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The 2021 National Invitational Baseball Tournament (NIBT) Series is the second edition of the National Invitational Baseball Tournament, a secondary tournament for teams that did not qualify for the 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The 32-team tournament began on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, as part of the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season and will conclude with the 2021 NIT Championship Series in Brooklyn, New York, starting on June 25 and ending on June 27.

The 32 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 299 teams. Eight teams were awarded automatic bids as regular season champions of their conference, but did not win their conference tournament, nor received an at-large bid. The remaining 24 teams were selected at-large by the NIT Committee. Teams were divided into eight regionals of four teams, each of which will conduct a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions will then face each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three game series, to determine the four participants in the NIT Championship Series.

Tournament procedure
A total of 32 teams entered the tournament, with eight of them receiving an automatic bid by winning their conference's regular season. The remaining 24 bids will be "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

Schedule and venues
On May 31, the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced the eight regional host sites.

Regionals
 * June 8–10
 * Foley Field, Athens, Georgia (Host: University of Georgia)
 * Baylor Ballpark, Waco, Texas (Host: Baylor University)
 * Ball Diamond, Muncie, Indiana (Host: Ball State University)
 * Charles L. Cost Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: University of Pittsburgh)
 * Harley Park, Spartanburg, South Carolina (Host: University of South Carolina Upstate)
 * UCHealth Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Host: United States Air Force Academy)
 * Earl Wilson Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada (Host: University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
 * FAU Baseball Stadium, Boca Raton, Florida (Host: Florida Atlantic University)

Super Regionals
 * June 15–17
 * Baylor Ballpark, Waco, Texas (Host: Baylor University)
 * Ball Diamond, Muncie, Indiana (Host: Ball State University)
 * FAU Baseball Stadium, Boca Raton, Florida (Host: Florida Atlantic University)
 * Brooks Field, Wilmington, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina Wilmington)

NIT Championship Series
 * June 23–26
 * Maimonides Park, Brooklyn, New York (Host: Long Island University)

National seeds
The eight national seeds were announced on the Selection Show on Monday, May 31, 2021 at 3 p.m. EDT on ESPNU. Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the NIT Championship Series.
 * 1) Georgia
 * 2) Baylor
 * 3) Ball State
 * 4) Pittsburgh
 * 5) USC Upstate
 * 6) Air Force
 * 7) UNLV
 * 8) Florida Atlantic

Regionals and Super Regionals
''Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.''

Athens Super Regional
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Waco Super Regional
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Muncie Super Regional
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Pittsburgh Super Regional
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NIT Series
The NIT was held at Maimonides Park in Brooklyn, New York.

Final standings
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only