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The terminology originates from the common act of manually removing nits (the eggs of lice, generally head lice) from another person's hair. [4] As nitpicking inherently requires fastidious attention to detail, the term has become appropriated to describe the practice of meticulously searching for minor, even trivial errors in detail. [5]
Colorado won the NIT in 1940 but subsequently finished fourth in the NCAA West Region. [21] In 1944, Utah lost its first game in the NIT but then proceeded to win not only the NCAA tournament, but also the subsequent Red Cross War Charities benefit game in which they defeated NIT champion St. John's at Madison Square Garden.
The National Invitation Tournament, or NIT, has its selection show 8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17, with 32 teams set to compete in the postseason tournament.First-round games are set for March 19-20 ...
Thirty-two NCAA Division I teams participated in the 2007 NIT, reduced from the prior years' 40. [3] Teams are chosen by the NIT selection committee based on numerous resources, including "computer rankings, head-to-head results, chronological results, Division I results, non-conference results, home and away results, results in the last 10 games, polls and the coaches' regional advisory ...
The Kansas State Wildcats will continue their season when they make their first appearance in the NIT since 2009 with a tournament game against Iowa at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
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The tournament, which is a part of the regular season for all participating colleges, began in 1985 as the Preseason NIT, so-called in order to distinguish it from the post-season NIT. In 2005, the NCAA purchased the Men's Preseason and Postseason NIT and renamed the November tournament the NIT Season Tip-Off.
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