The event was the National Invitation Tournament. After it debuted in 1938, the NIT reigned supreme as the top men's college ...

The National Invitational Tournament is college basketball's oldest tournament, and at one point, it was college hoop's most prestigious. The NIT began in 1938 and was created by a group of New ...

Today, the NIT (National Invitation Tournament) is lesser-known ... The NIT has been played for nearly 90 years, opening in 1938. Temple University won the inaugural competition, and 54 different ...

The National Invitation Tournament, or NIT, is an annual postseason knockout tournament featuring 32 Division I basketball teams. The NCAA has held the men's tournament since 1938. Temple defeated ...

No. While the National Invitation Tournament (or NIT), is ... The NIT was actually founded before the NCAA tournament, in 1938, but did not become as popular as the NCAA tournament.