National Invitation Tournament

National Invitation Tournament

Schedule & Results | Bracket | Mar. 17 - Apr. 2, 2009 | New York

Scores, schedule and results, and bracket for the National Invitation Tournament (NIT).

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The Morning According to Us

Chris Sprow

Just because they're desperate doesn't make Kentucky less than great. The fact that they are so publicly, openly desperate after 40 wins in two years ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2009

The Morning According to Us: Ranking the Sweet 16 Games

Ted Bauer

...forth on whether we should have this higher. 'Zaga took it to 'em in the 2006 Preseason NIT. If Lawson is rolling, though, this could be a rout. 6. Louisville vs. Arizona Arizona is deeper...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009

Sweet 16 Link Fun: Purdue vs. UConn

Ted Bauer, via YouTube

...out what Blake Griffin did to the Boilermakers in November: 18 points, 21 boards and a Preseason NIT title. Bring your rebounding shoes, JaJuan. It'll be an intense night

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 24, 2009

Sweet 16 Link Fun: Josh Heytvelt vs. UNC in the 2006 NIT

Ted Bauer, via YouTube

...remember what Josh Heytvelt and company did to a somewhat-similar Heels team in the 2006 Preseason NIT? If you forgot…here's "vid." We're all about providing context over here

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 23, 2009

Prove It Or Lose It

Remember Syracuse's big win over St. Francis (N.Y.)? Unless you're wearing orange, you're lying. Even the sexiest fall matchup reveals only so much

Story | Conversation | March 23, 2009

The Morning According to Us

Chris Sprow

...fact it's moved further than ever from that idea. For one, even if you add the NIT, fewer teams compete in any kind of postseason basketball than even football, where we complain that a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2009

The Morning According To Us: When The Bubble Bursts (Georgetown edition)

Ted Bauer

...two potential Top 20 picks (DaJuan Summers and Greg Monroe) might not even be worthy of the NIT—that's the human side of a bubble burst. As Bruce Willis tells Ving Rhames in...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 04, 2009

Alan Boston's College Hoops Picks

Alan Boston with Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine

Vegas betting expert Alan Boston gives you college hoops picks.

Story | Conversation | January 29, 2009

Blessing In Disguise

Tom Friend

How do you get over the biggest failure of your life? For Darius Washington, it took his dad making him look at it straight in the face

Story | Conversation | December 26, 2008

Love Always, Mom

Lindsay Berra

When each of them lost the one who meant most, Rice seniors Jason McKrieth and Michael Harris did just what mom would have wanted: played on

Story | Conversation | December 10, 2008

The Value of the Big 5 in Philly

Jonathan Tannenwald

Jonathan Tannenwald's writings on basketball can be found here. Philadelphia is, among many things, a city of anachronisms. Take a walk down Market ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2008

An interview with Michael Kruse

Eric Angevine

...That team ended up getting upset by Western Carolina in the league championship game. Went to the NIT. That's life in the Southern Conference, but the team my junior year went to the NCAAs...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2008

Passive Aggressor

Chris Broussard

Dirk Nowitzki leads the Mavericks by example. Come playoff time, that won't be enough

Story | Conversation | December 08, 2008

The NEXT: College Hoops Team To Follow

Matthew Hudgins

...off Louisville and this season, they've already downed Marquette. Injuries last season sent 'em to the NIT, but this year they could be a Davidson-esque bracket spoiler. Chris "Top Flight" Wright, a 6...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2008

Playing The Odds

Elena Bergeron

Ike Diogu is sitting at the draft table with a pretty strong handbut he's still deciding if he wants to go all in

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2008