 Thirty-two NCAA Division I teams participated in the 2007 NIT, reduced from the prior years' 40.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 committee's rankings".The teams are then seeded according to the NIT's procedures for seeding teams.