Season 2005–06 | Teams 40 | |
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City Champions South Carolina (2nd title) Runner-up Michigan (4th title game) Semifinalists Louisville (3rd semifinal)
Old Dominion (1st semifinal) | ||
The 2006 National Invitation Tournament was the first time the tournament was planned and operated by the NCAA, taking over after 68 years under the auspices of the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA). The 2006 NIT also saw changes made to the selection process as well as being the first time the NIT seeded the participants. The South Carolina Gamecocks won their second straight NIT title.
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Selected teams
Below are lists of the team selected for the tournament. The teams were given seeds for the first time ever.
Bracket
Below are the four brackets of the tournament, along with the bracket of the four-team championship round.
References
2006 National Invitation Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA