2009 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA basketball competition August 2023 April 2026 NIT 2009 32 Madison Square Garden New York City Penn State Nittany Lions 1st Baylor Bears 1st Notre Dame Fighting Irish 6th San Diego State Aztecs 1st Ed DeChellis 1st Jamelle Cornley Penn State The 2009 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The 72nd annual tournament began on March 17 on campus sites and ended on April 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with Penn State winning the final 69–63 over Baylor. Participants Automatic qualifiers The following teams won their conference regular season title, but failed to win conference post season tournaments. Therefore, they were not awarded their respective conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. When they did not receive at-large selections to the NCAA tournament either, they automatically qualified for the 2009 NIT. TeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bidBowling GreenMAC19–1314th2002DavidsonSouthern26–75th20052008 men Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville University JacksonvilleAtlantic Sun18–135th19872008 men UT Martin Skyhawks University of Tennessee at Martin UT MartinOhio Valley22–91stNever2008 men Weber State Wildcats Weber State University Weber StateBig Sky21–92nd1984 Seedings SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1San Diego StateMWC23–9At-large2Saint Mary'sWCC26–6At-large3South CarolinaSEC21–9At-large4Kansas StateBig 1221–11At-large5Illinois StateMVC24–9At-large6DavidsonSoCon26–7Automatic7Washington StatePac-1017–15At-large8Weber StateBig Sky21–9AutomaticSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1AuburnSEC22–11At-large2Virginia TechACC18–14At-large3BaylorBig 1220–14At-large4TulsaC-USA24–10At-large5NorthwesternBig Ten17–13At-large6GeorgetownBig East16–14At-large7DuquesneA-1021–12At-large8UT MartinOVC22–9AutomaticSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1CreightonMVC26–7At-large2Notre DameBig East18–14At-large3New MexicoMWC21–11At-large4KentuckySEC20–13At-large5UNLVMWC21–10At-large6NebraskaBig 1218–12At-large7UABC-USA22–11At-large8Bowling GreenMAC19–13AutomaticSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1FloridaSEC23–10At-large2Penn StateBig Ten22–11At-large3NiagaraMAAC26–8At-large4Miami (FL)ACC18–12At-large5ProvidenceBig East19–13At-large6Rhode IslandA-1022–10At-large7George MasonCAA22–10At-large8JacksonvilleA-Sun18–13Automatic Bracket Played on the home court of the higher-seeded team (except #4 Miami (FL) at #5 Providence) First round Second round Quarterfinals 1 San Diego State 65 8 Weber State 49 4 Kansas State 83* 5 Illinois State 79 3 South Carolina 63 6 Davidson 70 2 Saint Mary's 68 7 Washington State 57 1 San Diego State 70 4 Kansas State 52 6 Davidson 68 2 Saint Mary's 80 1 San Diego State 70 2 Saint Mary's 66 First round Second round Quarterfinals 1 Auburn 87 8 UT Martin 82 4 Tulsa 68 5 Northwestern 59 3 Baylor 74 6 Georgetown 72 2 Virginia Tech 116** 7 Duquesne 108 1 Auburn 74 4 Tulsa 55 3 Baylor 84 2 Virginia Tech 66 1 Auburn 72 3 Baylor 74 First round Second round Quarterfinals 1 Creighton 73 8 Bowling Green 71 4 Kentucky 70 5 UNLV 60 3 New Mexico 83 6 Nebraska 71 2 Notre Dame 70 7 UAB 64 1 Creighton 63 4 Kentucky 65 3 New Mexico 68 2 Notre Dame 70 4 Kentucky 67 2 Notre Dame 77 First round Second round Quarterfinals 1 Florida 84 8 Jacksonville 62 4 Miami (FL) 78 5 Providence 66 3 Niagara 62 6 Rhode Island 68 2 Penn State 77* 7 George Mason 73 1 Florida 74 4 Miami (FL) 60 6 Rhode Island 72 2 Penn State 83 1 Florida 62 2 Penn State 71 Semifinals and finals Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 31 and April 2 Semifinals Final 1 San Diego State 62 3 Baylor 76 2 Notre Dame 59 2 Penn State 67 3 Baylor 63 2 Penn State 69 * denotes each overtime played Game summaries NIT Championship Team1st half2nd halfFinalPenn State 25 44 69Baylor 29 34 63 The Penn State Nittany Lions faced off against the Baylor Bears in the NIT Championship game. The Nittany Lions won the matchup 69–63, aided by Jamelle Cornley's 18 points. In a four-point deficit at the half, the Lions went on a 7–1 spurt to take a 2-point lead at the beginning of the second. After the Bears tied it at 37, Penn State made three consecutive threes from which Baylor could not recover.http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/1121526.html Recap: Penn State vs. Baylor April 2, 2009 Kansas City Star 2009-04-06 October 2010 H3llBot See also 2009 Women's National Invitation Tournament 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 2009 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 2009 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament 2009 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament 2009 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament 2009 College Basketball Invitational 2009 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament References National Invitation National Invitation Tournament Category:2000s in Manhattan National Invitation Tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in New York City National Invitation Tournament Category:National Invitation Tournament Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan