The 2023 NIT will again feature 32 teams. 11 regular season conference champions earned auto bids and there will be 21 at large teams. Here is my projected field along with some notes:
1 Oklahoma St 18-15 1 Rutgers 19-14 1 Clemson 23-10 1 North Carolina 20-13
2 North Texas 24-7 2 Oregon 19-14 2 Vanderbilt 20-14 2 Michigan 17-15
3 New Mexico 21-11 3 Wisconsin 17-14 3 Utah Valley 22-8 3 UAB 24-9
4 Santa Clara 22-9 4 Texas Tech 16-16 4 Seton Hall 16-15 4 Sam Houston St 21-7
5 Villanova 17-16 5 Southern Miss 22-7 5 Virginia Tech 19-14 1 Toledo 26-7
6 Florida 16-16 6 Cincinnati 20-12 6 Liberty 23-8 6 Nebraska 16-16
7 Hofstra 23-9 7 Bradley 24-9 7 Yale 19-8 7 UC Irvine 21-11
8 E Washington 21-10 8 Youngstown St 22-9 8 Morehead St 17-11 8 Alcorn St 18-13
I excluded a few teams that were good enough to make the field but have losing record. There is no rule against teams with losing records being in the field, however it has not happened in recent history that I can find. The excluded teams are:
Oklahoma (15-17) and Ohio St (16-19)
Other teams that just missed the field, and could squeak in:
Marshall 23 8 Washington St 17 16 Colorado 17 16 St Louis 20 12 San Jose St 19 13 Dayton 22 12 Tulane 20 11 Wake Forest 19 14 UCF 18 14 UNLV 18 13 Loy Marymount 18 12 St John’s 18 15 Utah 17 15 BYU 17 15 S Illinois 22 10 Fordham 25 8 San Francisco 19 14 Southern Utah 18 12 Temple 16 16 Belmont 20 11 James Madison 19 11 Washington 16 16 MTSU 17 14 Akron 20 11 UNC Wilmington 22 10