2010 National Invitation Tournament

American men's college basketball tournament August 2023 April 2026 December 2022 NIT 2010 32 Madison Square Garden New York City Dayton Flyers 3rd North Carolina Tar Heels 2nd Ole Miss Rebels 2nd Rhode Island Rams 3rd Brian Gregory 1st Chris Johnson Dayton The 2010 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 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The 73rd annual tournament began on March 16 on campus sites and ended on April 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Dayton won their 3rd NIT title (first title since 1968) over North Carolina, 79–68. Participants Automatic qualifiers The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2010 NIT field after losing in their respective conference tournaments, by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship and not qualifying for the NCAA tournament. TeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bidCoastal CarolinaBig South28–61stNever2009 men Jackson State Tigers Jackson State University Jackson StateSWAC19–122nd19932009 men Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville University Jacksonville*Atlantic Sun19–126th2009Kent StateMAC23–98th20052009 men Quinnipiac Bobcats Quinnipiac University QuinnipiacNortheast23–91stNeverStony BrookAmerica East22–91stNever2009 men Troy Trojans Troy University TroySun Belt20–122nd2004Weber StateBig Sky20–103rd2009 *Jacksonville split the Atlantic Sun regular season title with Campbell, Lipscomb and Belmont, but the conference tournament was won by fifth-seeded East Tennessee State. The Dolphins earned the automatic NIT bid by advancing the furthest of the four in the Atlantic Sun tournament even though Lipscomb was the #1 seed in the tournament.NIT bid is little consolation for JU men's basketball team 4 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404115723/http://jacksonville.com/sports/college/jacksonville_dolphins/2010-03-08/story/nit_bid_is_little_consolation_for_ju_mens_bask The entire 32-team field was announced on March 14, 2010, on The NIT Selection Show at 9 pm ET on ESPNU. Seedings SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type 1IllinoisBig Ten19–14At-large2CincinnatiBig East18–15At-large3DaytonAtlantic 1020–12At-large4Kent StateMAC23–9Automatic5TulsaC-USA23–11At-large6Illinois StateMVC22–10At-large7Weber StateBig Sky20–10Automatic8Stony BrookAmerica East22–9AutomaticSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type1 Arizona StatePac-1022–10At-large2MississippiSEC21–10At-large3MemphisC-USA23–9At-large42009 Seton Hall Pirates Seton HallBig East19–12At-large5Texas TechBig 1217–15At-large6St. John'sBig East17–15At-large72009 Troy Trojans TroySun Belt20–12Automatic82009 Jacksonville Dolphins JacksonvilleAtlantic Sun19–12AutomaticSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type1Virginia TechACC23–8At-large2Rhode IslandAtlantic 1023–9At-large3Wichita StateMVC25–9At-large4ConnecticutBig East17–15At-large5NortheasternCAA20–12At-large6NevadaWAC20-12At-large7NorthwesternBig Ten20–13At-large82009 Quinnipiac Bobcats QuinnipiacNEC23–9AutomaticSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type1Mississippi StateSEC23–11At-large2UABC-USA23–8At-large3South FloridaBig East20–12At-large4North CarolinaACC16–16At-large5William & MaryCAA22–10At-large6NC StateACC19–15At-large7Coastal Carolina Big South28–6Automatic82009 none Jackson State Tigers Jackson StateSWAC19–12Automatic Bracket Played on the home court of the higher-seeded team (except #1 Illinois in the first round) Illinois bracket First roundMarch 17 Second roundMarch 22 QuarterfinalsMarch 24 1 Illinois 76 8 Stony Brook 66 4 Kent State 75 5 Tulsa 74 3 Dayton 63 6 Illinois State 42 2 Cincinnati 76 7 Weber State 62 1 Illinois 75 4 Kent State 58 3 Dayton 81 2 Cincinnati 66 1 Illinois 71 3 Dayton 77 First round Second round Quarterfinals Arizona State bracket First roundMarch 16–17 Second roundMarch 19–20 QuarterfinalsMarch 23 1 Arizona State 66 8 Jacksonville 67 4 Seton Hall 69 5 Texas Tech 87 3 Memphis 73 6 St. John's 71 2 Mississippi 84 7 Troy 65 8 Jacksonville 64 5 Texas Tech 69 3 Memphis 81 2 Mississippi 90 5 Texas Tech 87 2 Mississippi (2OT) 90 First round Second round Quarterfinals Virginia Tech bracket First roundMarch 16, 17 Second roundMarch 22 QuarterfinalsMarch 24 1 Virginia Tech 81 8 Quinnipiac 61 4 Connecticut 59 5 Northeastern 57 3 Wichita State 70 6 Nevada 74 2 Rhode Island 76 7 Northwestern 64 1 Virginia Tech 65 4 Connecticut 63 6 Nevada 83 2 Rhode Island 85 1 Virginia Tech 72 2 Rhode Island 79 First round #eee March 16 7:00 pm ET Recap (5) Northeastern 57 (4) Connecticut 59 26–34 31–25 Matt Janning 17 Nkem Ojougboh 7 Matt Janning 4 Blocks: Nkem Ojougboh 2 Jerome Dyson 18 Alex Oriakhi 9 Jerome Dyson 4 Blocks: Alex Oriakhi 2 Harry S. Gampel Pavilion 5,571 Mike Stephens, Bryan Kersey, John Gaffney ESPN2 Second round #ffdead March 22 7:00 pm ET Recap (4) Connecticut 63 (1) Virginia Tech 65 35–30 28–35 Kemba Walker 18 Stanley Robinson 8 Kemba Walker 4 Blocks: Ater Majok, Charles Okwandu 2 Dorenzo Hudson 27 Dorenzo Hudson 7 Malcom Delaney 9 Blocks: Terrell Bell 2 Cassell Pavilion 6,983 Karl Hess, Doug Shows, Jeff Anderson ESPN Quarterfinals Mississippi State bracket First roundMarch 16 Second roundMarch 20 QuarterfinalsMarch 23 1 Mississippi State 81 8 Jackson State 67 4 North Carolina 80 5 William & Mary 72 3 South Florida 57 6 NC State 58 2 UAB 65 7 Coastal Carolina 49 1 Mississippi State 74 4 North Carolina 76 6 NC State 52 2 UAB 72 4 North Carolina 60 2 UAB 55 First round Second round Quarterfinals NIT Final Four Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City SemifinalsMarch 30 ChampionshipApril 1 3 Dayton 68 2 Mississippi 63 2 Rhode Island 67 4 North Carolina (OT) 68 3 Dayton 79 4 North Carolina 68 Semifinals Finals Broadcasters Television Local Radio Teams Flagship station Play-by-play AnalystConnecticutWTIC–AMJoe D'AmbrosioWayne NormanNC StateWRAL–FM/Wolfpack Sports Networkhttp://www.gopack.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=77&path=mbball 2009-10 Men's Basketball ScheduleGary HahnTony HaynesNorth CarolinaLeafield/Tar Heel Sports NetworkWoody DurhamEric Montross See also 2010 Women's National Invitation Tournament 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2010 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 2010 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 2010 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2010 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2010 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 2010 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 2010 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament 2010 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament 2010 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament 2010 College Basketball Invitational 2010 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament References National Invitation National Invitation Tournament Category:2010s 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