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South Alabama's season is over after the team's NIT invitation was rescinded in a manner coach Richie Riley called "unacceptable."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 ...

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, ...

After winning a share of the Sun Belt regular-season title, South Alabama had its invitation to the NIT rescinded after a series of missteps by the event, which said it extended a bid to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

South Alabama received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament, better known as the NIT. The Jaguars accepted the invitation, only to have it rescinded a short while later. South ...

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