NIT released an apology on Monday detailing the awkward situation that occurred when the tournament rescinded its offer to ...

South Alabama coach Richie Riley rips NIT after rescinded invite to play.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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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For a brief moment, South Alabama thought its season was still alive. The Jaguars had been informed late Sunday night that they were headed to the National Invitation Tournament (N ...

South Alabama had its invitation to the NIT rescinded after the Jaguars were informed they would be playing, a decision the coach called "unacceptable."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 Jaguars were now out. Riley said he already informed the South Alabama players they were headed to the NIT when he received the second call from Gill and Gavitt. He then had to tell them ...