1	Alabama	68
8	Coastal Carolina	44
			1	Alabama	74

			4	New Mexico	67
4	New Mexico	69

5	UTEP	57
						1	Alabama	79
						2	Miami (FL)	64
3	Missouri State	89
6	Murray State	76
			3	Missouri State	72

			2	Miami (FL)	81
2	Miami (FL)	85

7	Florida Atlantic	62

Colorado bracket[]

First Round March 15-16			Second Round March 18-21			Quarterfinals March 22-23

1	Colorado	88
8	Texas Southern	74
			1	Colorado	89

			4	California	72
4	California	77

5	Mississippi	74
						1	Colorado	81
						7	Kent State	74
3	Colorado State	60
6	Fairfield	62
			6	Fairfield	68

			7	Kent State	72
2	St. Mary's	70

7	Kent State	71

Boston College bracket[]

First Round March 15-16			Second Round March 18-21			Quarterfinals March 22-23

1	Boston College	82
8	McNeese State	64
			1	Boston College	67

			4	Northwestern	85
4	Northwestern	70

5	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	61
						4	Northwestern	66
						2	Washington State	69*
3	Oklahoma State	71
6	Harvard	54
			3	Oklahoma State	64

			2	Washington State	74
2	Washington State	85

7	Long Beach State	74

Virginia Tech bracket[]

First Round March 15-16			Second Round March 18-21			Quarterfinals March 22-23

1	Virginia Tech Hokies	79
8	Bethune-Cookman	54
			1	Virginia Tech	76

			4	Wichita State	79*
4	Wichita State	76

5	Nebraska	49
						4	Wichita State	82
						6	Coll. of Charleston	75
3	Dayton	84
6	Coll. of Charleston	94
			6	Coll. of Charleston	64

			2	Cleveland State	56
2	Cleveland State	63

7	Vermont	60

NIT Final Four - NIT Semifinals and NIT Championship Game[]

Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City

Semifinals March 29			Championship Game March 31

1	Alabama	62
1	Colorado	61
			1	Alabama	57
			4	Wichita State	66
2	Washington State	44
4	Wichita State	75

References[]

External links[]

Official NIT site