Akron at IPFW, 7:00 PM Eastern
North Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha, 8:00 PM Eastern
Pacific at Grand Canyon, 10:00 PM Eastern
All games streamed live at watchcollegeinsider.com
Tonight, instead of featuring a single game, the CIT Game of the Day actually features three of them. In each case, the home team will be making its first ever Division I postseason appearance. Akron (21-12, 12-6 in the MAC) will be traveling to IP-Fort Wayne. The Mastodons went 24-10 on the season and advanced to their first ever Summit League championship game, falling there to North Dakota State. As a reward for their season, they received a CIT bid and will try to pick up their first ever postseason win tonight. This is Akron’s first trip to the CIT as well, though they have been in the postseason every season since 2008.
Nebraska-Omaha is a transitional team, ineligible for the NCAA tournament through next season. However, they are eligible for the CIT and enter it tonight after putting up a 16-14 overall and 5-9 record in the Summit League. They will be hosting the only team without a nickname, the University of North Dakota. UND went 17-16 this season and is making its fourth consecutive CIT appearance, having lost in the first round each of the last three seasons.
Finally, the Grand Canyon Antelopes (‘Lopes Up!) are in their very first year of transition up to Division I. The ‘Lopes went 15-14 overall and 10-6 in the WAC this season, one of the best performances ever by a first year transitional team. The ‘Lopes will be at home tonight at their incredible GCU Arena hosting the West Coast Conference’s Pacific Tigers. Pacific went 15-15 overall and 6-12 in conference in their first year back in the WCC. This is the Tigers’ third appearance in the CIT. While they do not have a CIT title to their names, the Tigers are 5-2 all time in CIT games and will look to continue their success in this event in Phoenix tonight.
The other action tonight is as follows:
Quinnipiac at Yale, 7:00 PM
Towson at USC-Upstate, 7:00 PM
Cleveland State at Ohio U., 7:00 PM
Murray State at Missouri State, 8:00 PM
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Northern Colorado, 9:00 PM