Attention, all college basketball fans: tickets for the 2017 NiT season tip-off game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Friday, Nov. 24 are now on sale at Ticketmaster.com!
The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men’s college basketball tournament operated by the NCAA. St. John’s University owns the most NIT titles (5), while the TCU Horned Frogs are the most recent champions.
The third-place game and championship game on Friday will both be held the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday), although no start time has yet been announced for either matchup. The first Thanksgiving-day (Nov. 23) game will see the University of Virginia of the Atlantic Coast Conference face Vanderbilt University of the Southeastern Conference at 4 pm EST.
The second game that Thursday will feature the BIG EAST Conference squad Seton Hall University face off against 2017 Atlantic 10 Conference Champion University of Rhode Island at 6 pm EST. Both games will likely air on ESPNU.
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The winners of each game will face off in the championship game on Friday.
Standard admission tickets for Friday’ championship game begin at $30 on Ticketmaster. There is an overall eight-ticket limit for this event.
Group tickets can be purchased by calling 855-GROUP-BK.
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 25: Daniel Dingle #4 of the Temple Owls drives to the basket defended by Lamont West #15 of the West Virginia Mountaineers in the second half during the championship game of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Barclays Center on November 25, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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