After missing out on the NCAA Tournament, the SMU men’s basketball team (23-10) is shifting focus to another postseason event. The Mustangs will play in the 2025 National Invitation Tournament, opening the competition in front of a home crowd at Moody Coliseum.

The NCAA's National Invitation Tournaments for men's and women's basketball begin today and Wednesday, with both tournaments featuring Iowa teams.

After the disappointment of missing out on the NCAA tournament, quite a few teams declined bids to the NIT. Here's the 11 who won't be participating.

National Invitation Tournament includes 32 teams and will conclude at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on April 3.

The NIT action will air across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN+. The games will also be available to stream on ESPN.com and the ESPN app. The first round of the NIT takes place from Tuesday, March 18 to Wednesday, March 19:

The NIT allows teams not in March Madness the chance to play for a postseason title. Here's who is in it and the schedule.

This year's NIT bracket features a little of everything, from power-conference representatives to mid-major juggernauts. The action could be every bit as thrilling as the Big Dance, so let's dive right in with a look at the full bracket,

South Alabama was Sun Belt regular-season co-champions this season, finishing in a four-way tie with Troy, James Madison and Arkansas State, but earning the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament. The Jaguars (21-11) lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt tournament, with Troy winning and claiming the league’s sole “March Madness” bid.

South Alabama coach Richie Riley explained the situation to AL.com, too. Riley said the Jaguars were offered a spot for NIT on Sunday night at 9:30 p.m. South Alabama ended up getting the invite because UC Riverside, who had received the invite first, had to decline to play in the College Basketball Invitation.

South Alabama's season is over after the team's NIT invitation was rescinded in a manner coach Richie Riley called "unacceptable."  Riley told AL.com he was informed late Sunday evening that his team had been invited to the NIT due to UC Riverside declining its invitation because of a previous commitment to play in the College Basketball Invitational,

This marks Georgia Tech’s first NIT appearance since 2017 when they made a deep run to the championship game before falling to TCU. The season prior, in 2016, Tech reached the q