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2020 National Invitation Tournament
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The 2020 National Invitational Tournament was to be a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I men's college basketball teams not been selected to participate in the 2020 NCAA tournament. The tournament was to begin on March 17 and end on April 2. The first three rounds were to be played on campuses, with the semifinal and championship final played at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

On March 12, the NCAA canceled the tournament, along with all winter and spring championships for 2020 as a precaution with the coronavirus pandemic.^[1]

Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams were guaranteed berths into the 2020 NIT field by having the best regular season record in their conference, but failing to win their conference tournament. Some of these teams would have been eligible to receive an at-large berth into the NCAA tournament; for instance, San Diego State was likely to be an at-large NCAA team based on their record and polling ranking regardless of their loss in their conference final.

Although Merrimack won the Northeast Conference regular-season title in their first season within the NEC, they were ineligible to play in their conference tourney or in the NCAA tournament or NIT due to their transition to Division I. As a result, no team from the NEC was eligible for an auto-bid regardless of the result of the conference tournament.^[2]

Team	Conference	Overall record	Appearance	Last bid
~~Radford~~	~~Big South~~	~~21–11~~	~~1st~~	~~Never~~
~~Wright State~~	~~Horizon~~	~~25–6~~	~~2nd~~	~~2019~~
~~Northern Iowa~~	~~Missouri Valley~~	~~25–6~~	~~2nd~~	~~2012~~
~~San Diego State~~	~~Mountain West~~	~~30–2~~	~~7th~~	~~2016~~
~~Colgate~~	~~Patriot League~~	~~25–9~~	~~1st~~	~~Never~~

Bracket

The field of 32 teams was to be announced on March 15 on ESPNU.^[3]

Media

ESPN, Inc. was to have exclusive television rights to all of the NIT Games, broadcast across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3.^[4] Westwood One was to have exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and the championship.

References

^ Carlson, Chris (March 11, 2020). "NIT still scheduled to be played, but Syracuse fans wouldn't be able to attend due to coronavirus outbreak". Syracuse.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
^ Norlander, Matt (February 27, 2020). "Why Merrimack must sit out March Madness in its historic season and is in first place in its conference". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
^ Staats, Wayne (March 11, 2020). "2020 NIT selection show: Time, TV channel, date | NCAA.com". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
^ "NCAA, ESPN agree to TV deal through 2023-24". ESPN.com. December 15, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

[1] Carlson, Chris (March 11, 2020). "NIT still scheduled to be played, but Syracuse fans wouldn't be able to attend due to coronavirus outbreak". Syracuse.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

[2] Norlander, Matt (February 27, 2020). "Why Merrimack must sit out March Madness in its historic season and is in first place in its conference". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

[3] Staats, Wayne (March 11, 2020). "2020 NIT selection show: Time, TV channel, date | NCAA.com". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

[4] "NCAA, ESPN agree to TV deal through 2023-24". ESPN.com. December 15, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

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-The '''2020 National Invitational Tournament''' was to be a [[single-elimination tournament]] of 32 [[NCAA Division I]] men's [[college basketball]] teams not been selected to participate in the [[2020 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2020 NCAA Tournament]]. The tournament was to begin on March 17 and end on April 2. The first three rounds were to be played on campuses, with the semi-final and championship final played at [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York City]].
+The '''2020 National Invitational Tournament''' was to be a [[single-elimination tournament]] of 32 [[NCAA Division I]] men's [[college basketball]] teams not been selected to participate in the [[2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2020 NCAA tournament]]. The tournament was to begin on March 17 and end on April 2. The first three rounds were to be played on campuses, with the semifinal and championship final played at [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York City]].
-On March 12, the NCAA canceled the tournament, along with all winter and spring championships for 2020 as a precaution with the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2020/03/nit-still-scheduled-to-be-played-but-syracuse-fans-wouldnt-be-able-to-attend-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak.html|title=NIT still scheduled to be played, but Syracuse fans wouldn’t be able to attend due to coronavirus outbreak|date=2020-03-11|website=Syracuse.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref>
+On March 12, the NCAA canceled the tournament, along with all winter and spring championships for 2020 as a precaution with the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Chris |date=2020-03-11 |title=NIT still scheduled to be played, but Syracuse fans wouldn't be able to attend due to coronavirus outbreak |url=https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2020/03/nit-still-scheduled-to-be-played-but-syracuse-fans-wouldnt-be-able-to-attend-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak.html |access-date=2020-03-12 |website=Syracuse.com}}</ref>
 ==Participants==
-===Automatic Qualifiers===
+===Automatic qualifiers===
-The following teams were guaranteed berths into the 2020 NIT field by having the best regular season record in their conference, but failing to win their conference tournament. Some of these teams would have been eligible to receive an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament; for instance, San Diego State was likely to be an at-large NCAA team based on their record and polling ranking regardless of their loss in their conference final.
+The following teams were guaranteed berths into the 2020 NIT field by having the best regular season record in their conference, but failing to win their conference tournament. Some of these teams would have been eligible to receive an at-large berth into the NCAA tournament; for instance, San Diego State was likely to be an at-large NCAA team based on their record and polling ranking regardless of their loss in their conference final.
-Although [[2019–20 Merrimack Warriors men's basketball team|Merrimack]] won the [[Northeast Conference]] regular season title in their first season within the NEC, they were ineligible to play in their conference tourney or in the NCAA Tournament or NIT due to their transition to Division I. As a result, no team from the NEC was eligible for an auto-bid regardless of the result of the conference tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/why-merrimack-must-sit-out-march-madness-in-its-historic-season-and-is-in-first-place-in-its-conference/|title=Why Merrimack must sit out March Madness in its historic season and is in first place in its conference|website=CBSSports.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>
+Although [[2019–20 Merrimack Warriors men's basketball team|Merrimack]] won the [[Northeast Conference]] regular-season title in their first season within the NEC, they were ineligible to play in their conference tourney or in the NCAA tournament or NIT due to their transition to Division I. As a result, no team from the NEC was eligible for an auto-bid regardless of the result of the conference tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norlander |first=Matt |date=February 27, 2020 |title=Why Merrimack must sit out March Madness in its historic season and is in first place in its conference |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/why-merrimack-must-sit-out-march-madness-in-its-historic-season-and-is-in-first-place-in-its-conference/ |access-date=2020-03-06 |website=CBSSports.com}}</ref>
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-| align="left" |<s>[[Big South Conference|Big South]]</s>
+| align="left" |<s>[[Big South]]</s>
 |<s>21–11</s>
 |<s>1st</s>
-|<s>Never</s>
+|{{sort|0|<s>Never</s>}}
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 | align="left" |<s>[[2019–20 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team|Wright State]]</s>
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 | align="left" |<s>[[2019–20 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team|San Diego State]]</s>
-| align="left" |<s>[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]</s>
+| align="left" |<s>[[Mountain West]]</s>
 |<s>30–2</s>
 |<s>7th</s>
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 |<s>25–9</s>
 |<s>1st</s>
-|<s>Never</s>
+|{{sort|0|<s>Never</s>}}
 |}
 ==Bracket==
-The field of 32 teams was to be announced on March 15 on [[ESPNU]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-03-02/2020-nit-selection-show-time-tv-channel-date|title=2020 NIT selection show: Time, TV channel, date {{!}} NCAA.com|website=www.ncaa.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>
+The field of 32 teams was to be announced on March 15 on [[ESPNU]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staats |first=Wayne |date=2020-03-11 |title=2020 NIT selection show: Time, TV channel, date {{!}} NCAA.com |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-03-02/2020-nit-selection-show-time-tv-channel-date |access-date=2020-03-06 |website=NCAA.com}}</ref>
 ==Media==
-[[ESPN, Inc.]] was to have exclusive television rights to all of the NIT Games, broadcast across [[ESPN]], [[ESPN2]], [[ESPNU]], and [[ESPN3]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7357065/ncaa-espn-agree-tv-deal-2023-24|title=NCAA, ESPN agree to TV deal through 2023-24|date=2011-12-15|website=ESPN.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> [[Westwood One (current)|Westwood One]] was to have exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and the championship.
+[[ESPN, Inc.]] was to have exclusive television rights to all of the NIT Games, broadcast across [[ESPN]], [[ESPN2]], [[ESPNU]], and [[ESPN3]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-15 |title=NCAA, ESPN agree to TV deal through 2023-24 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7357065 |access-date=2020-03-06 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> [[Westwood One]] was to have exclusive radio rights to the semifinals and the championship.
 ==See also==
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-[[Category:National Invitation Tournament]]
+[[Category:2020 in sports in New York City|National Invitation Tournament]]
+[[Category:2020s in Manhattan]]
+[[Category:April 2020 sports events in the United States|National Invitation Tournament]]
 [[Category:Basketball events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic|National Invitation Tournament]]
-[[Category:Basketball in New York City]]
+[[Category:Basketball competitions in New York City]]
 [[Category:College sports in New York City]]
-[[Category:Sports competitions in New York City]]
-[[Category:Sports in Manhattan]]
-[[Category:2020 in sports in New York City|National Invitation Tournament]]
 [[Category:March 2020 sports events in the United States|National Invitation Tournament]]
-[[Category:April 2020 sports events in the United States|National Invitation Tournament]]
+[[Category:National Invitation Tournament]]
-[[Category:21st century in Manhattan]]
+[[Category:Sports in Manhattan]]
-[[Category:Madison Square Garden]]