| Date |
Day |
Game |
Time |
Coverage |
| Mar. 18 |
Tues. |
UMass 80, Stephen F. Austin 60 |
6:00 p.m., ET |
ESPNU |
| Mar. 18 |
Tues. |
Ohio State 84, UNC Asheville 66 |
7:00 p.m., ET |
ESPN2 |
| Mar. 18 |
Tues. |
Syracuse 87, Robert Morris 81 |
7:00 p.m., ET |
ESPNU |
| Mar. 18 |
Tues. |
Akron 65, Florida State 60 (OT) |
9:00 p.m., ET |
ESPN Classic |
| Mar. 18 |
Tues. |
Southern Illinois 69, Oklahoma State 53 |
9:00 p.m., ET |
ESPN2 |
| Mar. 18 |
Tues. |
Maryland 68, Minnesota 58 |
9:30 p.m., ET |
ESPN |
| Mar. 18 |
Tues. |
Creighton 74, Rhode Island 73 |
10:00 p.m., ET |
ESPNU |
| Mar. 18 |
Tues. |
Arizona State 64, Alabama State 53 |
11:00 p.m. ET |
ESPN2 |
| Mar. 19 |
Wed. |
#6 Cleveland State at #3 Dayton |
6:00 p.m., ET |
ESPNU |
| Mar. 19 |
Wed. |
#8 Morgan State at #1 Virginia Tech |
7:00 p.m. ET |
ESPN Classic |
| Mar. 19 |
Wed. |
#5 UAB at #4 VCU |
7:00 p.m. ET |
ESPN2 |
| Mar. 19 |
Wed. |
#8 UCSB at #1 Ole Miss |
8:00 p.m. ET |
ESPNU |
| Mar. 19 |
Wed. |
#6 Charlotte at #3 Nebraska |
9:00 p.m., ET |
ESPN Classic |
| Mar. 19 |
Wed. |
#7 San Diego State vs. #2 Florida |
9:30 p.m., ET |
ESPN2 |
| Mar. 19 |
Wed. |
#7 Utah State at #2 Illinois State |
10:00 p.m., ET |
ESPNU |
| Mar. 19 |
Wed. |
#5 New Mexico at #4 California |
11:00 p.m., ET |
ESPN2 |
去年NCAA的亞軍Ohio State今年沒有進去NCAA錦標賽，但是卻成了NIT的第一種子。
在第一輪的比賽中Ohio State遇上了UNC-Asheville，Ashevile是擁有之前有在討論板上過討論過的7-7吋Kenny George，他拿下12分11籃板。
Ohio State這邊的得分如下；
Jamar Bulter 21分10助攻
Kosta Koufos 15分
Othello Huntter 16分
David Lightly 13分
OSU下一輪的對手是California/New Mexico，個人是比較喜歡Cal因爲他們有Jamal Boykin。
作者 from 圓球城市加州分社 & 上海分社