The NIT's board of managers released a statement explaining and apologizing for the mix-up regarding UC Riverside and South Alabama. It fell on deaf ears for South Alabama coach Richie Riley ...

"I'm like, 'Hold on a second. We didn't hear from the NIT. Nobody gave us a head's up." That was problem because UC Riverside had, by that point, accepted a bid to the CBI, another postseason ...

“The combined UC Riverside-CBI-NIT-South Alabama cluster truck is way bigger than the North Carolina-WVU dust up IMO (in my opinion),” Dodd tweeted. “Think of Carolina being called today and ...

Editors’ note, March 17, 9 a.m. ET: This story has been updated to reflect that UC Riverside ... up the situation early Monday morning, announcing that it will in fact play in the NIT, and ...