...and why does the NCAA tournament seem to get more coverage? I'm new to the college basketball circuit and would like to know why people seem to be more concerned about the NCAA title than the NIT. A site would be helpful....thanks!
2007-03-28 03:13:16 · 11 answers · asked by Nuseed 4 in Sports ➔ Basketball
As indicated by your first answer, the NIT selects teams that remain after the NCAA picks their top 65 teams. As a result you will never have the top ranked teams playing for the NIT Championship. On the other hand, there has been over the years some outstanding basketball played in the NIT, but this tournament lacks the "star power", and thus the television contract for the NCAA playoffs insures wider coverage and distribution of the games being played. The NCAA just has more coverage both via TV and the news media, thus March Madness reflects upon the eventual NCAA Champion.
2007-03-28 04:55:52 · answer #1 · answered by Sailinlove 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The NCAA and the NIT are the post-season tournaments for college basketball. In the early days of college basketball, the National Invitational Tournament (NIT), hosted by the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA), would crown the national champion in a game at Madison Square Garden. This was before the NCAA tournament was the "Big Dance". The switch happened slowly, starting in the 1960's, and has resulted in the NIT becoming the secondary tournament.
Nowadays, the NCAA Tournament hosts the top schools in the nation, as well as champions of smaller conferences, while the NIT gets the next best 32 teams. They still play the semis and finals at the Garden. As of 2005, the NIT is controlled by the NCAA, after a settlement with the MIBA.
2007-03-28 03:40:54 · answer #2 · answered by trombass08 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In the NCAA tournament the higher seeds are rewarded with nothing, but in the better NIT the higher seeds at least get home court advantage. Also, because of conference tournaments the NCAA tournament doesn't represent the teams that had the best whole seasons. That's why I prefer the NIT.
2014-08-16 12:53:43 · answer #3 · answered by Walker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-09 07:18:42 · answer #4 · answered by Olive 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The NCAA Championship is the big show. The 65 BEST teams in the country get to play in the tournament. So it is the "pick of the litter". The NIT is the leftover teams. Its kind of like a consolation tournament. That is why the NCAA gets more press coverage
NCAA site: http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens
NIT: http://www.nit.org/
2007-03-28 03:19:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The NIT stands for the National Invitational Tournament. There are two reasons that it gets less coverage than the NCAA. One, the NCAA is the official tournament to name the Division I Men's National Champion. Secondly, only teams that are left out of the field for the NCAA are invited to participate. Therefore, the participants are the best of the also-rans.
2007-03-28 03:19:08 · answer #6 · answered by lurch38367 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The NIT is like a consolation tournament for teams that weren't good enough to make it to the NCAA. They are equivalent to the second best group of teams.
2007-03-28 04:15:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
NIT are for the teams that do not make the NCAA Tournament but they were close.
It gets more coverage because it has better teams and the teams are playing for the national championship
2007-03-28 03:36:54 · answer #8 · answered by Chris X 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because the NIT champ wasn't good enough to make a field of 65 teams. In other words, people want to watch THE big time tourney. :-)
2007-03-28 03:29:39 · answer #9 · answered by icequeen_ah 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
One is for teams that have a winning record and the other is for teams that really arent to good. I never figured out why they have the NIT, maybe its a chance to go to New York. Who cares about New York.
2007-03-28 05:17:43 · answer #10 · answered by ~Aqua.. 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋