Have Auto Bid (If Necessary): Vermont (America East), Middle Tennessee (CUSA), Cal St. Bakersfield (WAC), NC Central (MEAC), UT Arlington (Sun Belt), Princeton (Ivy League), Nevada (MWC), Texas Southern (SWAC), UC Irvine (Big West), New Orleans (Southland), North Dakota (Big Sky), Akron (MAC)
NCAA Bubble (In Most to Least Safe Order): Xavier, Wake Forest, USC, Vanderbilt, Kansas St., Rhode Island
NIT Tournament Bracket:
Bold: Automatic Bid
Italics: Bubble Teams
1. Illinois St.
8. South Dakota
4. Alabama
5. Monmouth
3. Indiana
6. Colorado
2. California
7. Texas A&M
1. Illinois
8. Oakland
4. Utah
5. Colorado St.
3. BYU
6. Fresno St.
2. Houston
7. Belmont
1. Syracuse
8. New Mexico St.
4. College of Charleston
5. Georgia Tech
3. Mississippi
6. UCF
2. Iowa
7. UNC Greensboro
1. Georgia
8. UNC Asheville
4. Boise St.
5. Ohio St.
3. Clemson
6. Richmond
2. TCU
7. Valparaiso
Considered (But Unlikely): Auburn, Memphis, San Francisco, Texas Tech