Friday, March 22, 2002

NIT at a glance



By The Associated Press

        All Times ESTOpening Round
       Tuesday, March 12

       Ball State 98, South Florida 92
       Saint Joseph's 73, George Mason 64
       Montana State 77, Utah State 69
       Wednesday, March 13
       Richmond 74, Wagner 67, OT
       Dayton 80, Detroit 69
       Vanderbilt 59, Houston 50
       Louisiana Tech 83, Louisiana-Lafayette 63
       Tennessee Tech 64, Georgia State 62

        First Round
       Tuesday, March 12

       Louisville 66, Princeton 65
       UNLV 96, Arizona State 91
       Wednesday, March 13
       Syracuse 76, Saint Bonaventure 66
       South Carolina 74, Virginia 67
       Minnesota 96, New Mexico 62
       LSU 63, Iowa 61
       Temple 81, Fresno State 75
       Thursday, March 14
       Butler 81, Bowling Green 69
       Villanova 84, Manhattan 69
       Yale 67, Rutgers 65
       Memphis 82, UNC-Greensboro 62
       BYU 78, UC-Irvine 55
       Friday, March 15
       Ball State 76, Saint Joseph's 54
       Tennessee Tech 68, Dayton 59
       Louisiana Tech 83, Vanderbilt 68
       Saturday, March 16
       Richmond 63, Montana State 48
       ———

        Second Round
       Monday, March 18

       Syracuse 66, Butler 65, OT
       Richmond 67, Minnesota 66
       Tuesday, March 19
       Temple 65, Louisville 62
       Tennessee Tech 80, Yale 61
       Villanova 67, Louisiana Tech 64
       Ball State 75, LSU 65
       South Carolina 75, UNLV 65
       Wednesday, March 20
       Memphis 80, BYU 69
       ———

        Quarterfinals
       Wednesday, March 20

       Syracuse 62, Richmond 46
       Thursday, March 21
       South Carolina 82, Ball State 47
       Friday, March 22
       Villanova (19-12) at Temple (17-14), 7 p.m.
       Saturday, March 23
       Tennessee Tech (27-6) at Memphis (24-9), 1 p.m.
       ———

        Semifinals
       At Madison Square Garden
       New York
       Tuesday, March 26

       Syracuse (23-11) vs. South Carolina (21-14)
       Temple-Villanova winner vs. Tennessee Tech-BYU-Memphis winner
       6:30 and 9 p.m.
       ———

        Championship Round
       Thursday, March 28
       At Madison Square Garden
       New York
       Third Place

       Semifinal losers, 6:30 p.m.

        Championship
       Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

       



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