NIT history: Champions and MVPs
Started in 1938, one year before the NCAA Tournament, the National Invitation Tournament is the oldest tournament in college basketball. St. John's owns the most NIT championships (6).
2012 NIT bracket | NIT scoreboard
| Year | Championship game | MVP |
| 2012 | Stanford 75, Minnesota 51 | Aaron Bright, Stanford |
| 2011 | Wichita State 66, Alabama 57 | Graham Hatch, Wichita State |
| 2010 | Dayton 79, North Carolina 68 | Chris Johnson, Dayton |
| 2009 | Penn State 69, Baylor 63 | Jamelle Cornley, Penn State |
| 2008 | Ohio State 92, Massachusetts 85 | Kosta Koufos, Ohio State |
| 2007 | West Virginia 78, Clemson 73 | Frank Young, West Virginia |
| 2006 | South Carolina 76, Michigan 64 | Renaldo Balkman, South Carolina |
| 2005 | South Carolina 60, Saint Joseph's 57 | Carlos Powell, South Carolina |
| 2004 | Michigan 62, Rutgers 55 | Daniel Horton, Michigan |
| 2003 | St. John's 70, Georgetown 67 | Marcus Hatten, Memphis |
| 2002 | Memphis 72, South Carolina 62 | Dajuan Wagner, Memphis |
| 2001 | Tulsa 79, Alabama 60 | Marcus Hill, Tulsa |
| 2000 | Wake Forest 71, Notre Dame 61 | Robert O'Kelley, Wake Forest |
| 1999 | California 61, Clemson 60 | Sean Lampley, California |
| 1998 | Minnesota 79, Penn State 72 | Kevin Clark, Minnesota |
| 1997 | Michigan 82, Florida State 73 | Robert Traylor, Michigan |
| 1996 | Nebraska 60, St. Joseph's 56 | Erick Strickland, Nebraska |
| 1995 | Virginia Tech 65, Marquette 64 OT | Shawn Smith, Virginia Tech |
| 1994 | Villanova 80, Vanderbilt 73 | Doremus Bennerman, Siena |
| 1993 | Minnesota 62, Georgetown 61 | Voshon Lenard, Minnesota |
| 1992 | Virginia 81, Notre Dame 76 | Bryant Stith, Virginia |
| 1991 | Stanford 78, Oklahoma 72 | Adam Keefe, Stanford |
| 1990 | Vanderbilt 74, St. Louis 72 | Scott Draud, Vanderbilt |
| 1989 | St. John's 73, St. Louis 65 | Jayson Williams, St. John's |
| 1988 | Connecticut 72, Ohio State 67 | Phil Gamble, Connecticut |
| 1987 | Southern Miss. 84, La Salle 80 | Randolph Keys, Southern Miss. |
| 1986 | Ohio State 73, Wyoming 63 | Brad Sellers, Ohio State |
| 1985 | UCLA 65, Indiana 62 | Reggie Miller, UCLA |
| 1984 | Michigan 83, Notre Dame 63 | Tim McCormick, Michigan |
| 1983 | Fresno State 69, DePaul 60 | Ron Anderson, Fresno State |
| 1982 | Bradley 67, Purdue 58 | Mitchell Anderson, Bradley |
| 1981 | Tulsa 86, Syracuse 84 OT | Greg Stewart, Tulsa |
| 1980 | Virginia 58, Minnesota 55 | Ralph Sampson, Virginia |
| 1979 | Indiana 53, Purdue 52 | Butch Carter and Ray Tolbert, Indiana |
| 1978 | Texas 101, N.C. State 93 | Jim Krivacs and Ron Baxter, Texas |
| 1977 | St. Bonaventure 94, Houston 91 | Greg Sanders, St. Bonaventure |
| 1976 | Kentucky 71, UNC Charlotte 67 | Cedric Maxwell, UNC Charlotte |
| 1975 | Princeton 80, Providence 69 | Ron Lee, Oregon |
| 1974 | Purdue 87, Utah 81 | Mike Sojourner, Utah |
| 1973 | Virginia Tech 92, Notre Dame 91 OT | John Shumate, Notre Dame |
| 1972 | Maryland 100, Niagara 69 | Tom McMillen, Maryland |
| 1971 | North Carolina 84, Georgia Tech 66 | Bill Chamberlain, North Carolina |
| 1970 | Marquette 65, St. John's 53 | Dean Meminger, Marquette |
| 1969 | Temple 89, Boston College76 | Terry Driscoll, Boston College |
| 1968 | Dayton 61, Kansas 48 | Don May, Dayton |
| 1967 | Southern Illinois 71, Marquette 56 | Walt Frazier, So. Illinois |
| 1966 | Brigham Young 97, New York Univ. 84 | Bill Melchionni, Villanova |
| 1965 | St. John's 55, Villanova 51 | Ken McIntyre, St. John's |
| 1964 | Bradley 86, New Mexico 54 | Lavern Tart, Bradley |
| 1963 | Providence 81, Canisius 66 | Ray Flynn, Providence |
| 1962 | Dayton 73, St. John's 67 | Bill Chmielewski, Dayton |
| 1961 | Providence 62, St. Louis 59 | Vin Ernst, Providence |
| 1960 | Bradley 88, Providence 72 | Lenny Wilkens, Providence |
| 1959 | St. John's 76, Bradley 71 OT | Tony Jackson, St. John's |
| 1958 | Xavier 78, Dayton 74 OT | Hank Stein, Xavier |
| 1957 | Bradley 84, Memphis State 83 | Win Wilfong, Memphis St. |
| 1956 | Louisville 93, Dayton 80 | Charlie Tyra, Louisville |
| 1955 | Duquesne 70, Dayton 58 | Maurice Stokes, St. Francis (Pa.) |
| 1954 | Holy Cross 71, Duquesne 62 | Togo Palazzi, Holy Cross |
| 1953 | Seton Hall 58, St. John's 46 | Walter Dukes, Seton Hall |
| 1952 | La Salle 75, Dayton 64 | Tom Gola and Norm Grekin, La Salle |
| 1951 | Brigham Young 62, Dayton 43 | Roland Minson, BYU |
| 1950 | CCNY 69, Bradley 61 | Ed Warner, CCNY |
| 1949 | San Francisco 48, Loyola of Chicago 47 | Don Lofgran, San Francisco |
| 1948 | St. Louis 65, New York University 52 | Ed Macauley, St. Louis |
| 1947 | Utah 49, Kentucky 45 | Vern Gardner, Utah |
| 1946 | Kentucky 46, Rhode Island 45 | Ernie Calverley, Rhode Island |
| 1945 | DePaul 71, Bowling Green 54 | George Mikan, DePaul |
| 1944 | St. John's 47, DePaul 39 | Bill Kotsores, St. John's |
| 1943 | St. John's 48, Toledo 27 | Harry Boykoff, St. John's |
| 1942 | West Virginia 47, Western Kentucky 45 | Rudy Baric, West Virginia |
| 1941 | Long Island Univ. 56, Ohio University 42 | Frankie Baumholtz, Ohio U. |
| 1940 | Colorado 51, Duquesne 40 | Bob Doll, Colorado |
| 1939 | Long Island Univ. 44, Loyola of Chicago 32 | Bill Lloyd, St. John's |
| 1938 | Temple 60, Colorado 36 | Don Shields, Temple |
