Ease the pain of your school getting snubbed with the NIT bracket

The 2018 National Invitation Tournament field is set and it’s time for these 32 teams to get ready. Here’s your printable 2018 NIT bracket.

The 2018 National Invitation Tournament has arrived, and the teams that didn’t make it to the NCAA Tournament have been seeded into the 2018 NIT bracket. You can follow along with all of the fun with our printable 2018 NIT bracket.

The NIT begins on March 13 and culminates with the NIT Semifinals on March 27 and the Championship on March 29 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Here’s your printable NIT bracket:

Props to Louisiana, which has three schools in the tournament, including LSU. March Madness snubs Baylor, Saint Mary’s, USC, and Notre Dame landed top seeds in the NIT,

The NIT Selection Committee grants automatic bids to any NCAA teams that were regular-season champions that didn’t make it to the NCAA Tournament, and then the rest of the field is filled out with teams whose overall records and strength of schedule merit an invitation.

32 teams total will participate in the NIT.

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The NIT does not have predetermined sites, so the first three rounds are hosted by schools in the tournament. Hosting duties are offered first to the higher-seeded school, but if that school declines to host then hosting duties fall to their opponent. The second and third round game locations are determined based on the winners of the first and second rounds respectively.

First Round action begins March 13-14, followed by Second Round games March 15-19, and the Quarterfinal games will play March 20-21.