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LSU's humiliating disaster is LeBron's immediate gain
The marquee player in college basketball will be absent from the postseason entirely -- and that clears the way for LSU freshman sensation Ben Simmons to make his partnership with LeBron...
Heartbroken Hofstra's season lives on in NIT
Hofstra’s crushing CAA Tournament final loss will linger, but the Pride are not done playing basketball yet. Hofstra received an automatic bid to the NIT after winning the CAA regular-season...
No one told Michael Irvin the NIT final wasn't the Super Bowl
Stanford edged Miami 66-64 on Thursday night in the NIT final, and Michael Irvin was on the edge of losing his mind. The former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, a famous...
Locals head to NIT, CIT after postseason heartbreak
St. Francis Brooklyn had its sights set on its first NCAA Tournament bid, the favorite to reach the Big Dance after winning the Northeast Conference regular-season championship for the first...
Larry Brown's Mustangs fall to Minnesota in NIT final
Richard Pitino held his 3-year-old daughter in his arms as his Minnesota team cut down the net at Madison Square Garden. “Richard, get up there!” yelled his famous father, Rick,...
NIT championship game: A tale of two coaches
With two famous names on the sideline, the NIT championship has a New York feel. One coach is a rising young star, the other is in the twilight of his...
Larry Brown’s SMU squad reaches NIT final
Larry Brown’s return to Madison Square Garden as a coach is already better than his last go-around. SMU rallied from 12 down to knock off Clemson 65-59 in the NIT...
Larry Brown, SMU excited for NIT semis
Larry Brown and SMU received the biggest snub from the NCAA Tournament selection committee. The Mustangs, who spent a large portion of February and March ranked in the AP Top...
No. 1 seed St. John’s flops in NIT opener
The selection committee was right. St. John’s didn’t belong in the NCAA Tournament. The Red Storm proved they weren’t worthy of a bid with an ugly season-ending home loss to...
Johnnies shed sorrow, focus on NIT
The NCAA Tournament disappointment is over. The NIT is now the focus. And top-seeded St. John’s is out to win a championship. The road begins Tuesday night against No. 8...
St. John’s named top seed in NIT
As it turns out, St. John’s may have been just a quality win shy of reaching the NCAA Tournament. The Johnnies landed one of four No. 1 seeds in the...
Arizona makes statement by topping Duke
Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and Michigan State were all popular preseason picks to cut down the nets in April. Arizona, meanwhile, was somewhat forgotten. That should change now, after the No....
Duke, Arizona reach NIT final
Madison Square Garden will gets its marquee matchup. After fourth-ranked Arizona survived a scare and overcame a 19-point first-half deficit to defeat Drexel, 66-62, in the first semifinal of the...