2007-03-19 03:55:38 · 5 answers · asked by junkycitygirl 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
If you are asking about the tournaments, the post-season NIT is the tournament that, bascially, takes the teams not picked by the NCAA tournament seleciton committee/automatically invited to the NCAA tournament by an automatic bid (by winnning their conference).
There is also a pre-season NIT, which has quality teams, many of which will play in the post-season NCAA tournament.
If you are just talking about the organizations, the NCAA is the governing body for collegiate sports, the NIT (National Invitational Tournament) just puts together the pre-season and post-season tournaments. The NIT tournament used to be the most important, and would decide the college basketball championship.
2007-03-19 04:06:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At one time, the NIT decided the national champ. Now the NIT handpicks the best teams not in the NCAA tournament.
2007-03-19 04:17:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the ncaa tournament is played by the 65 best teams in ncaa's division 1, the NIT (National Invitation Tournament) is played by the next 32 best teams the NIT is not nearly as important as the NCAA tournament
2007-03-19 04:06:50 · answer #3 · answered by go cavs 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The NCAA is the big dance. The NIT is just a after thought.
2007-03-19 04:06:34 · answer #4 · answered by Chad K 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Uhhhh...the NIT doesn't matter. It's kind of embarrassing for a college basketball team to be there instead of the NCAA tournament.
2007-03-19 03:59:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋