We have known for the better part of nine months now that the 2017 Preseason NIT, now called the NIT Season Tip Off, will feature four teams who all made the 2016 NCAA Tournament, including the Virginia Cavaliers, who received the lowest seed among the four, at No. 5. The Hoos are slated to face Vanderbilt, with the winner to face the winner of Rhode Island and Seton Hall.
As part of the NIT Season Tip Off, although it won’t have any bearing as to who will travel to the Barclays Center for the bracketed play, each team will host two non-bracketed teams.