The 2012 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2012 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 13 on campus sites and ended on March 29 at Madison Square Garden. Stanford defeated Minnesota in the final game, by a score of 75–51 to become NIT champions for second time (first since 1991).

Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2012 NIT field by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship but failing to win their conference tournament. These teams also did not receive an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament.

At-large bids

The following 21 teams were also awarded NIT berths.

Seeds

Bracket

Played on the home court of the higher-seeded team except #7 seed Iowa hosts #2 seed Dayton since Dayton is the host of the NCAA First Four and cannot host a first-round NIT gam

Semifinals and final

Played at Madison Square Garden in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

on March 27 and March 29

2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament The 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began March 17 and concluded April 3, 2012. The Final Four was played at Pepsi Center in Denver. For only the second time in history, and the first time since 1989, all four of the number on ...

* 2012 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament *

2012 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament The 2012 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 31st annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. Illinois Wesleyan defeated Georg ...

2012 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament The 2012 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 75th annual NAIA basketball tournament features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The open ...

2012 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament The 2012 NAIA Division II men’s basketball national championship was held in March at Keeter Gymnasium in Point Lookout, Missouri. The 21st annual National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams p ...

2012 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament The 2012 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2011–12 basketbal ...

2012 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit (measurement), unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment ...

* 2012 College Basketball Invitational * 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

References

{{2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox National Invitation National Invitation Tournament 2010s in Manhattan Basketball in New York City College sports in New York City Madison Square Garden National Invitation Tournament National Invitation Tournament Sports competitions in New York City Sports in Manhattan