The Ags squeaked by the Blue Demons last Saturday to advance to the NIT Quarterfinals (aka Elite Eight). The Aggies will be playing the St Joseph’s Hawks. This is the same St Joe’s team that started last season out 27-0. This year St Joe’s was down a bit, but they still finished the year at 19-11. You can see the NIT brackets here on the NIT site and a more user-friendly version here on sportsline.com.
The NIT Quarterfinal game is tonight in College Station. The AggieAthletics site for the game still lists the TV info as TBA. ESPN’s Mens College Basketball site lists the game as being on ESPN U. I’m gonna be pissed if I can’t find the game…
The NIT used to be good filler for ESPN during the days when the NCAA Tourny was off. Now it seems they don’t want anything to do with the NIT. After looking at the brackets, I’ll take South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt (all-SEC, of course).