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This passage is inaccurate: "The post-season tournament pre-dates the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament by one year; in the tournaments' early years there was often some contention as to which champion was in fact the nation's best collegiate basketball team." During the 1940s, the NIT was unquestionably more prestigious than the NCAA tournament. Over the course of the 1950s, the NCCA tournament gradually overtook the NIT, and by the mid 1960s the NCAA had become the dominant tournament.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.59.204.130 ( talk) 16:19, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Who is "Sean Murphy of Vancleave, MS" and why does his opinion matter without a source? Lmeister 13:21, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Teams that win their conference after the reg season and fail to make the NCAA Tournament are automatically invited to the NIT. ...But what about teams that own a share/tie of the conference title after the reg season and fail to make the NCAA Tournament... Do they to automatically make the NIT also? (e.g. Rider in 2008 who tied with Siena). 172.129.221.16 ( talk) 01:31, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
In 1997, 1998 & 2003, the champion's titles where later vacated. Wouldn't that make the runners-up the champions? -- rogerd ( talk) 16:46, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Not necessarily. A quick check at the official NIT site shows they still list St. John's as the 2003 winner with no mention of this title being vacated. Would Georgetown won had St. John's not been in the tournament? Hard to say, so maybe there was no official determination that they were the champions. Wschart ( talk) 16:37, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
It's starting to look as if the NCAA is going to expand its tournament to 96 teams. If that happens, anyone know how that will affect the postseason NIT? Will there even BE a post-season NIT? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobbyknightmare ( talk • contribs) 21:16, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
One reason given for the greater prestige in the early years is exposure to NBA scouts. However, the NBA did not exist until post WWII, and I don't think that whatever pro basketball existed during the 1930s was the path to riches the NBA is today. Wschart ( talk) 03:51, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
This statement is made in the article:
This appears to stem from an almost identically worded statement at http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=National_Invitation_Tournament that was contributed by user hoosierhistorian in March 2007.
While there are plenty of references to cite regarding racism in college basketball in that era, I am unable to uncover a source for the statement provided in the article at Hoopedia. The following from the website at http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/rupp.html shows one example from the era that extended into the 1960s:
In order to support the conclusion stated in Hoopedia (and in this Wikipedia article), there would need to be documentation strongly suggesting either
Given the fairly small number of teams in the NCAA tournament at the time, I believe it is unlikely, regarding an actual NIT participant with black players, there is clear and specific evidence that this reason was a deciding factor to play in the NIT over and above either of the first two reasons (media exposure and not being the most successful team from its conference).
Therefore, I suggest that this sentence in the article be removed. Jeff in CA 19:05, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Can both of these sentences be true?
In an April 2013 edit, the first sentence was changed to "the 1950s," with the second sentence given as a reason. It seems to me that something can be highly regarded even if it is not as highly regarded as another similar thing. I remember college basketball from the 1960s. Back then the NIT had not yet become the object of derision as a tournament for also-rans, in part because the NCAA invited far fewer teams than today, and at one time excluded teams that were not conference champions. Lots of people, including those involved in college basketball, remember the NIT of the 1960s as highly regarded, even though the NCAA tournament was more highly regarded.
My opinion is that both statements are true. Jeff in CA ( talk) 17:37, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
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Actually it would be more accurate to say that the NCAA Division I basketball tournaments are FORMALLY known as "March Madness" since the NCAA has copyrighted the term and applied it to both the men's and women's tournaments, where it appears in signage and on the floors. 2600:1004:B161:C68A:0:34:9942:5001 ( talk) 15:18, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
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This passage is inaccurate: "The post-season tournament pre-dates the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament by one year; in the tournaments' early years there was often some contention as to which champion was in fact the nation's best collegiate basketball team." During the 1940s, the NIT was unquestionably more prestigious than the NCAA tournament. Over the course of the 1950s, the NCCA tournament gradually overtook the NIT, and by the mid 1960s the NCAA had become the dominant tournament.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.59.204.130 ( talk) 16:19, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Who is "Sean Murphy of Vancleave, MS" and why does his opinion matter without a source? Lmeister 13:21, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Teams that win their conference after the reg season and fail to make the NCAA Tournament are automatically invited to the NIT. ...But what about teams that own a share/tie of the conference title after the reg season and fail to make the NCAA Tournament... Do they to automatically make the NIT also? (e.g. Rider in 2008 who tied with Siena). 172.129.221.16 ( talk) 01:31, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
In 1997, 1998 & 2003, the champion's titles where later vacated. Wouldn't that make the runners-up the champions? -- rogerd ( talk) 16:46, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Not necessarily. A quick check at the official NIT site shows they still list St. John's as the 2003 winner with no mention of this title being vacated. Would Georgetown won had St. John's not been in the tournament? Hard to say, so maybe there was no official determination that they were the champions. Wschart ( talk) 16:37, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
It's starting to look as if the NCAA is going to expand its tournament to 96 teams. If that happens, anyone know how that will affect the postseason NIT? Will there even BE a post-season NIT? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobbyknightmare ( talk • contribs) 21:16, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
One reason given for the greater prestige in the early years is exposure to NBA scouts. However, the NBA did not exist until post WWII, and I don't think that whatever pro basketball existed during the 1930s was the path to riches the NBA is today. Wschart ( talk) 03:51, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
This statement is made in the article:
This appears to stem from an almost identically worded statement at http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=National_Invitation_Tournament that was contributed by user hoosierhistorian in March 2007.
While there are plenty of references to cite regarding racism in college basketball in that era, I am unable to uncover a source for the statement provided in the article at Hoopedia. The following from the website at http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/rupp.html shows one example from the era that extended into the 1960s:
In order to support the conclusion stated in Hoopedia (and in this Wikipedia article), there would need to be documentation strongly suggesting either
Given the fairly small number of teams in the NCAA tournament at the time, I believe it is unlikely, regarding an actual NIT participant with black players, there is clear and specific evidence that this reason was a deciding factor to play in the NIT over and above either of the first two reasons (media exposure and not being the most successful team from its conference).
Therefore, I suggest that this sentence in the article be removed. Jeff in CA 19:05, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Can both of these sentences be true?
In an April 2013 edit, the first sentence was changed to "the 1950s," with the second sentence given as a reason. It seems to me that something can be highly regarded even if it is not as highly regarded as another similar thing. I remember college basketball from the 1960s. Back then the NIT had not yet become the object of derision as a tournament for also-rans, in part because the NCAA invited far fewer teams than today, and at one time excluded teams that were not conference champions. Lots of people, including those involved in college basketball, remember the NIT of the 1960s as highly regarded, even though the NCAA tournament was more highly regarded.
My opinion is that both statements are true. Jeff in CA ( talk) 17:37, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
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Actually it would be more accurate to say that the NCAA Division I basketball tournaments are FORMALLY known as "March Madness" since the NCAA has copyrighted the term and applied it to both the men's and women's tournaments, where it appears in signage and on the floors. 2600:1004:B161:C68A:0:34:9942:5001 ( talk) 15:18, 23 March 2022 (UTC)