SE Missouri State fires coach Edgar Former Florida guard Lucas transferring to Texas Arizona C Withey to transfer to Kansas Michigan C Cronin to miss rest of season NC State G Ferguson out 3-6 weeks Syracuse's Devendorf suspended Ole Miss G Warren to have MRI on knee No charges filed against UCLA's Dragovic Mississippi coach Kennedy arrested Miss. State's Stansbury out of hospital
Mens NIT Champions
Season
Champion
Runner-up
2008
Ohio State
Massachusetts
2007
West Virginia
Clemson
2006
South Carolina
Michigan
2005
South Carolina
Saint Joseph's
2004
Michigan
Rutgers
2003
+
+
2002
Memphis
South Carolina
2001
Tulsa
Alabama
2000
Wake Forest
Notre Dame
1999
California
Clemson
1998
^
^
1997
*
*
1996
Nebraska
Saint Joseph's
1995
Virginia Tech
Marquette
1994
Villanova
Vanderbilt
1993
Minnesota
Georgetown
1992
Virginia
Notre Dame
1991
Stanford
Oklahoma
1990
Vanderbilt
St. Louis
1989
St. John's
Saint Louis
1988
Connecticut
Ohio State
1987
Southern Miss
La Salle
1986
Ohio State
Wyoming
1985
UCLA
Indiana
1984
Michigan
Notre Dame
1983
Fresno State
DePaul
1982
Bradley
Purdue
1981
Tulsa
Syracuse
1980
Virginia
Minnesota
1979
Indiana
Purdue
1978
Texas
N.C. State
1977
St. Bonaventure
Houston
1976
Kentucky
UNC Charlotte
1975
Princeton
Providence
1974
Purdue
Utah
1973
Virginia Tech
Notre Dame
1972
Maryland
Niagara
1971
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
1970
Marquette
St. John's
1969
Temple
Boston College
1968
Dayton
Kansas
1967
Southern Illinois
Marquette
1966
BYU
NYU
1965
St. John's
Villanova
1964
Bradley
New Mexico
1963
Providence
Canisius
1962
Dayton
St. John's
1961
Providence
Saint Louis
1960
Bradley
Providence
1959
St. John's
Bradley
1958
Xavier
Dayton
1957
Bradley
Memphis State
1956
Louisville
Dayton
1955
Duquesne
Dayton
1954
Holy Cross
Duquesne
1953
Seton Hall
St. John's
1952
La Salle
Dayton
1951
BYU
Dayton
1950
CCNY
Bradley
1949
San Francisco
Loyola
1948
Saint Louis
NYU
1947
Utah
Kentucky
1946
Kentucky
Rhode Island
1945
DePaul
Bowling Green
1944
St. John's
DePaul
1943
St. John's
Toledo
1942
West Virginia
Western Kentucky
1941
LIU
Ohio
1940
Colorado
Duquesne
1939
LIU
Loyola
1938
Temple
Colorado
* Michigan won the 1997 NIT title, but later vacated the title and forfeited its entire 1996-97 schedule due to ineligible players.
+ St. John's won the 2003 NIT title, but later vacated the title due to an ineligible player.
^ Minnesota won the 1998 NIT title, but later vacated the title and forfeited its entire 1997-98 schedule due to academic fraud.