Friday, March 22, 2002
NIT at a glance
By The Associated Press
All Times EST Opening 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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