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The NIT bypassed coach Rob Jeter and the Milwaukee Panthers. |
| By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers |
| Published March 15, 2009 at 9:11 p.m. |
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Neither UWM nor UW-Green Bay received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament on Sunday.
The Panthers, who finished with a 17-14 record, had less hope than the Phoenix (22-10). Green Bay, which beat Milwaukee twice in the regular season, was seeded second in the Horizon League tournament and lost to eventual champion Cleveland State, which qualified for the NCAA field of 65.
Here are the complete NIT seedings and pairings:
TUESDAY
#5 UNLV (21-10) at #4 Kentucky (20-13), 8:30 p.m. on ESPN
#6 Nebraska (18-12) at #3 New Mexico (21-11), 9 p.m. on ESPNU
#7 UAB (22-11) at #2 Notre Dame (18-14), 8 p.m. on ESPN2
#6 Rhode Island (22-10) at #3 Niagara (26-8)
#7 George Mason (22-10) at #2 Penn State (22-11), 7 p.m. on ESPNU
#8 Weber State (21-9) at #1 San Diego State (23-9)
#6 Davidson (26-7) at #3 South Carolina (21-9), 6 p.m. on ESPN2
#7 Washington State (17-15) at #2 St. Mary's (26-6), 10 p.m. on ESPN2
WEDNESDAY
#5 Illinois State (24-9) at #4 Kansas State (21-11)
#8 Tennessee-Martin (22-9) at #1 Auburn (22-11)
#5 Northwestern (17-13) at #4 Tulsa (24-10), 9 p.m. EDT on ESPNU
#6 Georgetown (16-14) at #3 Baylor (20-14), 9 p.m. EDT on ESPN2
#7 Duquesne (21-12) at #2 Virginia Tech (18-14), 7 p.m. EDT on ESPNU
#8 Bowling Green (1913) at #1 Creighton (26-7)
#8 Jacksonville (18-13) at #1 Florida (23-10)
#4 Miami, Fla. (18-12) at #5 Providence (19-13), 7 p.m. on ESPN2
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Posted by WestSideWillie on March 19, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. (report)
There is also still another tournament, the basketball.com.hoops or something like that, as one cannot get enough of crappy post season college basketball. Three lower tier post season tourneys, all UWM-less.
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Posted by steveo on March 16, 2009 at 8:50 a.m. (report)
But UW GB is in the college basketball invitational...whatever the heck that is?
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