National Invitational Tournament

Seton Hall erased a seven-point deficit in the final three minutes of the NIT Championship Game for a 79-77 win over Indiana State on Thursday night inside Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Pirates captured their first NIT title since 1953 with a win in a thrilling matchup between teams who just missed the NCAA Tournament cut and were awarded No. 1 seeds in their regions.

Dre Davis scored the go-ahead layup with 16 seconds remaining for Seton Hall, and his team got a stop on the defensive end to seal the win. Indiana State guard Ryan Conwell missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would've been the game-winner.

Seton Hall star Al-Amir Dawes scored a game-high 24 points, and Kadar Richmond added 21 in the win as the Pirates finish with a  25-12 record.

Indiana State was seeking its first NIT title in program history and fell one game short of tying the single-season win record set by a Larry Bird-led team during the 1978-79 season. Indiana State guard Isaiah Swope scored 19 points, and Julian Larry added 18. Sycamores coach Josh Schertz is expected to leave after being hired as the next coach at Saint Louis 

All times Eastern

2024 NIT bracket, scores, schedule 

Games in the first three rounds to be played at the higher-seeded team's home arena

NIT Championship 

April 4, Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis

  • No. 1 Seton Hall 79, No. 1 Indiana State 77 | Recap

Region 1 

First round

  • No. 1 Seton Hall 75, Saint Joseph's 72 (OT)
  • UNLV 84, No. 2 Princeton 77
  • Boston College 62, No. 3 Providence 57
  • North Texas 84, No. 4 LSU 77

Second round

  • No. 1 Seton Hall 72, North Texas 58 -- Recap
  •  UNLV 79, Boston College 70 -- Recap

Quarterfinals

  • No. 1 Seton Hall 91, UNLV 68 | Recap

Region 2

First round

  • No. 1 Wake Forest 87, Appalachian State 76
  • No. 2 Ohio State 88, Cornell 83
  • No. 3 Virginia Tech 74, Richmond 58
  • No. 4 Georgia 78, Xavier 76

Second round

  • No. 2 Ohio State 81, No. 3 Virginia Tech 73 -- Recap
  • No. 4 Georgia 72, No. 1 Wake Forest 66 -- Recap

Quarterfinals

  • No. 4 Georgia 79, No. 2 Ohio State 77 -- Recap

Region 3

First round

  • No. 1 Indiana State 101, SMU 92
  • No. 2 Cincinnati 73, San Francisco 72 (OT)
  • No. 3 Bradley 74, Loyola Chicago 62
  • Minnesota 73, No. 4 Butler 72

Second round

  • No. 2 Cincinnati 74, No. 3 Bradley 57 -- Recap
  • No. 1 Indiana State 76, Minnesota 64 -- Recap

Quarterfinals

  • No. 1 Indiana State 85, No. 2 Cincinnati 81 -- Recap

Region 4

  • VCU 70, No. 1 Villanova 61
  • No. 2 Utah 84, UC Irvine 75
  • No. 3 Iowa 91, Kansas State 82
  • USF 83, No. 4 UCF 77 

Second round 

  • VCU 70, USF 65 -- Recap
  • No. 2 Utah 91, No. 3 Iowa 82 -- Recap

Quarterfinals

  • No. 2 Utah 74, VCU 54 | Recap

Semifinals

April 2, Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis

  • No. 1 Indiana State 100, No. 2 Utah 90 | Recap
  • No. 1 Seton Hall 84, No. 4 Georgia 67  | Recap