Wayne Staats | NCAA.com | March 11, 2020 2020 NIT selection show: Time, TV channel, date Everything you need to know about March Madness Share The 2020 NIT bracket will be announced on Sunday, March 15. The NIT will again have 32 teams in a single-elimination postseason tournament that culminates at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Get the time, TV channel and date information below for the 2020 NIT selection show below. Texas won the NIT title last season by beating Lipscomb in the championship game. 2020 NIT selection show: Time, date The NIT field will be announced at 8:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 15. This is after the NCAA tournament bracket is revealed earlier in the day. 2020 NIT selection show: TV channel The NIT bracket will be announced on ESPNU. 2020 NIT bracket 2020 NIT: Teams, how it works Regular-season conference champions that don't make the NCAA tournament automatically qualify for the NIT. Also, the teams listed by the NCAA Men's Basketball Committee as the "first four out" for the NCAA tournament earn the top seeds in the NIT field. Last season, UNC Greensboro, TCU, Alabama and Indiana received No. 1 seeds for the NIT. The 2019 NIT saw No. 1 seed TCU, No. 2 Texas, No. 5 Lipscomb and No. 6 Wichita State advance to the semifinals at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Texas defeated Lipscomb for the title, 81-66. 2020 NIT schedule ROUND DATES First Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18 Second Thursday, March 19 through Monday, March 23 Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 24 and Wednesday, March 25 Semifinals Tuesday, March 31 Championship Thursday, April 2 TICKETS: 2020 NIT ticket information NIT champions, history YEAR SCHOOL SCORE RUNNER UP MVP 1938 Temple 60-36 Colorado Don Shields, Temple 1939 Long Island 44-32 Loyola 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 Schumate, 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 2019 Texas 81-66 Lipscomb Kerwin Roach, Texas *-Vacated These college basketball teams and conferences have the most NBA first-round draft picks Kentucky, North Carolina and Duke are the college basketball teams with the most first-round picks in NBA draft history. 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