Miami(OH) hosts TCU, Buffalo hosts Drexel, Kent State is at WKU and, as mentioned, WMU is at Marquette.
Not only does Buffalo get snubbed from the NCAA, but they're in the "opening round" of the NIT, and have to play an extra game. (So does Kent State, FWIW.)
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
Dates TBA
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
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4 MAC teams in NIT
4 MAC teams in NIT
"I don't believe I can name a coach, anywhere, anytime, anyhow, who did it better than Doyt Perry."
-1955 BG Assistant Bo Schembechler
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-1955 BG Assistant Bo Schembechler
BGSUsports.com - Where ESPN.com goes for BG history.
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Anonymous
Glad to see the MAC getting 4 teams in. However I think Buffalo will lay an egg in this tournament. If you read the article in THE BLADE today, UB coach was not happy. His comments I think were, "Well we will play AS LONG AS WE HAVE TO?"
As long as we have to? Sounds like they are being forced to play in this tournament. I think UB is so mad at not making the big dance that they will not perform well in the NIT. I can see Miami or Kent winning the whole thing.
As long as we have to? Sounds like they are being forced to play in this tournament. I think UB is so mad at not making the big dance that they will not perform well in the NIT. I can see Miami or Kent winning the whole thing.
