NIT

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Western Michigan headed to NIT



Western Michigan will face Marquette the first round of the NIT at 9 p.m. on Monday night at the Bradley Center, the teams announced.

Marquette (19-11) and Western (19-12) have played 28 times, with Marquette holding a 21-7 series advantage.

Marquette will make its 38th postseason appearance and its 14th in the postseason NIT. It lost to Iowa State in the NIT quarterfinals last season, one year after reaching the NCAA Final Four.

Western, a NCAA Tournament team in 2004, will make its third appearance in the postseason NIT.

Detroit News wire services.

 

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AROUND THE NATION
Arkansas Will Refuse Invitation to the NIT


From Associated Press

Arkansas will not accept an invitation to the NIT because the Razorbacks are "emotionally and physically exhausted," Coach Stan Heath said Friday.

Arkansas (18-12) was eliminated from the Southeastern Conference tournament on Thursday night, losing to Tennessee, 65-46.










Heath, in his third season since taking over for the fired Nolan Richardson, had said his goal was to have Arkansas back in the NCAA tournament by this season. The Razorbacks won a national title in 1994 and were second in 1995, but they haven't won an NCAA tournament game since beating Siena in the first round in 1999. They haven't reached the NCAA tournament since 2001.

 

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Missouri gets the nod from the NIT

By MIKE DeARMOND The Kansas City Star



Shortly after 7:30 Sunday night, Missouri got the call it was expecting from the National Invitation Tournament.

“We are in,” said Mario Moccia, senior associate athletic director for MU.

Moccia didn't know the details yet, such as when, where and the opponent.

“But we'll let you know as soon as we know,” he told The Star.

The bid, which was immediately accepted by MU, means that the Tigers men's basketball team will play in the postseason for a seventh straight year. MU made the NCAA Tournament the final year under coach Norm Stewart, the first four years under coach Quin Snyder and last season made the NIT under Snyder.

MU finished the regular season 16-16, and a year ago the NIT picked only one team, Villanova, with a .500 record. But as Moccia confirmed, Missouri is in.

 

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Beavers Are Awarded an NIT Berth

No other details yet available on OSU's first game.

March 13, 2005

Corvallis - Early Sunday evening, NIT officials told Oregon State that its men's basketball team has been awarded a berth in the postseason tournament.

No other details -- such as date, time, opponent or site -- have yet been revealed to OSU, however. The NIT will release its bracket sometime tonight.

Updated information will be posted here at osubeavers. com later tonight as soon as it becomes available.

 

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Sights Adjust to NIT
The Maryland Terrapins will face Oral Roberts in the first round of the NIT and after their hopes for an NCAA tournament berth were dashed Sunday evening.

 

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Wichita State will host Houston for its first-round NIT game, with the date and time to determined.


The Fighting Irish, who once thought they were shoo-ins for the NCAA tournament, dropped to the National Invitation Tournament for the second straight year and the third time in six seasons. They will face Holy Cross in the first round to be played this week.

 

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Temple, Drexel and Saint Joseph's - which earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament last year - will play in the NIT. Drexel (17-11) plays at Buffalo (22-9) and Hofstra (21-8) plays at Saint Joseph's (19-11) in opening-round games.

Temple (16-13) plays at Virginia Tech (15-13) in a first-round game. All dates and times are to be announced.

 

[spang]

Shawn, where are you getting this stuff? That Drexel- Buffalo game should be worth watching.

keep 'em coming

 

[shawn555]

NIT Opening Round Games

Rice (19-11) at Southwest Missouri State (18-12), TBA

Davidson (21-8) at Virginia Commonwealth (19-12), TBA

CS Fullerton (19-10) at Oregon State (17-14), TBA

Denver (20-10) at San Francisco (16-13), TBA

Kent State (20-12) at Western Kentucky (21-8), TBA

Houston (18-13) at Wichita State (20-9), TBA

Drexel (17-11) at Buffalo (22-9), TBA

Hofstra (21-8) at Saint Joseph's (19-11), TBA


First Round

Western Michigan (19-12) at Marquette (19-11), TBA

Texas Christian (19-13) at Miami-Ohio (19-10), TBA

Oral Roberts (25-7) at Maryland (16-12), TBA

Boston U. (20-8) at Georgetown (17-12), TBA

Arizona State (18-13) at UNLV (16-13), TBA

Miami (16-12) at South Carolina (15-13), TBA

Northeastern (21-9) at Memphis (19-15), TBA

Temple (16-13) at Virginia Tech (15-13), TBA

Vanderbilt (18-13) at Indiana (15-13), TBA

Holy Cross (24-6) at Notre Dame (17-11), TBA

Clemson (16-15) at Texas A&M (19-9), TBA

DePaul (19-10) at Missouri (16-16), TBA

Rice-Southwest Missouri State winner vs. Davidson-Virginia Commonwealth winner

CS Fullerton-Oregon State winner vs. Denver-San Francisco winner

Kent State-Western Kentucky winner vs. Houston-Wichita State winner

Drexel-Buffalo winner vs. Hofstra-Saint Joseph's winner