Mid-Major 1 Seeds

No. 1 seeds in single-bid conferences need to have an average metric of 125 to secure an automatic bid to the NIT if they lose in their conference tournament. The list below are all of the No. 1 seeds in these tournaments whether or not they have a chance of achieving that threshold and receiving an automatic bid if necessary.

These conferences are excluded because they're Top 12 and thus a team will receive an exempt bid: West Coast Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Conference USA, American Athletic Conference, Missouri Valley Conference, Big West Conference.

Conference: Team — Automatic NIT Bid Potential — Still Playing

America East: Bryant — No (149th in NET)
Ivy League: Yale — Lock
MAC: Akron — Lock
MEAC: Norfolk St. — No
SWAC: Southern — No
WAC: Utah Valley — Lock

Teams In NCAA Tournament:
  • Atlantic Sun: Lipscomb
  • Big South: High Point
  • Summit League: Nebraska-Omaha
  • Southland: McNeese St.
  • Horizon League: Robert Morris
Teams Using NIT Automatic Bid:
  • Southern: Chattanooga
  • Big Sky: Northern Colorado
Teams Likely Done (Or CBC or CBI):
  • Ohio Valley: Southeast Missouri St.
  • Patriot League: Bucknell
  • Sun Belt: South Alabama
  • Coastal: Towson
  • Northeast: Central Connecticut
  • MAAC: Quinnipiac

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