St. Thomas draws Seattle in 1st round of NIT

[SelectionSunday]

On the road, Tuesday 9 p.m. CT on ESPN+.

Potential matchup with Auburn in 2nd round.

Another nice step for the program. A chance to play more basketball!

 

[Roland Brooks]

Yep!

 

[SelectionSunday]

NIT Bids by Conference
American (2): Tulsa, Wichita State

ACC (2): Cal, Wake Forest

Atlantic 10 (5): Davidson, Dayton, George Mason, George Washington, Saint Joseph’s

Big XII (1): Oklahoma State

Big West (1): UC-Irvine

Coastal (1): UNC-Wilmington

Conference USA (2): Liberty, Sam Houston

Ivy (1): Yale

MAC (1): Kent State

Missouri Valley (4): Bradley, Illinois State, Murray State, UIC

Mountain West (5): Colorado State, Nevada, New Mexico, UNLV, Wyoming

Patriot (1) Navy

SEC (1): Auburn

Southland (1): Stephen F. Austin

Summit (1): St. Thomas

Sun Belt (1): South Alabama

WCC (1): Seattle

WAC (1): Utah Valley

 

[SelectionSunday]

#1 Seeds
Auburn
New Mexico
Tulsa (Miles Barnstable)
Wake Forest

 

[Roland Brooks]

I actually went to the game against Seattle in UST’s first year of D1… nice area around campus.. small but nice gym

 

[Married@SiebertField]

Congratulations to UST—I may be a minority opinion on Gopherhole but I would like to see a Minnesota-UST game starting next year and/or restore or rivalry with Marquette. The 1998 NIT game at the Barn was a classic.

 

[SelectionSunday]

Bid breakdown:

Power 5 Teams (4)

Often or Frequent NCAA Tournament Multiple-Bid Leagues — American, Atlantic Ten, Mountain West, WCC (17)

Traditional 1-Bid Leagues (11)

In 2025, 15 of the 32 teams came from traditional 1-bid leagues. And next season we add back the Pac (9).