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2008 National Invitation Tournament

Index 2008 National Invitation Tournament

The 2008 National Invitation Tournament (known through sponsorship as the MasterCard NIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. [1]

78 relations: Akron Zips men's basketball, Alabama State University, Arizona State Sun Devils, Atlantic 10 Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 Conference, Big East Conference (1979–2013), Big South Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big West Conference, C. M. Newton, California Golden Bears, Charlotte 49ers, Colonial Athletic Association, Conference USA, Creighton Bluejays men's basketball, Dayton Flyers men's basketball, Don DeVoe, Florida Gators men's basketball, Florida State Seminoles men's basketball, Gene Keady, Horizon League, Illinois State Redbirds, Kosta Koufos, Madison Square Garden, Mastercard, Mid-American Conference, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Missouri Valley Conference, Morgan State University, Mountain West Conference, NAIA Women's Basketball Championships, National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Invitation Tournament, NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament, NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament, Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball, New Mexico Lobos men's basketball, New York City, Northeast Conference, Ohio State Buckeyes, Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball, Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball, Ole Miss Rebels, Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball, Pac-12 Conference, Reggie Minton, Rhode Island Rams, Robert Morris University, ..., Rudy Davalos, San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball, Single-elimination tournament, Southeastern Conference, Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball, Southland Conference, Southwestern Athletic Conference, Stephen F. Austin State University, Syracuse Orange men's basketball, Thad Matta, UAB Blazers men's basketball, UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen, UMass Minutemen basketball, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Utah State University, VCU Rams men's basketball, Western Athletic Conference, 2007–08 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team, 2007–08 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team, 2007–08 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team, 2007–08 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team, 2008 College Basketball Invitational, 2008 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, 2008 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament, 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, 2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament. Expand index (28 more) »

Akron Zips men's basketball

The Akron Zips men's basketball team represents the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio.

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Alabama State University

Alabama State University (ASU), founded in 1867, is a public historically black university located in Montgomery, Alabama, United States.

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Arizona State Sun Devils

The Arizona State Sun Devils are the athletic teams that represent Arizona State University.

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Atlantic 10 Conference

The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern Seaboard, as well as some in the Midwest – Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Ohio, and Missouri as well as in the District of Columbia.

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Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States of America in which its fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division I, with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest levels for athletic competition in US-based collegiate sports.

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Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a ten-school collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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Big East Conference (1979–2013)

The Big East Conference was a collegiate athletics conference that consisted of as many as 16 universities in the eastern half of the United States from 1979 to 2013.

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Big South Conference

The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002.

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Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference (B1G), formerly Western Conference and Big Nine Conference, is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States.

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Big West Conference

The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The conference was originally formed in 1969 as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) and in 1988 was renamed the Big West Conference.

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C. M. Newton

Charles Martin Newton (February 2, 1930 – June 4, 2018) was an American basketball player, coach, and administrator.

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California Golden Bears

The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley.

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Charlotte 49ers

The Charlotte 49ers represent the NCAA Division I sports teams of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Colonial Athletic Association

The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina.

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Conference USA

Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States.

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Creighton Bluejays men's basketball

The Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represents Creighton University of the NCAA Division I college basketball.

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Dayton Flyers men's basketball

The Dayton Flyers men's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) representing the University of Dayton in Ohio.

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Don DeVoe

Donald Eugene DeVoe (born December 31, 1941) is a former American college basketball coach and former player.

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Florida Gators men's basketball

The Florida Gators men's basketball team represents the University of Florida in the sport of basketball.

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Florida State Seminoles men's basketball

The Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team represents Florida State University (variously Florida State or FSU) in the intercollegiate sport of basketball.

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Gene Keady

Lloyd Eugene Keady (born May 21, 1936) is an American basketball coach.

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Horizon League

The Horizon League is a 10-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, whose members are located in and near the Midwestern United States.

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Illinois State Redbirds

The Illinois State Redbirds are the athletic teams that represent Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.

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Kosta Koufos

Konstantine Demetrios "Kosta" Koufos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δημήτριος "Κώστας" Κουφός; born February 24, 1989) is a Greek-American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often called "MSG" or simply "The Garden", is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Mastercard

Mastercard Incorporated (stylized as MasterCard from 1979 to 2016 and mastercard since 2016) is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in the Mastercard International Global Headquarters in Purchase, New York, United States.

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Mid-American Conference

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois.

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Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States.

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Missouri Valley Conference

The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the second-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States.

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Morgan State University

Morgan State University (commonly referred to as MSU, Morgan State, or Morgan) is a Maryland's designated public urban research university and the largest Maryland's American historically black college and university (HBCU) located in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Mountain West Conference

The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A).

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NAIA Women's Basketball Championships

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Women's Basketball National Championship has been held annually since 1981.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions and conferences.

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National Invitation Tournament

The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament

The NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship is an annual tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II women's college basketball national champion.

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NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament

The NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of women's NCAA Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.

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Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball

The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I. The program's first game was an 11–8 win over the Lincoln YMCA.

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New Mexico Lobos men's basketball

The New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team represents the University of New Mexico, competing in the Mountain West Conference (MWC) in NCAA Division I. UNM established basketball as a varsity sport in 1899 and began competing with regional colleges after establishing an athletics department in 1920.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Northeast Conference

The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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Ohio State Buckeyes

The Ohio State Buckeyes are the athletic teams that represent The Ohio State University, located in Columbus, Ohio.

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Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball

The Ohio State men's basketball team represents Ohio State University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition.

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Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball

The Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represents Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition.

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Ole Miss Rebels

The Ole Miss Rebels are the intercollegiate athletic teams officially representing the University of Mississippi.

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Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball

The Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team represents the University of Mississippi in the sport of basketball.

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Pac-12 Conference

The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level.

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Reggie Minton

William Reginald Minton (born June 10, 1941) is the deputy executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

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Rhode Island Rams

The Rhode Island Rams are the athletic programs of the University of Rhode Island, based in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States.

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Robert Morris University

Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private, doctoral university located in Moon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Rudy Davalos

Rudy Albert Davalos, Jr. is a retired basketball coach and college athletics administrator.

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San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball

The San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team is the college basketball program that represents San Diego State University, located in San Diego, California.

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Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

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Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the Southern part of the United States.

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Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball

The Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball team represents Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois.

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Southland Conference

The Southland Conference is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas).

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Southwestern Athletic Conference

The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States.

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Stephen F. Austin State University

Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) is a public university located in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States.

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Syracuse Orange men's basketball

The Syracuse Orange men's basketball program is an intercollegiate men's basketball team representing Syracuse University.

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Thad Matta

Thad Michael Matta (born July 11, 1967) is an American college basketball coach.

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UAB Blazers men's basketball

The UAB Blazers men's basketball team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the NCAA Division I men's college basketball, and have competed in Conference USA (C-USA) since 1995.

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UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen

The UMass Minutemen are the athletic teams that represent the University of Massachusetts Amherst; strictly speaking, the Minutemen nickname applies to men's teams and athletes only — women's teams and athletes are known as Minutewomen.

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UMass Minutemen basketball

The UMass Minutemen basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, in NCAA Division I men's college basketball.

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University of North Carolina at Asheville

The University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA) is a co-educational, four year, public liberal arts university.

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Utah State University

Utah State University (also referred to as USU or Utah State) is a public doctorate-granting university in Logan, Utah, United States.

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VCU Rams men's basketball

The VCU Rams men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball team that represents Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference formed on July 27, 1962 and affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States, with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington, along with the "non-western" states of Missouri and Illinois (traditionally associated with the Midwest), as well as Texas (traditionally associated with the Southwest).

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2007–08 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball team represents Cleveland State University in the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

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2007–08 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland in the 2007–08 college basketball season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

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2007–08 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball finished in fifth place in the Big Ten, squarely on the NCAA tournament bubble.

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2007–08 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team

The 2007–08 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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2008 College Basketball Invitational

The 2008 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 2008 National Invitation Tournament.

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2008 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2008 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 19 to 25 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.

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2008 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2008 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship was held in March at Keeter Gymnasium in Point Lookout, Missouri.

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2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2007–08 basketball season.

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2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament involved 64 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the 2007–08 national champion of women's NCAA Division I college basketball.

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2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2008 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

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Redirects here:

2008 NIT, 2008 National Invitation (NIT) Men's Basketball Tournament.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_National_Invitation_Tournament

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