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2008 National Invitation Tournament
The 2008 National Invitation Tournament (known through sponsorship as the MasterCard NIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The 71st annual tournament began on March 18 on campus sites and ended on April 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Each regular season conference champion that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the NIT Selection Committee. The first, second, and third rounds were played on the higher seeded team's home court, with the semi-finals and finals played at Madison Square Garden. The Ohio State Buckeyes won the tournament. Selection Committee The 2008 NIT Selection Committee consists of the following former college basketball coaches and administrators: * Rudy Davalos * Don DeVoe * Gene Keady * Reggie M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd Street, above Pennsylvania Station. It is the fourth venue to bear the name "Madison Square Garden"; the first two ( 1879 and 1890) were located on Madison Square, on East 26th Street and Madison Avenue, with the third Madison Square Garden (1925) farther uptown at Eighth Avenue and 50th Street. The Garden is used for professional ice hockey and basketball, as well as boxing, mixed martial arts, concerts, ice shows, circuses, professional wrestling and other forms of sports and entertainment. It is close to other midtown Manhattan landmarks, including the Empire State Building, Koreatown, and Macy's at Herald Square. It is home to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Keady
Lloyd Eugene Keady (born May 21, 1936) is an American basketball coach. He is best known for his 25 years serving as the head men's basketball coach at Purdue University in Indiana. In his tenure leading the Boilermakers from 1980 to 2005, he went to the NCAA Tournament seventeen times, twice advancing to the Elite Eight. Personal life Keady was born in Larned, Kansas on May 21, 1936. He graduated from Larned High School. He had two children with his first wife. He married his second wife, Patricia, in 1981 and adopted her daughter. They were married until her death in 2009. He has been married since 2012 to Kathleen Petrie. Playing career Kansas State Keady's father instilled in him a passion for sports. This became evident as Keady was a four-sport athlete at Garden City Junior College in Garden City, Kansas. At the junior college level, Keady was named an All-American in football for playing quarterback. Keady continued his education at a higher level at Kansas State U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2008 WAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, was held at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Four teams finished the season at 12–4 in the conference standings, and all advanced to the semifinals. In the championship game, Boise State defeated host New Mexico State in triple overtime and received the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It was the Broncos' first NCAA appearance in fourteen years, when they won the Big Sky tournament (as a fifth-seed). Boise State was seeded fourteenth in the East region and lost to Louisville in the first round. Utah State made the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), but lost a road game in the first round. Tournament Bracket References External linksOfficial websiteof the Western Athletic ConferenceWAC Men's Basketball Tournament {{2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox WAC men's basketball tournament To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament ...
The 2008 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 4–8, 2008. Format The semifinals were held at the Justice Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The quarterfinals and finals were held at the home court of the better seed. Bracket References {{Big South Conference men's basketball tournament navbox Tournament Big South Conference men's basketball tournament Big South Conference men's basketball tournament Big South Conference men's basketball tournament The Big South Conference men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the Big South tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Big South Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1986. It is a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 National Invitation Tournament
The 2003 National Invitation Tournament was the 2003 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. St. John's tournament victory was later vacated due to use of an ineligible player. Marcus Hatten's tournament Most Valuable Player award was also vacated. This would be the last NIT in which a third-place game would be played until 2021. Selected teams Below is a list of the 40 teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009 11/5/09 Bracket Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2008 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 12–15, 2008 at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena in Anaheim, California. The quarterfinals were televised by KVMD, the semifinals were televised by ESPNU, and the Big West Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN2. Seeds There was a three-way tie for first place during the regular season. UCSB received the #1 seed due to a 3–1 record against Cal State Northridge and Cal State Fullerton. Cal State Northridge received the #2 seed due to a 2–2 record against UCSB and Cal State Fullerton. Format The top two seed receive byes into the semifinals. Seeds 3 and 4 receive byes into the quarterfinals. If necessary, the bracket will be adjusted after each round so that the top and bottom seeds in each round play in the same game. The ninth place team, UC Davis, did not receive a tournament invitation. Bracket References External links2008 Tournament Bracket {{2008 NCAA Division I men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 National Invitation Tournament
The 1987 National Invitation Tournament was the 1987 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. The tournament began on Wednesday, March 11, and ended when the Southern Miss Golden Eagles defeated the La Salle Explorers in the NIT championship game on Thursday, March 26, at Madison Square Garden. Selected teams Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament."NIT Results (1980's)." ''www.ncaa.com.'' Retrieved February 9, 2016. Louisville declines invitation turned down an invitation to the 1987 NIT, the first team in history to decline an NIT bid. No team ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament ...
The 2008 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 13–16, 2008, at Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. Format The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Southland Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. Bracket Sources2008 Tournament Bracket References {{Southland Conference men's basketball tournament navbox Tournament Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Southland Conference men's basketball tournament The Southland Conference's men's basketball tournament began in 1981, with the winner of the tournament receiving the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. From 1981 to 2001, the first round of the tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2008 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 6–12, 2008, at campus sites. Mount Saint Mary's won the tournament to receive an automatic berth to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Format The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Northeast Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. The semifinals matchups will be the highest and lowest remaining seeds in one game and the other two seeds in the other game. All games are held at the home court of the higher-seeded team. Bracket All-tournament team Tournament MVP in bold. SourcesTournament Bracket References {{Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament navbox Tournament Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament The Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place on March 11–15, 2008 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The championship game was televised by ESPN Classic ESPN Classic was an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns 20%). The channel was originally la .... Bracket Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Meac men's basketball tournament MEAC men's basketball tournament 2007–08 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 National Invitation Tournament
The 1983 National Invitation Tournament was the 1983 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Selected teams Thirty-two teams accepted invitations to the tournament.Tournament Results (1980's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009 11/7/09 * Alabama State * * |
2008 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2008 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 12–15, 2008, at Fair Park Arena in Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr .... Format The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Southwestern Athletic Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. Bracket References {{2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox 2007–08 Southwestern Athletic Conference men's basketball season SWAC men's basketball tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
