Among the teams invited to the NIT:Â Virginia Tech, Miami from the ACC and, from the SEC, Kentucky and Florida.
Florida is the first team to follow back-to-back titles with back-to-back NIT appearances. And for Kentucky, this is a sign of the apocalypse and is going over accordingly.
Oddly, it's hard to tell if they're more annoyed about missing the field than they are with Duke and UNC playing in Greensboro.