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A men’s college basketball coach blasted the National Invitation Tournament for rescinding its invitation to his program. “What they did to us last night is inexcusable!” South Alabama’s Richie Riley ...
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 ...
The South Alabama men’s basketball team saw its season come to an end in surreal fashion on Sunday night. After finishing the year 21-11 with a loss in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament semifinals, ...
The NIT has apologized to the South Alabama Jaguars for a communication error after prematurely extending the team a postseason tournament invite. Sun Belt Conference ...
MOBILE, Ala. — 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 Monday. The ...
If you think West Virginia and Indiana got a raw deal, South Alabama might have it worse. The two Power Four teams were left out in favor of a North Carolina squad that went 1-12 in Quad 1 games — a ...
UPDATE (March 17, 2:22 p.m.): News 5 is hearing more reactions to the NIT’s decision to rescind an invitation to the University of South Alabama’s basketball team. Dr. Joel Erdmann, the Jaguars’ ...
March 17 - South Alabama coach Richie Riley is fuming after his program accepted a bid to the NIT on Sunday evening and had the invitation rescinded later that night. Riley informed his players that ...