NIT bracket 2022: Tournament agenda, college basketball ratings, dates, times for semifinals

Texas A&M and Washington Issue gained nit quarterfinal matchups Wednesday so set the semifinals for next week at Unusual York’s Madison Square Garden. The Aggies and Cougars will meet in one semifinal game on Tuesday, whereas Xavier and St. Bonaventure will play in utterly different. The winners will meet in next Thursday’s title game.

Texas A&M evolved by knocking off Wake Woodland 67-52 in a war between squads that had been narrowly disregarded of the NCAA Tournament discipline. The Aggies led 32-15 at halftime after conserving the Demon Deacons to correct 4 of 27 shooting in the first half of and scoring 13 capabilities off 12 Wake Woodland turnovers. The Deacs drew within 42-33 on a Dallas Walton 3-pointer with 11: 23 ideal however by no device bought any nearer.

In Wednesday’s nightcap, Washington Issue guard Michael Flowers went off for 27 capabilities on 11 of 20 shooting to book the Cougars to a 77-58 remove over BYU. Within the process, he passed WSU story, Klay Thompson, as the program’s file holder for most made 3-pointers in a season.

Success in the NIT does no longer consistently predict greater issues the next season, however it’ll. Closing season’s champion, Memphis, was in the NCAA Tournament discipline this season and gave No. 1 total seed Gonzaga a inch for its money in a conclude game on Saturday evening. Baylor reached the Candy 16 in 2013 after an NIT title in 2012, and West Virginia did the identical in 2007 after successful the NIT in 2006. Right here is a leer at the beefy bracket.

2022 NIT agenda

Quarterfinals

Semifinals   

March 29 at Madison Square Garden

(2) Xavier vs. St. Bonaventure, TBD

(1) Texas A&M vs. (4) Washington Issue, TBD

Championship

March 31 at Madison Square Garden

Semifinal winners, TBD  

First round

Tuesday, March 15

(1) Oklahoma 89, Missouri St. 75

(3) VCU 90, Princeton 79

(4) Vanderbilt 82, Belmont 71

(2) North Texas 67, Texas St. 63

(2) Xavier 72, Cleveland St. 68

Oregon 83, (4) Utah St. 72

(1) Texas A&M 74, Alcorn St. 62

St. Bonaventure 76, (4) Colorado 68

(4) Washington St. 63, Santa Clara 50

Wednesday, March 16

(1) Dayton 74, Toledo 55

(2) Wake Woodland 74, Towson 64

Virginia 60, (3) Mississippi Issue 57

Northern Iowa 60, (3) Saint Louis 68

(1) SMU 68, Nicholls 58

(3) Florida 79, Iona 74

(2) BYU 93, Prolonged Seaside Issue 72

2d round

Saturday, March 19

(1) Texas A&M 75, Oregon 60

(2) Wake Woodland 80, VCU 74

(2) BYU 90, Northern Iowa 71

Sunday, March 20 

(2) Xavier 72, Florida 56

(4) Vanderbilt 70, (1) Dayton 68, OT

(4) Washington Issue 75, (1) SMU 63

Virginia 71, (2) North Texas 69, OT

St. Bonaventure 70, (1) Oklahoma 68