MOBILE, Ala. — Even amid the backdrop of college basketball’s chaotic postseason, what happened to South Alabama was “avoidable” and “unfortunate,” the school’s athletic director ...

In an effort to secure another participating team, the NIT prematurely extended an invitation to the South Alabama Jaguars, prior to learning that the original team chose to accept its invitation ...

It might not be the NCAA Tournament, but the governing body’s massive blunder in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) has one team livid. South Alabama was notified by the NCAA and Sun Belt ...

That controversy played out behind closed doors ... Dan Gavitt called him around 9:30 p.m. Sunday with an official NIT invitation. The spot had opened up because UC Riverside, originally selected ...

After Sun Belt commissioner Keith Gill and NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt extended South Alabama an invite to the NIT [National Invitation Tournament] late Sunday night ...

South Alabama's season is over after the team's NIT invitation was rescinded in a manner coach Richie Riley called "unacceptable." Riley told AL.com he was informed late Sunday evening that his ...

With an NCAA tournament berth not in the cards for these teams, they'll instead have to settle for an invitation ... declined NIT bids to participate in the inaugural (and controversial) College ...

While there was plenty of controversy surrounding the seeding ... We did not decline the NIT invitation. We never got invited." UC Riverside had initially accepted a bid to the College Basketball ...

UC Riverside had also received an NIT invitation, but had first committed to play in the College Basketball Invitational, a less-prestigious tournament. However, roughly an hour later, Riley was ...

Shortly after the announcement of the 68-team field at 6 p.m. ET, the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), will begin unveiling its 32-team bracket. The NIT is strictly an invitation style ...