NIT Tournament Update 3/14//06

The National Invitation Tournament begins this evening with eight opening round games.

NIT Tournament

OPENING ROUND

Tuesday, March 14

Game 1: No. 7 Manhattan (18-10) 80,No. 10 Fairleigh Dickinson (20-11) 77
Game 2: No. 7 No. 8 Butler (19-12) 53, Miami-Ohio (18-10) 52
Game 3: No. 8 Akron (22-9) 80, No. 7 Temple (17-14) 73, OT
Game 4: No. 9 Charlotte (18-12) 77, No. 10 Georgia Southern (20-9) 61
Game 5: No. 8 Rutgers (18-13) 76, No. 7 Penn State (15-14) 71
Game 6: No. 9 UTEP (20-9) 85, No. 10 Lipscomb (21-10) 66
Game 7: No. 10 Delaware State (20-13) 58, No. 9 Northern Arizona (21-10) 53
Game 8 : No. 7 Stanford (15-13) 65, No. 8 Virginia (15-14) 49

FIRST ROUND

Wednesday, March 15

Game 9: No. 4 Vanderbilt (17-12) @ No. 5 Notre Dame (15-13), 7:00 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 10: No. 5 Louisiana Tech (20-12) @ No. 4 Clemson (18-12), 7:00 p.m.
Game 11: No. 5 Wake Forest (17-16) @ No. 4 Minnesota (15-14), 7:00 p.m. (ESPN2)
Game 12: No. 6 Western Kentucky (23-7) @ No. 3 South Carolina (18-14), 7:00 p.m.
Game 13: No. 6 BYU (20-8) @ No. 3 Houston (20-9), 8:30 p.m.
Game 14: No. 6 Oklahoma State (17-15) @ No. 3 Miami-Fla. (16-15), 9:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 15: No. 5 Old Dominion (21-9) @ No. 4 Colorado (20-9), 9:37 p.m.

Thursday, March 16

Game 16: No. 8 Rutgers (19-13) @ No. 2 St. Joseph's (18-13), 7:00 p.m.
Game 17: No. 6 Nebraska (19-13) @ No. 3 Hofstra (24-6), 7:00 p.m.
Game 18: No. 9 UTEP (21-9) @ No. 2 Michigan (18-10), 7:00 p.m.
Game 19: No. 8 Akron (23-9) @ No. 2 Creighton (19-9), 8:05 p.m.

Friday, March 17

Game 20: No. 10 Delaware State (21-13) @ No. 1 Louisville (18-12), 7:00 p.m.
Game 21: No. 8 Butler (20-12) @ No. 2 Florida State (19-9), 7:00 p.m.
Game 22: No. 9 Charlotte (19-12) @ No. 1 Cincinnati (19-12), 8:00 p.m.
Game 23: No. 7 Stanford (16-13) @ No. 2 Missouri State (20-8), 9:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

Saturday, March 18

Game 24: No. 7 Manhattan (19-10) @ No. 1 Maryland (18-10), 11:00 a.m. (ESPN)