Shortly after the NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed, pairings for the NIT were revealed – the first four teams in this field were UNC-Greensboro, Alabama, Indiana and TCU. The CBI also included a few notable teams from the major conferences – West Virginia will appear in the tournament despite an overall losing record, and even perennial doormats like South Florida and DePaul will appear in the CBI this season. Finally, there were 26 teams that were announced for the CIT field – there will be thirteen non-bracketed matchups that will take place beginning tonight through Saturday for the first round.
QUINNIPIAC AT NJIT (CIT, 7:30 PM). Quinnipiac advanced to the semifinals before losing to Monmouth in the Metro Atlantic conference tournament over a week ago. They will travel to the original Team of the People tonight – the NJIT Highlanders. NJIT also won a game in the Atlantic Sun conference tournament for the first time with a road win at Florida Gulf Coast; they lost their semifinal game at top-seeded Lipscomb.