2008 National Invitation Tournament

Season

Teams

Finals site

Champions

Ohio State (2nd title)

Runner-up

Massachusetts (1st title game)

Semifinalists

Winning coach

Thad Matta (1st title)

MVP

National Invitation Tournaments
«2007	2009»

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 Men's Division I 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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:^[3]

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	California	Pac-10	16–15	At-large
5	New Mexico	MWC	24–8	At-large
6	Cleveland State	Horizon	21–12	At-large
7	Utah State	WAC	24–10	Automatic
8	UNC-Asheville	Big South	23–9	Automatic

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Virginia Tech	ACC	19–13	At-large
2	Mississippi	SEC	21–10	At-large
3	Nebraska	Big 12	19–12	At-large
4	VCU	CAA	24–7	Automatic
5	UAB	C-USA	22–10	At-large
6	Charlotte	A-10	20–13	At-large
7	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	23–8	Automatic
8	Morgan State	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	Creighton	MVC	21–10	At-large
4	Southern Illinois	MVC	17–14	At-large
5	Oklahoma State	Big 12	17–15	At-large
6	Rhode Island	A-10	21–11	At-large
7	San Diego State	MWC	20–12	At-large
8	Alabama State	SWAC	20–10	Automatic

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Syracuse	Big East	19–13	At-large
2	Massachusetts	A-10	21–10	At-large
3	Florida State	ACC	19–14	At-large
4	Minnesota	Big Ten	20–13	At-large
5	Maryland	ACC	18–14	At-large
6	Akron	MAC	23–10	At-large
7	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	26–5	Automatic
8	Robert Morris	NEC	26–7	Automatic

* - Overtime game.

National Invitation Tournament

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NIT Championship Broadcasters

2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments

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