http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Tuesday night was the perfect ending to Kentucky's 2012-13 "Back to Earth" World Tour: an upset loss to Robert Morris in John Calipari's homet...]]> March 20, 2013 13:26:31 PDT For the vast majority of the college hoops world, the NCAA tournament is the only thing worth getting excited about. The NIT, on the other hand, is at...]]> March 18, 2013 16:45:19 PDT Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of the night's best basketball action. It hopes you very much enjoy reuniting with your real best friends from hig...]]> November 21, 2012 08:15:56 PST In two years at Iowa, Fran McCaffery's overall record is 29-37. His Big Ten record is 12-24. His only postseason appearance to speak of is the NIT. Ye...]]> July 10, 2012 11:15:02 PDT The Kansas State Wildcats have been disappointing, to be sure, but when you're the preseason coaches' pick to win the Big 12 and a consensus national ...]]> January 13, 2011 08:56:38 PST Sure, North Carolina had a rough year. Taking a team of McDonald's All-Americans to the NIT is no one's idea of fun. But the season's not completely l...]]> March 24, 2010 08:28:38 PDT Hey, remember the NIT? Because that's totally happening, and if you're interested in watching the castoffs left over from one of the softer bubbles in...]]> March 14, 2010 19:52:36 PDT Tournament expansion has been a roundly panned idea, mostly for one reason: No one wants to watch teams 66 through 96 play a bunch of low-quality, NIT...]]> March 06, 2010 09:44:04 PST Since it became clear that the NCAA was considering expanding the NCAA tournament to 96 teams*, just about every coach who's said anything has said he...]]> February 25, 2010 08:20:56 PST From 2002-2006, Herb Sendek and NC State didn't miss an NCAA tournament. After the 2006 season, Sendek resigned and was replaced with Sidney Lowe, who...]]> February 17, 2010 07:40:08 PST You've probably never heard of many of the members of the NCAA tournament selection committee, and you probably have no idea who sends out the invitat...]]> February 03, 2010 11:30:52 PST The Michigan State fans at The Only Colors have a major beef with Big Ten referee Ed Hightower, who spent a solid 30 seconds yelling face-to-face with...]]> February 03, 2010 09:48:57 PST