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Men's Basketball
Rams Earn Spot in NIT Field; Take on Creighton on Tuesday Night
2008 MasterCard NIT Bracket in PDF Format
NEW YORK -- The University of Rhode Island is among the 32-team field for the 2008 MasterCard National Invitation Tournament (NIT), announced live on ESPN2 and ESPNU on Sunday night. The Rams (21-11) enter the NIT as a #6 seed and will take on #3 Creighton (21-10) in Omaha, Neb. at 10 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU. This marks the 12th appearance in the NIT for URI. Rhody's last trip to the NIT came in 2004, when the Rams downed Boston University, 80-52, before falling at West Virginia, 79-72. ESPN will provide television coverage for every game of the MasterCard NIT, which is played regionally for the first three rounds before playing the semi-finals and final round in New York's Madison Square Garden, the tournament's home since 1938. The championship doubleheader is slated for April 1 followed by the championship game, April 3. URI in the National Invitation Tournament
1941 March 19 54-70 L Seton Hall 1942 March 19 71-82 L Toledo 1945 March 17 51-44 W Tennessee March 21 53-97 L DePaul March 24 57-64 L St. John's 1946 March 14 82-79 W Bowling Green March 18 59-49 W Muhlenberg March 20 45-46 L Kentucky 1979 March 7 65-67 L at Maryland (3 OT) 1981 March 12 58-84 L at Purdue 1987 March 12 92-107 L at Florida State 1992 March 19 68-63 W at Vanderbilt March 24 81-80 W at Boston College March 27 72-84 L at Utah 1996 March 13 82-77 W MARIST March 19 62-58 W CHARLESTON March 21 59-76 L at Saint Joseph's 2003 March 19 61-60 W SETON HALL March 25 53-61 L TEMPLE 2004 March 17 80-52 W BOSTON UNIV. March 19 72-79 L at West Virginia
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