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NEW YORK -- Texas Christian will make its first appearance in the NIT final after turning back Central Florida 68-53 in the semifinals on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. TCU (23-15) will meet Georgia Tech (21-15) in Thursday's championship game. Vladimir Brodziansky had 18 points and nine rebounds to lead the Horned Frogs. Kenrich Williams…
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NEW YORK -- Georgia Tech led wire to wire in a 76-61 win over Cal State-Bakersfield in an NIT semifinal on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. The Yellow Jackets (21-15) face the TCU-Central Florida winner in Thursday's final. CSU-Bakersfield (25-10), making its first trip to the Garden, was allowing an average of 68 points in…
During his eight seasons at Stanford, Johnny Dawkins twice directed the Cardinal to the NIT championship. Now his new school, Central Florida, is two steps away from the same accomplishment. Backstopped by 7-foot-6 sophomore center Tacko Fall, who blocked three shots and influenced numerous airballs, UCF shut down Illinois' offense and earned a 68-58 victory in…
Freshman Josh Okogie scored 26 points and went 4 of 4 from the free-throw line in the final two minutes, helping Georgia Tech defeat Ole Miss 74-66 in the NIT quarterfinals Tuesday at The Pavilion in Oxford, Miss. Georgia Tech (20-15) plays CSU Bakersfield or Texas-Arlington in the semifinals March 28 at Madison Square Garden in…
Vlad Brodziansky poured in 20 points, 16 of them in the first half, to lead four teammates in double-figure scoring as the Texas Christian Horned Frogs rolled past the Richmond Spiders 86-68 on Tuesday in a National Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Kenrich Williams recorded a triple-double (11 points, 14…
Seniors Tracy Abrams, Malcolm Hill and Maverick Morgan led a second-half rally that gave Illinois a 71-56 victory over Boise State in NIT second-round play on Monday night at State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. With new head coach Brad Underwood observing from a suite, second-seeded Illinois (20-14) limited sixth-seeded Boise State (20-12) to six points…
