South Alabama was initially informed it made the NIT, but the NCAA ripped that invitation away just one hour after head coach ...

South Alabama coach Richie Riley rips NIT after rescinded invite to play. The replacement team, UC Riverside, was beaten by ...

In need of a team to take UC Riverside’s spot, South Alabama was brought in, but the Highlanders were able to get out of ...

After Sun Belt commissioner Keith Gill and NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt extended South Alabama an ...

South Alabama coach Richie Riley explained the situation to AL.com, too. Riley said the Jaguars were offered a spot for NIT ...

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But UC Riverside got out of the CBI and accepted the NIT offer. That left South Alabama high and dry, even though coach Richie Riley had already told his players they were playing in the postseason.

A men’s college basketball coach blasted the National Invitation Tournament for rescinding its invitation to his program. ...

However, UC Riverside got out of their commitment to the CBI and will indeed compete in the NIT. That caused the NIT to ...

South Alabama had its invitation to the NIT rescinded after the Jaguars were informed they would be playing, a decision the coach called "unacceptable." ...

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

The Bradley Braves men's basketball team meets the North Alabama Lions in the first round of the 2025 National Invitational ...