The 2018 NIT Season Tip-Off finished Friday, with Kansas beating Tennessee for the title. Below, you’ll find the teams, schedule, bracket and scores for the tournament. The tournament was played Wednesday, Nov. 21 and Friday, Nov. 23.
The four-team tournament featured No. 2 Kansas, No. 5 Tennessee, Louisville, and Marquette.
Here’s everything you need to know for it:
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2018 NIT Season Tip-Off: Schedule, scores (all times EST)
Friday, November 23
Game 3: Marquette 77, Louisville 74 (OT)
Game 4: No. 2 Kansas 87, No. 5 Tennessee 81 (OT)
Wednesday, November 21
Game 1: No. 5 Tennessee 92, Louisville 81
Game 2: No. 2 Kansas 77, Marquette 68
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2018 NIT Season Tip-Off: Bracket:
NIT Season Tip-Off: Past champions, runners-up, scores
Arizona and Duke have the most wins in the tournament, with four each.
Here's the full history:
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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2017 | Virginia | Rhode Island | 70-55 |
2016 | Temple | West Virginia | 81-77 |
2015 | Villanova | Georgia Tech | 69-52 |
2014 | Gonzaga | St. John's | 73-66 |
2013 | Arizona | Duke | 72-66 |
2012 | Michigan | Kansas State | 71-57 |
2011 | Syracuse | Stanford | 69-63 |
2010 | Tennessee | Villanova | 78-68 |
2009 | Duke | Connecticut | 68-59 |
2008 | Oklahoma | Purdue | 87-82 (OT) |
2007 | Texas A&M | Ohio State | 70-47 |
2006 | Butler | Gonzaga | 79-71 |
2005 | Duke | Memphis | 70-67 |
2004 | Wake Forest | Arizona | 63-60 |
2003 | Georgia Tech | Texas Tech | 85-65 |
2002 | North Carolina | Stanford | 74-57 |
2001 | Syracuse | Wake Forest | 74-67 |
2000 | Duke | Temple | 63-60 |
1999 | Arizona | Kentucky | 63-51 |
1998 | North Carolina | Stanford | 57-49 |
1997 | Kansas | Florida State | 73-58 |
1996 | Indiana | Duke | 85-69 |
1995 | Arizona | Georgetown | 81-71 |
1994 | Ohio | New Mexico State | 84-80 (OT) |
1993 | Kansas | Massachusetts | 86-75 |
1992 | Indiana | Seton Hall | 78-74 |
1991 | Oklahoma State | Georgia Tech | 78-71 |
1990 | Arizona | Arkansas | 89-77 |
1989 | Kansas | St. John's | 66-57 |
1988 | Syracuse | Missouri | 86-84 (OT) |
1987 | Florida | Seton Hall | 70-68 |
1986 | UNLV | Western Kentucky | 96-95 (2OT) |
1985 | Duke | Kansas | 92-86 |