Longwood gives hoop's coach Gillian multi-year extension Holy Cross tabs Kearney to replace Willard Butler-Georgetown headline Jimmy V Classic Rutgers to face Florida in Jimmy V Classic UCLA to reward loyal fans in renovated arena Ohio St. AD to lead basketball committee NCAA denies Kelvin Sampson appeal Coach K: I won't leave Duke for Lakers Kentucky seeks to move Billy Gillispie lawsuit Duke G Williams to transfer to Memphis
Mens NIT Champions
Season
Champion
Runner-up
2008-09
Penn State
Baylor
2007
Ohio State
Massachusetts
2006
West Virginia
Clemson
2005
South Carolina
Michigan
2004
South Carolina
Saint Joseph's
2003
Michigan
Rutgers
2002
+
+
2001
Memphis
South Carolina
2000
Tulsa
Alabama
1999
Wake Forest
Notre Dame
1998
California
Clemson
1997
^
^
1996
*
*
1995
Nebraska
Saint Joseph's
1994
Virginia Tech
Marquette
1993
Villanova
Vanderbilt
1992
Minnesota
Georgetown
1991
Virginia
Notre Dame
1990
Stanford
Oklahoma
1989
Vanderbilt
St. Louis
1988
St. John's
Saint Louis
1987
Connecticut
Ohio State
1986
Southern Miss
La Salle
1985
Ohio State
Wyoming
1984
UCLA
Indiana
1983
Michigan
Notre Dame
1982
Fresno State
DePaul
1981
Bradley
Purdue
1980
Tulsa
Syracuse
1979
Virginia
Minnesota
1978
Indiana
Purdue
1977
Texas
N.C. State
1976
St. Bonaventure
Houston
1975
Kentucky
UNC Charlotte
1974
Princeton
Providence
1973
Purdue
Utah
1972
Virginia Tech
Notre Dame
1971
Maryland
Niagara
1970
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
1969
Marquette
St. John's
1968
Temple
Boston College
1967
Dayton
Kansas
1966
Southern Illinois
Marquette
1965
BYU
NYU
1964
St. John's
Villanova
1963
Bradley
New Mexico
1962
Providence
Canisius
1961
Dayton
St. John's
1960
Providence
Saint Louis
1959
Bradley
Providence
1958
St. John's
Bradley
1957
Xavier
Dayton
1956
Bradley
Memphis State
1955
Louisville
Dayton
1954
Duquesne
Dayton
1953
Holy Cross
Duquesne
1952
Seton Hall
St. John's
1951
La Salle
Dayton
1950
BYU
Dayton
1949
CCNY
Bradley
1948
San Francisco
Loyola
1947
Saint Louis
NYU
1946
Utah
Kentucky
1945
Kentucky
Rhode Island
1944
DePaul
Bowling Green
1943
St. John's
DePaul
1942
St. John's
Toledo
1941
West Virginia
Western Kentucky
1940
LIU
Ohio
1939
Colorado
Duquesne
1938
LIU
Loyola
1937
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.