Tuesday, March 17, 2026

2026 NIT starts

 Eight NIT games today.

Since all the pre Dance talk about Auburn deserving a bid, I'm curious about USA(SBC) playing at Auburn. SBC PoY Chaze Harris (18.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 4.9 apg) will be a marked man.

Seattle(WCC) hosts St Thomas (MN) who finished second in the Summit. Nolan Minessale  20ppg for the Tommies

I thought Wichita was snubbed so we'll see if they play well hosting Wyoming.


March 18, 2026
AAC: WICH  got by WYO and Tulsa needed OT to defeat SFA
Christian May (16 points,  8reb), hit go-ahead 3-trey from the corner with 35.5 seconds left for UNCW  in a 68-67 win over Yale,

 USA lost to AUB and DAV fell to OKST, who benched three starters
SEA represented the WCC well with an easy win over UST. Maldonado (15pts, 5 asst) for the Redhawks.
UNLV beat UCI and LIB beat GM

March 19, 2026
L. Wolf (24pts, 7 reb)   for Illinois St(MVC) in 79-58 W over Kent St(MAC) 
MWC: UNM and NEV won and CSU lost to JOES

March 24, 2026
Down to 8 teams . Games are on ESPN 2
Tuesday, March 24 — Quarterfinals 
No. 1 Tulsa vs. No. 3 Wichita State, 7 p.m.  AAC matchup
No. 1 New Mexico vs. Saint Joseph's, 9 p.m. |  MWC /A10
I'll go with Tulsa and UNM tonight and Dayton and Auburn tomorrow night




Wednesday, March 25 — Quarterfinals
No. 2 Dayton vs. No. 4 Illinois State, 7 p.m. |  A10/MVC
No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 2 Nevada, 9 p.m. |  SEC/MWC

March 25, 2026
T. Buljan UNM (27PTS11REB)for the Lobos who handled the JOES, and Tulsa got by WICH
Wes Miller, ex-Cincy HC, signed a five year deal with Charlotte(AAC)
March 26, 2026
 I guess ILLST (MVC) is the Cinderella of the NIT. C. Walker ILST
(13PTS10REB) They beat Dayton while AUB beat Nevada.

April 2 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indiana: : AUB/ILLST, UNM/Tulsa
March 27, 2026
Saint Marys promotes M. McConnell to replace Bennet (ASU)

Chris Mack leaves Charleston(CofC) for USF. You'll remember him from his stints at Louisville and Xavier coach.

Donlon, an assistant at Clemson , takes the EMU HC job . He was 155-133 as HC at Wright State and Kansas City(formerly UMKC) HC
March 28, 2026
and bam, Mark Turgeon re-appears to be the HC at UMKC (Summit). His last gig was at MD where he was dismissed after the 2020/21 season
March 29, 2026
Travis Ford is back. Ark-LR(WAC) hired him. His last gig was at St Louis(2016-24)
WAC merges with the ASUN to become the United Athletic Conference on July 1, 2026,
April 2, 2026
ILL ST surprising run is done. AUB blew them out . T. Coleman scored 17 for the Redbirds.
DGreen scored 13 for Tulsa in a 74-69 W over UNM

TUL(AAC)/AUB (SEC) in the final  April 5, at 8 p.m. at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. ESPN2 is airing the game.
April 6, 2026
D. Green (TLSA) 25PTS,6REB in an OT loss  to AUB. Tulsa made a he!! of a comeback in the 2nd half after a weak first half. Tigers prevailed in OT.
April 7, 2026
UNC Greensboro Spartans
Former coach: Mike Jones (March 9)
New coach: Jerod Haase (March 17) , who's last HC gig was at Stanford. He was the HC at UAB(2012-16) before that.

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