Can you believe that there was a time that the NIT was the more prestigious of the postseason tournaments?
It’s been around for awhile — try 1938 — and was the more sought after postseason tourney ticket in its early days, specifically because there was little media coverage of college basketball back then, and the games were played at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The tournament has been around for 80 years now, and while OSU and the NIT don’t have what I would call a storied past, the Cowboys have participated a few times.