This is the first NIT field selected under the NCAA regime.
Two blueblood programs and two former C-USA teams headline this year's NIT field as the #1 seeds.
#2 seeds: Creighton, Missoura State, Florida State, St Martellis (ooops St Joseph)
#3 seeds: Houston, South Carolina, Hofstra and Miami
Feeling left out of the NIT: Northwestern, Iowa State, Kansas State, Georgia, Providence, DePaul, USC, Oregon, StLouis, LaSalle, UNLV, Fordham, Hawaii, Northeastern, Ohio, VCU. It looks like there are enough quality teams left to start a 3rd tier tourney! Perhaps FSN or CSTV or NBC will sponsor it? :-)
NIT on TV: 18 games will be broadcast on the family of ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU). Check TV listings link below for details. The first round has quite a few interesting matchups, including the all-academic challenge (Virginia-Stanford), Vandy-Notre Dame (I predict VAndy wins by 1 in triple OT), OklState-Miami, and Wake-Minnessooota.
Links
NIT TV Schedule and Brackets
http://www.nit.org/
http://www.nit.org/sports/m-nit/spec-rel/030906aac.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news?slug=ap-nit&prov=ap&type=lgns
Monday, March 13, 2006
The 2006 NIT field is announced!
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