Nit Tournament 2017

Tournament Dates, Seed Format And Bracket Release Info

... one expected the Hoosiers to be in the NIT conversation after beating North Carolina and Kansas, two likely No. 1 seeds, at the beginning of the season, even though IU also lost a game to Fort Wayne. However, the NIT is where IU will likely end up after going 17-14 and finishing 10 th in the Big Ten with a 7-11 conference record. Still, IU will be an interesting team to watch because of the future NBA talent on its roster. Per the latest Draft Express NBA mock draft , sophomore forward OG Anunoby is projected to go 18 th, while sophomore center Thomas Bryant is slotted at No. 34. No other team in NYC Buckets' latest NIT picks has two players projected in this year's NBA draft, so IU will be interesting to watch. 3. BYU. If you like seeing teams run up and down the court, look no further than the BYU Cougars in the NIT. BYU ran at the fourth-fastest tempo in the country this season, per the Ken Pomeroy college basketball rankings. The Cougars were also the only team to defeat Gonzaga this season, ending the Bulldogs' 29-game ...

See The Full 32-team Field

... March 30. View the whole NIT bracket below and print it here. 2017 NIT bracket. — Cody Chaffins (@Cody_Fox 5) March 13, 2017. A look at the BYU bracket in the NIT. It all begins in Wednesday in Provo. #BYUSN __link__/17 whs Ir Dr S. — BYU Sports Nation (@BYUSports Nation) March 13, 2017. Here's the Illinois State region, with the @Runnin_Utes included. __link__/U 1 ALltv 2 e Z. — Josh Furlong (@JFur KSL) March 13, 2017. The Spiders are going to Alabama in the NIT! Tuesday night at 9:15 on ESPN 2. #One Richmond __link__/Luw Dft BAPg. — Richmond Basketball (@Spider MBB) March 13, 2017. 2017 NIT breakdown, Big Ten. Land of 10’s Ben Axelrod and Bobby La Gesse contributed to this report. The 2016-17 Ohio State men’s basketball season is officially over. And the sad thing is, it’s probably for the ...

Iowa's Fran Mccaffery Keeps Focus On South Dakota, Not Ncaa Tournament Snub

... of either disappointment. It’s Iowa’s third trip to the NIT in six years and eighth overall. The last time Iowa picked up an NIT bid, in 2013, the Hawkeyes advanced to the finals at Madison Square Garden. “I felt like we were right there for the NCAA Tournament, so to be given a No. 1 seed is a great accomplishment for our players,” Mc Caffery said. “I have unbelievable respect for the quality of teams in this tournament. Always have. It really doesn’t matter what you’re seeded now; you’ve just got to beat a really good team that won over 20 games to advance. That’s just kind of how we’re looking at it.”. This year’s NIT will deal with a wave of rules experimentation. Among the changes. Team fouls will reset at the end of 10-minute segments in each half. The shot clock will reset to 20 seconds instead of 30 when the ball is inbounded in the front court. Each team is limited to four personal/technical fouls during each 10-minute segment. When a team reaches four fouls, the opponent will shoot two free throws, not a one-and-one. ...

With Nit On Horizon, Hoosiers 'just Want To Keep Playing

... (13) shoots the ball as Wisconsin Badgers forward Vitto Brown (30) defends in the second half during the Big Ten Conference Tournament at Verizon Center. Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports. Amber Searls, Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports. Mar 10, 2017; Washington, DC, USA; Indiana Hoosiers guard Robert Johnson (4) shoots the ball over Wisconsin Badgers forward Vitto Brown (30) in the second half during the Big Ten Conference Tournament at Verizon Center. Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports. Amber Searls, Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports. Indiana Hoosiers guard James Blackmon Jr. (1) shoots the ball as Wisconsin Badgers guard Zak Showalter (3) defends in the first half during the Big Ten Conference Tournament at Verizon Center. Amber Searls-USA TODAY Sports. Mar 10, 2017; Washington, DC, USA; Wisconsin Badgers ...

Cuse, Iowa, Cal Headline Nit Bracket

... the area just a few days earlier. According to Ken __link__ , Clemson and TCU have been the group’s best teams on the year. 2016’s winner was George Washington; St. John’s holds the all-time NIT titles record, with five (despite the Red Storm vacating their 2003 win); and, St. John’s is also first all-time in NIT appearances. Many decades ago, the NIT was the bigger tourney, and even decided some ancient national titles, thanks partly to its association with NYC’s media exposure. By the 1970 s, the NCAA had made its own tournament more and more prestigious and added a rule that required any NCAA-invited teams to either enter March Madness or skip the postseason. Today, the NIT is the king of the consolation brackets (further down the list, there are also the CBI, CIT, and sometimes others), and its winner is popularly known as the 69 th-best team in the country. ...

Colorado State Basketball Gets Nit Bid, Prepares For Tuesday Home Game

... Rams mascot Cam the Ram performs during the team’s game against the Nevada Wolf Pack during the second half of the championship game of the Mountain West Conference basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center on March 11, 2017 in Las Vegas. Nevada won 79-71. By Sean Star | Loveland Reporter-Herald. March 12, 2017 at 8:02 pm. | UPDATED. Attorney general seeks resignations of 46 US attorneys. The Magnificent Seven have at least one more act left. Colorado State basketball received a 4 seed in the NIT and will host No. 5 the College of Charleston in the first round on Tuesday at Moby Arena (7 p.m., ESPN 3). CSU will be making its 20 th postseason appearance, its third in five seasons under coach Larry Eustachy, and its ninth in the NIT. As a 1 seed two years ago, the Rams were upset by South Dakota State at home in the first round of the ...

Chris Beard's First Year Was Defined By Red Raiders' Shortcomings

... by winning against ranked teams like Baylor, Kansas State and West Virginia. Its close losses mentioned above is what it came down to when deciding the fate of the Red Raiders. Texas Tech's nonconference record had some good teams, but its strength was not a good backup for placing the Red Raiders in a tournament. Swan Songs. Texas Tech's five seniors this season put in good performances but will now have to move on from the program. Anthony Livingston and Thomas Brandsma transferred to Texas Tech when Beard was hired by the university. Both fell short of the postseason with their new team. Devon Thomas, Aaron Ross and Matthew Temple made the tournament with the team last season but that will be their only taste of the postseason. Twitter reaction. From the tournament last year to missing the ...

Updated Format, Latest Bracketology Predictions And Insight

... notable points from those picks. 1. Majors on the Top Lines. Syracuse, Kansas State and Iowa all earned No. 1 seeds in NYC Buckets' latest projections. The theme here: All of those teams had up-and-down conference campaigns, finishing in the middle of the pack in their respective leagues. The debate the selection committee must have every year is whether a middling major team should make the field over a top mid-major team (like Illinois State). NYC Buckets believes that ISU will make the NCAA tournament at this time, leaving some major schools playing in the NIT. Syracuse's season is over (for now) as it lost to Miami 62-57 in the second round of the ACC tournament. Kansas State and Iowa play Baylor and Indiana, respectively, on Thursday and can still improve their resumes before the selection committee makes a final decision. 2. Automatic Bids. Teams that win their conference's regular-season title but do not reign victorious in the conference tournament are automatically invited to the NIT should they not make ...

Tcu Basketball Heading To The Nit

... Tournament run next March. This young TCU team will now get extra practice time and postseason experience. It also will allow a group of seniors that has been through a lot in their four years to continue their careers and earn some postseason victories. Lastly, making the NIT is evidence that the program is trending in the right direction under the new coaching staff and will help in recruiting. For the purposes of the NIT’s Final Four, the Syracuse quadrant will be paired with the California quadrant and the Illinois State quadrant will be paired with the Iowa quadrant. Here is the full 32-team field for the NIT (all times CDT). Syracuse Quadrant. (1) Syracuse vs. (8) UNC Greensboro, Tuesday at 6:00 pm on ESPN. (4) Monmouth vs. (5) Ole Miss, Tuesday at 6:00 pm on ESPN 3. (3) Indiana vs. (6) Georgia ...

Eligible Teams, Tournament Format And Schedule

... selection committee will decide the best of the rest. Teams and Players To Watch. The aforementioned 27-win Redbirds will likely find themselves in the NIT after a tough loss to the Shockers in the MVC title game. ISU is currently hanging on by a thread in ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi's latest projections , but it's likely that they will fall from in to out as more upsets take place this week and teams receive automatic berths ahead of them. Otherwise, the California Golden Bears will likely find themselves in the NIT after a bad two-loss road trip against Utah and Colorado. Cal nearly upset Arizona and Oregon this season but fell late to both schools. Barring a deep run in the Pac-12 tournament, it won't make the NCAA tourney field. Sophomore big man Ivan Rabb is the big name on the Golden Bears this year. He averages 14.3 points and 10.6 boards per game and will likely be picked in ...

Start Time, Tv Networks, Teams, Locations, Results, Recent Winners

... teams, it's still college basketball, and it's still worth watching. The bracket, start times and locations were all revealed on Saturday. Here is all the info you need to know, plus frequently asked questions about the tournament. Syracuse Quadrant. Tuesday, March 14: No. 1 Syracuse vs. No. 8 UNC Greensboro 7 p.m., ESPN (Syracuse, N. Y.). Tuesday, March 14: No. 4 Monmouth vs. No. 5 Ole Miss, 7 p.m., ESPN 3 (West Long Branch, N. J.). Tuesday, March 14: No. 3 Indiana vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech, 9 p.m., ESPN (Atlanta, Ga.). Wednesday, March 15: No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 7 Belmont, 7 p.m., ESPN 3 (Athens, Ga.). California Quadrant. Tuesday, March 14: No. 1 California vs. No. 8 Cal State Bakersfield, 11:15 p.m., ESPN 2 (Berkley, Calif.). Tuesday, March 14: No. 4 Colorado State vs. No. 5 Charleston, 9 p.m., ESPN 3 (Fort Collins, Colo.). Wednesday, March 15: No. 3 BYU vs. No. 6 UT-Arlington, 9 ...

Ohio State Basketball Does Not Receive An Invitation To The Nit

... went 2-5 in their last seven games. The last time Ohio State didn't participate in a postseason tournament was 2004-05, its first season under Matta when it wasn't eligible for postseason play. How did Ohio State end up here. The Buckeyes were 15-10 after a win against Rutgers on Feb. 8. That wasn't a great mark, but Ohio State still had chances left to play its way into the NCAA Tournament if it could pick up some solid road wins. Instead the Buckeyes lost three straight from that point, playing tough but still failing to pull out wins at Maryland and Michigan State (both tournament teams). Then they blew a lead late and lost at home to Nebraska, 58-57, on Feb. 18. That loss put the Buckeyes in a position where their only shot of avoiding the NIT was to win the Big Ten Tournament. Ohio State opened Big Ten Tournament play with a 66-57 loss to Rutgers, the lowest seed in the bracket. That was probably the game that knocked ...