2017 NIT Selection Show Info and Tournament Schedule

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Mar 25, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; General view of the NCAA March Madness logo during the second half in a semifinal game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Indiana Hoosiers in the East regional of the NCAA Tournament at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

NCAA Tournament Snubs

The most notable teams left out of the NCAA Tournament would figure to be NIT Bound. Projected NIT No. 1 seeds Illinois State and Syracuse both missed the cut for the big dance.

It seems like the selection committee favored the smaller conference schools for the double digits seeds. That means teams like California, Iowa, and Clemson are all going to be waiting for the NIT results later tonight. The best news on Selection Sunday for NIT hopefuls is that there didn’t seem to be many shocking omissions from the NCAA Tournament, that keeps the NIT field as open as possible.

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Don’t worry. We’ll keep you up to date on how the field of 68 turns out for the NCAA Tournament as well. If your team is still in the running, good luck!

Automatic Bids

Ten automatic bids have been handed out so far. That leaves 22 remaining spots in the field of 32.

Team	Conference
Belmont	Ohio Valley Conference (OVC)
Illinois State	Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)
Monmouth	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Oakland	Horizon League
South Dakota	Summit League
UNC Greensboro	Southern Conference (SoCon)
Cal St. Bakersfield	Western Athletic Conference (WAC)
Akron	Mid-American Conference (MAC)
UT Alrington	Sun Belt Conference
UC Irvine	Big West Conference