Wayne Staats | NCAA.com | April 5, 2019

2019 NIT: Bracket, schedule, scores, TV channels for Thursday's championship

Behold, the dunks of March Madness!!

The 2019 NIT championship game was Thursday, April 4. Find the bracket, schedule, scores, seeds and TV channels below.

Texas beat Lipscomb, 81-66, for the title. Earlier, Lipscomb beat Wichita State and Texas defeated TCU in the semifinals to set up Thursday's title game. The semifinals and championship were at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

2019 NIT: Bracket for National Invitation Tournament

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The 2019 NIT ended with Texas beating Lipscomb for the title.

2019 NIT: Schedule, scores, TV channels

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NIT games can be watched on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.

NIT 2019: Printable .PDF for the National Invitation Tournament

Championship — Thursday, April 4 (Madison Square Garden)

Texas 81, Lipscomb 66

First Round — Tuesday, March 19

UNC Greensboro 84, Campbell 69
Lipscomb 89, Davidson 81
NC State 84, Hofstra 78
Indiana 89, St. Francis (PA)
Clemson 75, Wright State 69
Memphis 74, San Diego 60
Arkansas 84, Providence 72
Texas 79, South Dakota State 73
Creighton 70, Loyola Chicago 61
Colorado 78, Dayton 73

First Round — Wednesday, March 20

Harvard 71, Georgetown 68
Wichita State 76, Furman 70
Norfolk State 80, Alabama 79 (OT)
Xavier 78, Toledo 64
TCU 82, Sam Houston State 69
Nebraska 80, Butler 76

Second Round — Friday, March 22

Creighton 79, Memphis 67

Second Round — Saturday, March 23

Indiana 63, Arkansas 60
Lipscomb 86, UNC Greensboro 69

Second Round — Sunday, March 24

Wichita State 63, Clemson 55
Texas 78, Xaver 76 (OT)
NC State 78, Harvard 77
TCU 88, Nebraska 72

Second Round — Monday, March 25

Colorado 76, Norfolk State 60

Quarterfinals — Tuesday, March 26

Wichita State 73, Indiana 63
TCU 71, Creighton 58

Quarterfinals — Wednesday, March 27

Lipscomb 94, NC State 93
Texas 68, Colorado 55

Semifinals — Tuesday, April 2 (Madison Square Garden)

Lipscomb 71, Wichita State 64
Texas 58, TCU 44

2019 NIT: Seeds, teams

UNC Greensboro (28-6)
NC State (22-11)
Georgetown (19-13)
Davidson (24-9)
Lipscomb (25-7)
Harvard (18-11)
Hofstra (27-7)
Campbell (20-12)

Indiana (17-15)
Clemson (19-13)
Furman (25-7)
Providence (18-15)
Arkansas (17-15)
Wichita State (19-14)
Wright State (21-13)
Saint Francis (PA) (18-14)

Alabama (18-15)
Texas (16-16)
Xavier (18-15)
Colorado (21-12)
Dayton (21-11)
Toledo (25-7)
South Dakota State (24-8)
Norfolk State (21-13)

TCU (20-13)
Creighton (18-14)
Memphis (21-13)
Nebraska (18-16)
Butler (16-16)
San Diego (21-14)
Loyola Chicago (20-13)
Sam Houston State (21-11)

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NIT Tournament history

Temple won the first NIT title, defeating Colorado in 1938. Penn State won the NIT crown last year, defeating Utah 82-66.

YEAR	WINNER	SCORE	RUNNER-UP	MVP
1938	Temple	60-36	Colorado	Don Shields, Temple
1939	Long Island	44-32	Loyola Chicago	Bill Lloyd, St. John's
1940	Colorado	51-40	Duquesne	Bob Doll, Colorado
1941	Long Island	56-42	Ohio	Frankie Baumholtz, Ohio
1942	West Virginia	47-45	Western Kentucky State	Rudy Baric, West Virginia
1943	St. John's	48-27	Toledo	Harry Boykoff, St. John's
1944	St. John's	47-39	DePaul	Bill Kotsores, St. John's
1945	DePaul	71-54	Bowling Green	George Mikan, DePaul
1946	Kentucky	46-45	Rhode Island	Ernie Calverley, Rhode Island
1947	Utah	49-45	Kentucky	Vern Gardner, Utah
1948	Saint Louis	65-52	NYU	Ed Macauley, Saint Louis
1949	San Francisco	48-47	Loyola Chicago	Don Lofgran, San Francisco
1950	CCNY	69-61	Bradley	Ed Warner, CCNY
1951	BYU	62-43	Dayton	Roland Minson, BYU
1952	La Salle	75-64	Dayton	Tom Gola and Norm Grekin, La Salle
1953	Seton Hall	58-46	St. John's	Walter Dukes, Seton Hall
1954	Holy Cross	71-62	Duquesne	Togo Palazzi, Holy Cross
1955	Duquesne	70-58	Dayton	Maurice Stokes, St. Francis (PA)
1956	Louisville	93-80	Dayton	Charlie Tyra, Louisville
1957	Bradley	84-83	Memphis State	Win Wilfong, Memphis State
1958	Xavier	78-74	Dayton	Hank Stein, Xavier
1959	St. John's	76-71	Bradley	Tony Jackson, St. John's
1960	Bradley	88-72	Providence	Lenny Wilkens, Providence
1961	Providence	62-59	Saint Louis	Vin Ernst, Providence
1962	Dayton	73-67	St. John's	Bill Chmielewski, Dayton
1963	Providence	81-66	Canisius	Raymond Flynn, Providence
1964	Bradley	86-54	New Mexico	Levern Tart, Bradley
1965	St. John's	55-51	Villanova	Ken McIntyre, St. John's
1966	BYU	97-84	NYU	Bill Melchionni, Villanova
1967	Southern Illinois	71-56	Marquette	Walt Frazier, Southern Illinois
1968	Dayton	61-48	Kansas	Don May, Dayton
1969	Temple	89-76	Boston College	Terry Driscoll, Boston College
1970	Marquette	65-53	St. John's	Dean Meminger, Marquette
1971	North Carolina	84-66	Georgia Tech	Bill Chamberlain, North Carolina
1972	Maryland	100-69	Niagara	Tom McMillen, Maryland
1973	Virginia Tech	92-91	Notre Dame	John Shumate, Notre Dame
1974	Purdue	87-81	Utah	Mike Sojourner, Utah
1975	Princeton	80-69	Providence	Ron Lee, Oregon
1976	Kentucky	71-67	Charlotte	Cedric Maxwell, Charlotte
1977	St. Bonaventure	94-91	Houston	Greg Sanders, St. Bonaventure
1978	Texas	101-93	NC State	Jim Krivacs and Ron Baxter, Texas
1979	Indiana	53-52	Purdue	Butch Carter and Ray Tolbert, Indiana
1980	Virginia	58-55	Minnesota	Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1981	Tulsa	86-84	Syracuse	Greg Stewart, Tulsa
1982	Bradley	67-58	Purdue	J.J. Anderson, Bradley
1983	Fresno State	69-60	DePaul	Ron Anderson, Fresno State
1984	Michigan	83-63	Notre Dame	Tim McCormick, Michigan
1985	UCLA	65-62	Indiana	Reggie Miller, UCLA
1986	Ohio State	73-63	Wyoming	Brad Sellers, Ohio State
1987	Southern Miss	84-80	La Salle	Randolph Keys, Southern Miss
1988	Connecticut	72-67	Ohio State	Phil Gamble, Connecticut
1989	St. John's	73-65	Saint Louis	Jayson Williams, St. John's
1990	Vanderbilt	74-72	Saint Louis	Scott Draud, Vanderbilt
1991	Stanford	78-72	Oklahoma	Adam Keefe, Stanford
1992	Virginia	81-76 (OT)	Notre Dame	Bryant Stith, Virginia
1993	Minnesota	62-61	Georgetown	Voshon Lenard, Minnesota
1994	Villanova	80-73	Vanderbilt	Doremus Bennerman, Siena
1995	Virginia Tech	65-64	Marquette	Shawn Smith, Virginia Tech
1996	Nebraska	60-56	Saint Joseph's	Erick Strickland, Nebraska
1997	Michigan*	82-73	Florida State	Robert Traylor, Michigan
1998	Minnesota*	79-72	Penn State	Kevin Clark, Minnesota
1999	California	61-60	Clemson	Sean Lampley, California
2000	Wake Forest	71-61	Notre Dame	Robert O'Kelley, Wake Forest
2001	Tulsa	79-66	Alabama	Marcus Hill, Tulsa
2002	Memphis	72-62	South Carolina	Dejuan Wagner, Memphis
2003	St. John's*	70-67	Georgetown	Marcus Hatten, St. John's
2004	Michigan	62-55	Rutgers	Daniel Horton, Michigan
2005	South Carolina	60-57	Saint Joseph's	Carlos Powell, South Carolina
2006	South Carolina	76-64	Michigan	Renaldo Balkman, South Carolina
2007	West Virginia	78-73	Clemson	Frank Young, West Virginia
2008	Ohio State	92-85	Massachusetts	Kosta Koufos, Ohio State
2009	Penn State	69-63	Baylor	Jamelle Cornley, Penn State
2010	Dayton	79-68	North Carolina	Chris Johnson, Dayton
2011	Wichita State	66-57	Alabama	Graham Hatch, Wichita State
2012	Stanford	75-51	Minnesota	Aaron Bright, Stanford
2013	Baylor	74-54	Iowa	Pierre Jackson, Baylor
2014	Minnesota	65-63	SMU	Austin Hollins, Minnesota
2015	Stanford	66-64 (OT)	Miami	Chasson Randle, Stanford
2016	George Washington	76-60	Valparaiso	Tyler Cavanaugh, George Washington
2017	TCU	88-56	Georgia Tech	Kenrich Williams, TCU
2018	Penn State	82-66	Utah	Lamar Stevens, Penn State

*-Vacated