NIT announces major format changes to selection process, experimental rules

The NIT has announced new changes to its postseason tournament, including a new selection process.

Regular season champions who do not win their conference tournament will no longer receive an automatic bid. Instead, two teams who do no make the NCAA Tournament from each of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC will receive automatic bids based on NET rankings. Win-loss records will not count.

After those teams are selected 20 at-large teams will be chosen.

“The postseason college basketball landscape is becoming more competitive for teams that don’t qualify for March Madness,” Dan Gavitt, NIT Board Chair and NCAA Senior Vice President of Basketball, said in a statement. “The change to the selection process for the 2024 NIT is a necessary effort to evolve this historic tournament in a dynamic event marketplace.”

The NIT will also widen the lane from 12 feet to 16 feet, like in the NBA, and continue with a modified timeout structure.

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