Oklahoma State, Rutgers protected NIT No

Hours after finding out that they stopped working to make the NCAA tournament field, Oklahoma State, Rutgers, Oregon and Clemson were provided No. 1 seeds in the National Invite Competition on Sunday night.The Cowboys, a group that NCAA competition committee chair Chris Reynolds particularly pointed out as receiving strong consideration on the bracket reveal program, will handle Youngstown State on Wednesday. “When you look at the résumé, they had 18 opportunities in the Quad 1, and they won just six games, “Reynolds said of the Cowboys(18-15), mentioning their most tough games.”And they had chances in the nonconference schedule to win some games to boost their résumé, and they fell a little short.” Cowboys coach Mike Boynton disagrees. At the

Big 12 competition last week, he informed press reporters,”I believed we did enough to get in [the NCAA competition] before we got here. “Editor’s Picks 2 Related Rutgers,

which completed

19-14 after its remain in the Big Ten tournament, will handle Hofstra on Tuesday. And the Scarlet Knights could end up handling Cincinnati– a previous conference opponent when the two schools were in the Big East– in Round 2.”I’m not excusing postseason play here at Rutgers,”coach Steve Pikiell stated.” Certainly, our goal at the start of the year is the NCAA tournament. But we’ll need to shift rapidly here.”The Ducks also finished at 19-14, and they will play host to UC Irvine on Wednesday.

Should the Ducks advance, a Round 2 date versus a group from the Sunshine State awaits, as Florida will take on UCF in the same bracket, also on Wednesday.A 23-10 season, and a hard ACC slate, wasn’t enough to get the Tigers into the NCAA tournament, however Clemson will handle Morehead State on Wednesday. Must Clemson advance, it would satisfy the winner of the UAB-Southern Miss matchup.The NIT last four will be held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on March 28 and 30.