Under The Radar Postseason News, Notes and Highlighted Games – Tuesday, March 21

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4 games were played last night in the NIT – this completed the second round and sets the quarterfinal matchups that will begin tonight. Cal-State Bakersfield’s surprising run continued last night with an 81-63 win at Colorado State. The Roadrunners are the eighth seed in their region and will move on to play UT-Arlington on Wednesday night. The Mavericks beat Akron 85-69; they have won both games by 16 points. Illinois State had a chance to host Illinois at home for the first time since 1920 with a win last night, but a costly foul with 1.4 seconds to go gave the Knights 2 free throw attempts in the closing seconds. They converted and move on to play an Illinois team that defeated Boise State 71-56 last night. UCF will actually host the Illini due to a scheduling conflict at the State Farm Center.

The CBI also had their 2nd round games take place yesterday. Both Coastal Carolina and UIC won at home against Loyola (MD) and GW to set up a semifinal game that will be played tomorrow night at Coastal Carolina. On the western half of the bracket, Utah Valley won their 2nd straight game on the road (this time against Rice) and will play at Wyoming on Wednesday – Wyoming beat UMKC 72-61 last night as well.

In the CIT, all 3 home teams won their 2nd round games. Liberty beat Samford 66-58, Campbell extended their surprising run with a 73-56 win at home over UT-Martin and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi beat Weber State 82-73 at home.

Yesterday’s major move in the 2017 Coaching Carousel involved Will Wade – he will move on from VCU to take the open job at LSU after spending 2 seasons with the Rams. He will be formally announced as head coach later today.

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(6) RICHMOND at (4) TCU (7:00 PM, ESPN2). Fresh off of an overtime win over Iowa on the road, TCU will play host to Richmond (who beat Oakland at home) for the first spot in the NIT Final 4 at Madison Square Garden next week.

(6) GEORGIA TECH at (5) OLE MISS (9:00 PM, ESPN2). After a pair of road wins at Monmouth and Syracuse, Ole Miss finally gets to play host for one final home game this season. They will play a Georgia Tech team that had a fairly comfortable win at home against Belmont on Sunday.