2010 National Invitation Tournament
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2010 National Invitation Tournament
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| Season | 2009–10 | ||
| Teams | 32 | ||
| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | Dayton (3rd title) | ||
| Runner-up | North Carolina (2nd title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Mississippi (2nd semifinal) Rhode Island (3rd semifinal) |
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| Winning coach | Brian Gregory (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Chris Johnson Dayton | ||
National Invitation Tournaments
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The 2010 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The 73nd annual tournament began on March 16 on campus sites and ended on April 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Dayton won their 3rd straight NIT title (first 2 titles since 1962 and 1968) over North Carolina, 79-68.
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Participants
Automatic qualifiers
The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2010 NIT field after losing in their respective conference tournaments; by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship and not qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.
| Conference | School |
| America East | Stony Brook |
| A-Sun | Jacksonville^ |
| Big Sky | Weber State |
| Big South | Coastal Carolina |
| MAC | Kent State |
| NEC | Quinnipiac |
| SWAC | Jackson State |
| Sun Belt | Troy |
^Jacksonville split the Atlantic Sun regular season title with Campbell, Lipscomb and Belmont, but the conference tournament was won by fifth-seeded East Tennessee State. The Dolphins earned the automatic NIT bid by advancing the furthest of the four in the Atlantic Sun tournament even though Lipscomb was the #1 seed in the tournament.[1]
The entire 32-team field was announced on March 14, 2010 on The NIT Selection show at 9pm ET on ESPNU.
Seedings
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Bracket
Played on the home court of the higher-seeded team (except #1 Illinois in the First Round)
Illinois Bracket
| First Round March 17 |
Second Round March 22 |
Quarterfinals March 24 |
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| 1 | Illinois | 76 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Stony Brook | 66 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Illinois | 75 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Kent State | 58 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Kent State | 75 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Tulsa | 74 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Illinois | 71 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Dayton | 77 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Dayton | 63 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Illinois State | 42 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Dayton | 81 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Cincinnati | 66 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Cincinnati | 76 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Weber State | 62 | |||||||||||
Arizona State Bracket
| First Round March 16, 17 |
Second Round March 19, 20 |
Quarterfinals March 23 |
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| 1 | Arizona State | 66 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Jacksonville | 67 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Jacksonville | 64 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Texas Tech | 69 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Seton Hall | 69 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Texas Tech | 87 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Texas Tech | 87 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Mississippi (2OT) | 90 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Memphis | 73 | |||||||||||
| 6 | St. John's | 71 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Memphis | 81 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Mississippi | 90 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Mississippi | 84 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Troy | 65 | |||||||||||
Virginia Tech Bracket
| First Round March 16, 17 |
Second Round March 22 |
Quarterfinals March 24 |
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| 1 | Virginia Tech | 81 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Quinnipiac | 61 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 65 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 63 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 59 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Northeastern | 57 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Virginia Tech | 72 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Rhode Island | 79 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Wichita State | 70 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Nevada | 74 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Nevada | 83 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Rhode Island | 85 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Rhode Island | 76 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Northwestern | 64 | |||||||||||
Mississippi State Bracket
| First Round March 16 |
Second Round March 20 |
Quarterfinals March 23 |
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| 1 | Mississippi State | 81 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Jackson State | 67 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Mississippi State | 74 | |||||||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 76 | |||||||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 80 | |||||||||||
| 5 | William & Mary | 72 | |||||||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 60 | |||||||||||
| 2 | UAB | 55 | |||||||||||
| 3 | South Florida | 57 | |||||||||||
| 6 | NC State | 58 | |||||||||||
| 6 | NC State | 52 | |||||||||||
| 2 | UAB | 72 | |||||||||||
| 2 | UAB | 65 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Coastal Carolina | 49 | |||||||||||
NIT Final Four - NIT Semifinals and NIT Championship Game
Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City
| Semifinals March 30 |
Championship Game April 1 |
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| 3 | Dayton | 68 | ||||||
| 2 | Mississippi | 63 | ||||||
| 3 | Dayton | 79 | ||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 68 | ||||||
| 2 | Rhode Island | 67 | ||||||
| 4 | North Carolina (OT) | 68 | ||||||
See also
- 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- 2010 College Basketball Invitational
- 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
References
External links
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