Teams and pairings for the 2024 NIT were released by the NIT Committee on Sunday, March 17, 2024. 32 teams qualified for the NIT, including both automatic qualifiers and at-large selections. In
2023, the
North Texas Mean Green won the NIT championship.
Automatic qualifiers In a change from previous tournaments, teams which had the best regular-season record in their conference but failed to win their conference tournament no longer automatically qualified for the NIT. Instead, the top two teams (based on
NET ranking) from six
major conferences (
ACC,
Big East,
Big Ten,
Big 12,
Pac-12 and
SEC) not selected for the NCAA tournament received automatic bids, regardless of their win-loss records. These 12 teams also were given the opportunity to host first-round games. Teams in bold accepted a bid, teams in italics were eligible for an automatic bid, but declined.
At-large bids The following teams were awarded at-large bids. Team was one of the first four out of the NCAA tournament and entitled to deference from the NIT Committee in determining home-court advantage for first-round games. Team was one of the first four out of the NCAA tournament and went on to win the 2024 NIT championship.
Declined bids The following schools declined to play in the 2024 NIT: •
Arizona State •
Oklahoma •
Stanford •
Syracuse •
Florida State •
Pittsburgh •
USC •
Memphis •
St. John's ==Bracket==