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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Nick Selbe March Madness doesn’t just mean the Big Dance. Here’s the field of 32 for everybody’s other favorite tournament. Selection Sunday is annually the most stressful day for college basketball fans everywhere. For teams that don’t make it to the Big Dance, there is, of course, a consolation prize: the NIT. The NIT actually predates the NCAA tournament by one year, and it was once the sport’s preeminent postseason event. Now, it’s where squads that don’t get bids to the main event go to finish out their seasons. Oklahoma State was the first team out of the field of 68, according to the…
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