MOBILE, Ala. — Even amid the backdrop of college basketball’s chaotic postseason, what happened to South Alabama was “avoidable” and “unfortunate,” the school’s athletic director ...

After Sun Belt commissioner Keith Gill and NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt extended South Alabama an invite to the NIT [National Invitation Tournament] late Sunday night ...

South Alabama's season is over after the team's NIT invitation was rescinded in a manner coach Richie Riley called "unacceptable." Riley told AL.com he was informed late Sunday evening that his ...

With an NCAA tournament berth not in the cards for these teams, they'll instead have to settle for an invitation ... declined NIT bids to participate in the inaugural (and controversial) College ...

UC Riverside basketball had its best season as a Division I basketball program in 24 years during the 2024-25 campaign. The Highlanders, who had never before played in the postseason as a D-I program, ...

While there was plenty of controversy surrounding the seeding ... We did not decline the NIT invitation. We never got invited." UC Riverside had initially accepted a bid to the College Basketball ...

The event was the National Invitation Tournament. After it debuted in 1938, the NIT reigned supreme as the top men's college basketball tournament. The NIT remains an important postseason ...

The NIT Championship game in Indianapolis between UC Irvine and Chattanooga came down to the final play of overtime.

Chattanooga captured its first NIT title with a thrilling win over UC Irvine at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Thursday.