the NCAA owns the NIT now, so no, they wouldn't So what they could do is have X amount of the losing teams play in the NIT. I think this could actually work. sure, have 4 play-in games among 8 bubble teams. The winners get, say, the four #12 seeds in the NCAA and the losers are the #1 seeds in the NIT. way too "radical" an idea for the old men in charge to consider, of course The only problem I see with that is that it isn't fair for the 5 seeds to not know who they are going to play until Tuesday. Unlike 16 seeds over 1 seeds, 12 seeds have a legit and very real shot at beating 5 seeds. However, if the committee only picks 8 teams on Sunday and then reseeds the round of 64 based on those Tuesday play-in games, then that would be an idea I would support.