 NIT Year-by-Year Results |
| 2025 |
| 1st Rd. |
No. 1 UC Irvine vs. Northern Colorado |
W |
82-72 |
|
UC Riverside at No. 2 Santa Clara |
L |
62-101 |
|
CSUN at No. 2 Stanford |
L |
70-87 |
| 2nd Rd. |
No. 1 UC Irvine vs. Jacksonville State |
W |
66-61 |
| QF |
No. 1 UC Irvine vs. UAB |
W |
81-77 (OT) |
| SF |
No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 2 North Texas |
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| 2024 |
| 1st Rd. |
UC Irvine at No. 2 Utah |
L |
75-84 |
| 2023 |
| 1st Rd. |
UC Irvine at No. 1 Oregon |
L |
58-84 |
| 2022 |
| 1st Rd. |
Long Beach State at No. 2 BYU |
L |
72-93 |
| 2018 |
| 1st Rd. |
No. 7 UC Davis at No. 2 Utah |
L |
59-69 |
| 2017 |
| 1st Rd. |
No. 8 UC Irvine at Illinois State |
L |
71-85 |
| 2016 |
| 1st Rd. |
No. 6 Long Beach State at No. 3 Washington |
L |
102-107 |
| 2015 |
| 1st Rd. |
No. 7 UC Davis at No. 2 Stanford |
L |
64-77 |
| 2014 |
| 1st Rd. |
No. 8 UC Irvine at No. 1 SMU |
L |
54-58 |
| 2013 |
| 1st Rd. |
No. 7 Long Beach State at No. 2 Baylor |
L |
66-112 |
| 2011 |
| 1st Rd. |
No. 7 Long Beach State at No. 2 Washington State |
L |
74-85 |
| 2008 |
| 1st Rd. |
No. 7 UC Santa Barbara at No. 2 Mississippi |
L |
68-83 |
| 2005 |
| Opening Rd. |
Cal State Fullerton at Oregon State |
W |
85-83 |
| 1st Rd. |
Cal State Fullerton at San Francisco |
W |
85-69 |
| 2nd Rd. |
Cal State Fullerton at Georgetown |
L |
57-74 |
| 2004 |
| 1st Rd. |
Utah State vs. Hawai'i |
L |
74-85 |
| 2003 |
| 1st Rd. |
UC Santa Barbara at San Diego State |
L |
62-67 (OT) |
| 2002 |
| Opening Rd. |
Utah State vs. Montana State |
L |
69-77 |
| 1st Rd. |
UC Irvine at BYU |
L |
55-78 |
| 2001 |
| 1st Rd. |
UC Irvine at Tulsa |
L |
71-75 |
| 2000 |
| 1st Rd. |
Long Beach State at California |
L |
66-70 |
| 1998 |
| 1st Rd. |
Pacific vs. Fresno State |
L |
70-73 |
| 1997 |
| 1st Rd. |
Nevada at Fresno State |
W |
97-86 |
| 2nd Rd. |
Nevada vs. Nebraska |
L |
68-78 |
| 1995 |
| 1st Rd. |
New Mexico State vs. Colorado |
W |
97-83 |
|
Utah State vs. Illinois State |
L |
87-93 |
| 2nd Rd. |
New Mexico State at UTEP |
W |
92-89 |
| QF |
New Mexico State at Virginia Tech |
L |
61-64 |
| 1993 |
| 1st Rd. |
UNLV vs. USC |
L |
73-90 |
|
UC Santa Barbara vs. Pepperdine |
L |
50-53 |
| 1992 |
| 1st Rd. |
Long Beach State at TCU |
L |
61-73 |
|
UC Santa Barbara vs. Arizona State |
L |
65-71 |
| 1990 |
| 1st Rd. |
Long Beach State at Arizona State |
W |
86-71 |
| 2nd Rd. |
Long Beach State at Hawai'i |
L |
79-84 |
| 1989 |
| 1st Rd. |
UC Santa Barbara at Wichita State |
L |
62-70 |
|
New Mexico State vs. Pepperdine |
L |
69-84 |
| 1988 |
| 1st Rd. |
Long Beach State at Stanford |
L |
77-80 |
| 1987 |
| 1st Rd. |
Cal State Fullerton at California |
L |
68-72 |
| 1986 |
| 1st Rd. |
UC Irvine at UCLA |
W |
80-74 |
| 2nd Rd. |
UC Irvine at BYU |
L |
80-93 |
| 1985 |
| 1st Rd. |
Fresno State vs. Santa Clara |
W |
79-76 |
| 2nd Rd. |
Fresno State vs. New Mexico |
W |
66-55 |
| QF |
Fresno State at UCLA |
L |
43-53 |
| 1984 |
| 1st Rd. |
Utah State vs. Southwestern Louisiana |
L |
92-94 |
| 1983 |
| 1st Rd. |
Fresno State vs. UTEP |
W |
71-64 |
|
Cal State Fullerton at Arizona State |
L |
83-87 |
| 2nd Rd. |
Fresno State at Michigan State |
W |
72-58 |
| QF |
Frenso State at Oregon State |
W |
76-67 |
| SF |
Fresno State vs. Wake Forest (at Madison Square Garden) |
W |
86-62 |
| F |
Fresno State vs. DePaul (at Madison Square Garden) |
W |
69-60 |
| 1982 |
| 1st Rd. |
UC Irvine at San Diego State |
W |
70-69 |
| 2nd Rd. |
UC Irvine at Oklahoma |
L |
77-80 |
| 1981 |
| 1st Rd. |
San Jose State at UTEP |
L |
53-57 |
| 1980 |
| 1st Rd. |
Long Beach State vs. Pepperdine (at Anaheim) |
W |
104-87 |
| 2nd Rd. |
Long Beach State at UNLV |
L |
81-90 |
| 1978 |
| 1st Rd. |
Utah State at Nebraska |
L |
66-67 |