NIT bracket for 2024 tournament: Schedule, TV times for March Madness event
The 32 teams for the National Invitation Tournament have been selected with Seton Hall, Villanova, Indiana State and Wake Forest installed as No. 1 seeds. There are several notable schools not in the field with Oklahoma, St. John's, Pittsburgh and Mississippi among those that declined invitations.
The first round tips off on March 19 and 20. The first three rounds will be held on the college campus of the higher seeds. There will be a new venue for both the semifinals and the championship rounds.
This season, the tournament's semifinals and finals will be held at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler campus in Indianapolis. Last season it was held at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas after being moved from its longtime site at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Here's the complete schedule for this year's NIT bracket:
NIT Schedule
Final Four
National semifinals
At Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
Tuesday, April 2
Indiana State 100, Utah 90
Seton Hall 84, Georgia 67
Championship game
At Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
Thursday, April 4
Seton Hall 79, Indiana State 77
Top left bracket
First round
Tuesday, March 19
North Texas 84, LSU 77
Boston College 62, Providence 57
Wednesday, March 20
Seton Hall 75, Saint Joseph's 72 (OT)
UNLV 84, Princeton 77
Second round
Saturday, March 23
Seton Hall 72, North Texas 58
Sunday, March 24
UNLV 79, Boston College 70
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 27
Seton Hall 91, UNLV 68
Bottom left bracket
First round
Tuesday, March 19
Georgia 78, Xavier 76
Ohio State 88, Cornell 83
Virginia Tech 74, Richmond 58
Wednesday, March 20
Wake Forest 87, Appalachian State 76
Second round
Saturday, March 23
Ohio State 81, Virginia Tech 73
Sunday, March 24
Georgia 72, Wake Forest 66
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 26
Georgia 79, Ohio State 77
Top right bracket
First round
Tuesday, March 19
Minnesota 73, Butler 72
Wednesday, March 20
Indiana State 101, SMU 92
Bradley 74, Loyola Chicago 62
Cincinnati 73, San Francisco 72 (OT)
Second round
Saturday, March 23
Cincinnati 74, Bradley 57
Sunday, March 24
Indiana State 76, Minnesota 64
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 26
Indiana State 85, Cincinnati 81
Bottom right bracket
First round
Tuesday, March 19
South Florida 83, Central Florida 77
Iowa 91, Kansas State 82
Utah 84, UC Irvine 75
Wednesday, March 20
Virginia Commonwealth 70, Villanova 61
Second round
Sunday, March 24
Virginia Commonwealth 70, South Florida 65
Utah 91, Iowa 82
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 27
Utah 74, Virginia Commonwealth 54
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2024 NIT bracket: Schedule, times for the March Madness tournament