Sports: NIT Bracketology

UPDATE: Here is 2007 NIT Bracketology.

UPDATE: The 2006 NCAA brackets have been announced. Thus, shortly afterward, the 2006 NIT brackets were released.

I've indicated with a $ symbol that the teams below received NIT bids.

Of the 40 bids, 7 were automatics. Of the remaining 33, I correctly predicted 23.

Of the 10 I missed, 4 were NCAA bubble teams (Cincy, Hofstra, Michigan and Florida State) that I thought would get into the NCAA but didn't, 4 were teams I had in the NIT (Minnesota, La Tech, Penn St. and Butler) but I thought lost their spots due to losses by regular season champs in one-bid conferences and 2 teams (Wake Forrest and Oklahoma State) I didn't monitor at all as possible NIT candidates.

Group 1 - teams on the NCAA bubble and when it bursts they land in the NIT: Big East Syracuse-NCAA!!! Cincinnati-NCAA? NO! NIT instead. SEC 1. Vandy $ ACC 2. Maryland $ 3. Virginia $ 4. Miami $ Big 12 5. Colorado $ Missouri Valley 6. Missouri State $ Northern Iowa - NCAA? YES! Bradley - NCAA? YES! 7. Creighton $ CAA Hofstra-NCAA? NO! NIT instead. 8. George Mason - got into NCAA!! 9. Old Dominion $ Mountain West 10. Air Force - got into NCAA!! 11. BYU $ WAC 12. Utah State - got into NCAA!! CUSA 13. UTEP $ 14. Houston $ A10 15. Charlotte $ 16. La Salle

Group 2 - virtual locks for NIT: ACC 17. Clemson $ 18. Virginia Tech A10 Xavier-NCAA bound! 19. Temple $ 20. St. Louis 21. St. Joes $ Big East 22. Rutgers $ 23. Louisville $ Big 12 24. Nebraska $ 25. Kansas St. 26. Iowa State Mid American 27. Akron $ 28. Miami-Ohio $ Metro Atlantic Iona - going to NCAA!

Group 3 - on the bubble for the NIT which will burst if a regular season champ falters in their post-season conference tournament and gets an automatic NIT bid: Big East 29. Notre Dame $ Pac10 30. Stanford $ 31. USC SEC 32. South Carolina $ 33. Georgia Horizon 34. Butler got into NIT Sun Belt South Alabama - Going to NCAA! Big Sky Montana-Going to NCAA! Mountain West 35. UNLV WAC 36. Louisiana Tech got into NIT Big Ten 37. Penn State got into NIT 38. Northwestern 39. Minnesota got into NIT CAA 40. Northeastern

Group 4 - teams who won their regular season but come from a one-bid conference and would get an NIT bid if they lose their post-season tournament: America East-Albany-NCAA bound! 34. Atlantic Sun-Libscomb-lost in finals 35. Big Sky-Northern Arizona-lost in finals Big South-Winthrop-going to NCAA! Big West-Pacific-NCAA again! Horizon-Wisconsin Milwaukee-going to NCAA! 36. Metro Atlantic-Manhattan-lost in semi-finals Mid-American-Kent State-next up NCAA! Mid-Continent-Oral Roberts-going to NCAA! 37. Mid-Eastern-Delaware St.-lost in finals 38. Northeast-Fair. Dickinson-lost in finals Ohio Valley-Murray St.-going to NCAA! 39. Southern-Georgia Southern- lost in quarterfinals Southland-Northwestern St.-Going to NCAA! Southwestern-Southern-Going to NCAA! 40. Sun Belt-Western Kentucky-lost in finals

Wait listed: DePaul, Marist, Hawaii.

Will update as post-season tournament results come in!

UPDATE: NIT-ology is also tracking who will get into the NIT!

UPDATE: Lunardi is also updating his list.