National Invitation Tournament

The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is a college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The association plays two tournaments each year: one played each spring, with its final rounds in New York City at Madison Square Garden and one each November (the pre-season NIT). The tournament was operated by the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA) up until 2005.

Men's post-season NIT champions

• 1938 Temple
• 1939 LIU
• 1940 Colorado
• 1941 LIU
• 1942 West Virginia
• 1943 St. John's (N.Y.)
• 1944 St. John's (N.Y.)
• 1945 DePaul
• 1946 Kentucky
• 1947 Utah
• 1948 Saint Louis
• 1949 San Francisco
• 1950 CCNY
• 1951 BYU
• 1952 La Salle
• 1953 Seton Hall
• 1954 Holy Cross
• 1955 Duquesne
• 1956 Louisville
• 1957 Bradley
• 1958 Xavier
• 1959 St. John's (N.Y.)
• 1960 Bradley
• 1961 Providence
• 1962 Dayton
• 1963 Providence
• 1964 Bradley
• 1965 St. John's (N.Y.)
• 1966 BYU
• 1967 SIU
• 1968 Dayton
• 1969 Temple
• 1970 Marquette
• 1971 North Carolina
• 1972 Maryland
• 1973 Virginia Tech
• 1974 Purdue
• 1975 Princeton
• 1976 Kentucky
• 1977 St. Bonaventure
• 1978 Texas
• 1979 Indiana
• 1980 Virginia
• 1981 Tulsa
• 1982 Bradley
• 1983 Fresno State
• 1984 Michigan
• 1985 UCLA
• 1986 Ohio State
• 1987 Southern Miss
• 1988 UConn
• 1989 St. John's (N.Y.)
• 1990 Vanderbilt
• 1991 Stanford
• 1992 Virginia
• 1993 Minnesota
• 1994 Villanova
• 1995 Virginia Tech
• 1996 Nebraska
• 1997 Michigan
• 1998 Minnesota
• 1999 California
• 2000 Wake Forest
• 2001 Tulsa
• 2002 Memphis
• 2003 St. John's (N.Y.)
• 2004 Michigan
• 2005 South Carolina