(St. Louis, MO) – Belmont and Illinois State get their postseason started tonight in National Invitation Tournament action. The seventh seeded Bruins (22-6) travel to Georgia to take on J.J. Frazier and the Bulldogs. Top seeded Illinois State (27-6) hosts UC Irvine at Redbird Arena.
Belmont, of the Ohio Valley Conference, and Georgia (19-14) of the Southeastern Conference, are facing one another in the opening round of the NIT for the second straight season. The Bulldogs triumphed last year. They hosted 2016’s game too.
The Missouri Valley Conference’s Redbirds are returning to postseason after a one year absence, and they are a ten point favorite between teams that won or shared their conference titles, their coaches received ‘Coach of the Year’ awards and their lead guards, Luke Nelson of UCI, and Paris Lee of ILS were named their respective league’s ‘Player of the Year’.
Belmont is a seven point underdog, tips at 6:00 pm and can be seen on ESPN3. Illinois State is a ten point favorite, starts at 8:30 pm and will be broadcast on ESPNU (Both times CT). OVC member UT Martin begins play in Thursday’s opening round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.
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Flooding, lightning strikes, etc. have cost @RacersHoops two home games. Had to play 'neutral site' tonight instead of at home and Wednesday's goes from home to away. Tough break for the Racers, and the whole area has been hit with difficulties. #FatherHarry
Murray State's scheduled home game Wednesday vs. Southern Illinois being moved to Banterra Center in Carbondale. #ValleyHoops
Gigantic game for @BradleyUMBB today in Des Moines. If they have a chance to catch @DrakeBulldogsMB, they have to win today. The Bulldogs can basically win the title today. @BustingBrackets breaks it all down. #FatherHarry https://bit.ly/3EGiVgi
Not rooting for any particular @ValleyHoops, but chaos is always fun. If things break certain ways, after today there could be a six-way tie for fifth place.
Fun to listen to @MLBLarry on the @SIU_Basketball/@BelmontMBB game tonight. Good job brother. #FatherHarry
