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

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

As a No. 1 seed, Dayton will play on the road due to their arena hosting the NCAA men's basketball tournament play-in games. Get the latest sports updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.

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.

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.

The NCAA has some serious explaining to do after an embarrassing mistake involving the University of South Alabama Men's Basketball team.

South Alabama's season is over after the team's NIT invitation was rescinded in a manner coach Richie Riley called "unacceptable."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