Clemson, Oklahoma 明言する／公表する の中で No. 1 seeds in NIT
Although Clemson was 階級d as high as No. 19 in the AP 最高の，を越す 25 投票 earlier this season, a trip to the NCAA Tournament was not in the cards for the Tigers.
Clemson will instead have an 適切な時期 to make noise in the NIT, where it will play as a No. 1 seed along with Oklahoma 明言する／公表する, Oregon and Rutgers.
The Tigers (23-10) lost six of their final 11 games, but coach Brad Brownell still believed his team was worthy of getting a 企て，努力，提案 to the NCAA Tournament.
"注目する，もくろむ 実験（する） -- just our team playing 権利 now -- I mean, Hunter Thompson and PJ Hall are 投票（する）d as two of the 最高の，を越す 12 or 13 players in the (大西洋 Coast 会議／協議会). We have the second-best 弁護, the fifth-best 罪／違反. We won 14 ACC games," Brownell said ahead of 選択 Sunday.
"I just think that if you watch our team play and have seen us throughout the year, we have been one of the 最高の，を越す teams in the country to be in this tournament."
But Brownell's words fell on deaf ears, and now Clemson is 始める，決める to 直面する Morehead 明言する／公表する (21-11) on Wednesday in the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the NIT.
Oklahoma 明言する／公表する (18-15), which is the No. 1 全体にわたる seed in the tournament, will play Youngstown 明言する／公表する (24-9) in its first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する matchup on Wednesday. Rutgers (19-14) will take on Hofstra (24-9) on Tuesday, and the Ducks (19-14) will 試みる／企てる to fend off UC Irvine (23-11) on Wednesday.
"We're excited about the field that we were able to put together," said Wren パン職人, who serves as the 議長，司会を務める of the NIT 委員会. "There are going to be some 広大な／多数の／重要な 早期に-一連の会議、交渉／完成する matchups, and I think our semifinal teams are going to have a 広大な／多数の／重要な experience in Las Vegas."
As one of the first four teams out of the NCAA Tournament, North Carolina would have been a 最高の，を越す-se eded team, but the Tar Heels 拒絶する／低下するd an 招待 to 参加する in the NIT.
"All season, our 焦点（を合わせる） and goal have been on 存在 the best team we can かもしれない become and reaching our 十分な 可能性のある to give us another 適切な時期 to compete, play for and 勝利，勝つ an NCAA 選手権," UNC coach Hubert Davis said in a 声明. "Although we no longer have that 適切な時期 and this season wasn't what we had hoped for, I want to thank our players and staff for their hard work and love for Carolina Basketball.
"Many factors go into postseason play, and we believe now is the time to 焦点（を合わせる） on moving ahead, 準備するing for next season and the 適切な時期 to again compete for ACC and NCAA 選手権s."
Sam Houston (25-7), Liberty (26-8), Colorado (17-16) and Michigan (17-15) enter the field as No. 2 seeds.
Wisconsin will also be 参加するing in the NIT as a No. 3 seed, and the Badgers will be looking to somewhat （不足などを）補う for a いっそう少なく-than-impressive season that featured them getting bounced from the Big Ten tournament in the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する. Wisconsin (17-14) had made the NCAA Tournament in 23 of the past 24 seasons, but has 記録，記録的な／記録するd its fewest 勝利，勝つs since the 2017-18 season.
The NIT 準決勝 are 始める，決める for March 28, with the 選手権 game to be played two days later in Las Vegas.
--Field Level マスコミ
