NEW YORK (AP) – Colorado and Virginia Tech will have to get over their NCAA snubs quickly.
The two teams were selected as No. 1 seeds for the NIT and will play Wednesday night in the opening round of the tournament. The other top seeds are Boston College and Alabama.
The Buffaloes and Hokies – and the Eagles and Crimson Tide, too – were hopeful their names would be called Sunday night to fill out the expanded 68-team NCAA tournament. Instead, Colorado will have to prepare for Texas Southern and Virginia Tech for Bethune-Cookman in the consolation tournament.
Among the other bubble teams who dropped into the NIT were Missouri Valley regular-season champion Missouri State, Atlantic-10 tournament runner-up Dayton, and West Coast Conference regular-season champion St. Mary’s.
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