Several P5 teams declined invitations to NIT. I counted 11 P5 teams that accepted. They took 2 Ivy’s and other teams from non P5 teams including at least one with a losing record. The CIT and CBI really struggled to find teams taking several with losing records. The worst 2 I saw were Alabama A&M 11-21 and PC 14-18. I didn’t look at them all.
Maybe they should rethink their decision to not include conference championsif they don’t win their tourney.