The 2010 National Invitation Tournament was a

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of 32

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(NCAA) Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the

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. The 73rd annual tournament began on March 16 on campus sites and ended on April 1 at Madison Square Garden in

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. Dayton won their 3rd NIT title (first title since 1968) over

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, 79–68.

Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2010 NIT field after losing in their respective conference tournaments; by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship and not qualifying for the NCAA tournament. *Jacksonville split the Atlantic Sun regular season title with Campbell, Lipscomb and Belmont, but the conference tournament was won by fifth-seeded East Tennessee State. The Dolphins earned the automatic NIT bid by advancing the furthest of the four in the Atlantic Sun tournament even though Lipscomb was the #1 seed in the tournament.NIT bid is little consolation for JU men's basketball team
The entire 32-team field was announced on March 14, 2010 on The ''NIT Selection Show'' at 9 pm ET on ESPNU.

Seedings

Bracket

''Played on the home court of the higher-seeded team (except #1 Illinois in the first round)''

Illinois bracket

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

Arizona State bracket

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

Virginia Tech bracket

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

Mississippi State bracket

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

NIT Final Four

''Played at Madison Square Garden in

Semifinals

Finals

Broadcasters

Television

Local Radio

References

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Participants

Automatic qualifiers

Seedings

Bracket

Illinois bracket

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

Arizona State bracket

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

Virginia Tech bracket

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

Mississippi State bracket

First Round

Second Round

Quarterfinals

NIT Final Four

Semifinals

Finals

Broadcasters

Television

Local Radio

See also

References