NIT tournament discussion - 1st round games

[EMT]

Gtown
Xavier
Butler
Providence
Creighton

[hoyahooligan]

Rule changes for the NIT:

The 3-point line will be extended by approximately 1 foot, 8 inches to the same distance used by FIBA for international competition (22 feet, 1.75 inches).

The free throw lane will be widened from 12 feet to 16 feet, consistent with the width used by the NBA.

The shot clock will reset to 20 seconds after an offensive rebound instead of the full 30 seconds.

Team fouls will reset at the 10-minute mark of each half for the purpose of determining free throws and one-and-one free throws will be eliminated. Teams will shoot two bonus free throws after the fifth team foul of each 10-minute segment. Additionally, teams will be awarded two bonus free throws after the second team foul committed under two minutes remaining in each half if that foul occurs before the fifth team foul of the segment. In each overtime period, team fouls will reset, and teams will shoot two free throws beginning with the fourth team foul or the second team foul committed under two minutes remaining if that comes before the fourth team foul of the overtime period.

The last one if going to be so confusing.

[admin]

I modified the thread to include a discussion for all the first round NIT games.

Tuesday:
Loyola at Creighton
Arkansas at Providence

[Fieldhouse Flyer]

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2019 National Invitation Tournament – ncaa.com – March 17, 2019

There are 32 teams in the National Invitation Tournament field, with four quadrants seeded No. 1 through No. 8. Games will be played at campus sites until the semifinals, which are at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The first round of the NIT is on Tuesday, March 19 and Wednesday, March 20. The second round will then be played between Thursday, March 21 and Monday, March 25. The quarterfinals are scheduled for Tuesday, March 26 and Wednesday, March 27. Action then moves to New York City for the semifinals on Tuesday, April 2. The NIT title game, also at Madison Square Garden, is set for Thursday, April 4.

2019 NIT Bracket

2019 NIT: How the bracket is filled

How does NIT seeding work?

NIT History

NIT Bracket 2019: Printable .PDF Bracket – ncaa.com – March 17, 2019

2019 National Invitation Tournament – Wikipedia

Big East Conference homepage – ESPN (Schedule, live scores, and Standings)

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History of the NIT and the NCAA Tournament - HLOH thread – 23 posts dated July 24, 2017 to June 3, 2018

Experimental Rules to be used at 2019 NIT – ncaa.com press release – February 22, 2019

2019 National Invitation Tournament Experimental Rules

On February 22, 2019, the NCAA announced a set of experimental rules that it will use in the 2019 NIT. The following rules were also used in the 2018 NIT:

• The three-point line will be moved to the FIBA standard of 6.75 metres (22 ft 2 in). When the arc approaches the sideline, it will change to a line parallel to and 1.02 metres (3 ft 4 in) from the sideline.

• The free-throw lane will be widened from the current college standard of 12 feet to the NBA standard of 16 feet.

• After an offensive rebound, the shot clock will reset to 20 seconds instead of the current NCAA standard of 30.

A set of rules relating to free throws that had been used in the 2017 NIT will be used again in the 2019 edition, with one modification:

• Team foul counts, for purposes of determining bonus free throws, reset to zero at the 10-minute mark of each half, effectively dividing the game into quarters for that purpose.

• The "one-and-one" will be eliminated. All bonus free throw situations will result in two free throws for the non-fouled team. This mirrors current practice in NCAA women's basketball, which has been played in quarters since the 2015–16 season.

• Teams will enter the bonus upon the fifth team foul in each 10-minute segment.

• The team foul count will reset to zero at the start of any overtime period. Teams will enter the bonus upon the fourth team foul in an overtime period.

• In a completely new feature, the NCAA will adopt the NBA's bonus rule regarding team fouls in the last 2 minutes of any period. Teams will enter the bonus on the second team foul in the last 2 minutes of a 10-minute segment or overtime period, regardless of the total team foul count at that point of the period.

NIT will again use experimental rules in 2019 – Yahoo! – February 23, 2019

[EMT]

Arkansas best player wimps out against Big East

[MUPanther]

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

9 PM- Arkansas at Providence
ESPN2: Will Flemming, Mark Plansky
Line: Providence -6

9 PM- Loyola-Chicago at Creighton
ESPNU: Jordan Bernfield, Kevin Lehman
Line: Creighton -9.5

[ArmyVet]

Good luck Friars and Jays.

[gtmoBlue]

Yep. Thanks. ...and there goes our Top 5 ranking for attendance...low NIT turnouts.

[Omaha1]

Reported locally that Nebraska is likely to only suit up six or maybe seven players tomorrow. At least one of them is a freshman walk on. Butler, you better win this damn game.

[kmacker69]

Reported locally that Nebraska is likely to only suit up six or maybe seven players tomorrow. At least one of them is a freshman walk on. Butler, you better win this damn game.

Would like a source on this one! That would be crazy if we couldn't use our depth to wear them out if nothing else... Never mind they played the B1G tourney like that also.