NCAA basketball: 2022 men's NIT bracket revealed as Dayton, Oklahoma, SMU and Texas A&M get top seeds
The 2022 men's NIT bracket was revealed a short time after the 2022 NCAA tournament field was released Sunday night.
Dayton, Oklahoma, SMU and Texas A&M were bubble teams entering the NCAA tournament field reveal. None of them made the tournament but they were named as the top seeds for the NIT a few hours later.
Dayton lost in the semifinals of the Atlantic-10 tournament while Oklahoma lost to Texas Tech in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament after beating No. 2 seed Baylor in the quarterfinals. Texas A&M made it to the title game of the SEC tournament and lost to Tennessee. Had A&M beaten the Volunteers it would have scored the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament.
The NIT is a 32-team tournament that is played at the home arenas of the higher-seeded teams until the final two rounds. The winners of each of the four brackets head to Madison Square Garden in New York.
The first rounds are Tuesday and Wednesday while the second-round games are contested on March 19-20. The quarterfinals are March 22 and 23 while the semifinals at Madison Square Garden are on March 29. The NIT championship game is on March 31.
There are four seeded teams in each bracket. Those four teams are the home teams in the first round.
Top Left Bracket
1. Dayton vs. Toledo
4. Vanderbilt vs. Belmont
3. Florida vs. Iona
2. Xavier vs. Cleveland State
Bottom Left Bracket
No. 1 Oklahoma vs. Missouri State
No. 4. Colorado vs. St. Bonaventure
No. 3 Mississippi State vs. Virginia
No. 2 North Texas vs. Texas State
Top Right Bracket
1. SMU vs. Nicholls State
4. Washington State vs. Santa Clara
3. St. Louis vs. Northern Iowa
2. BYU vs. Long Beach State
Bottom Right Bracket
No. 1 Texas A&M vs. Alcorn State
No. 4 Utah State vs. Oregon
No. 3 VCU vs. Princeton
No. 2 Wake Forest vs. Towson
