University of Connecticut Athletics
Connecticut To Host South Carolina in National Invitation Tournament
3/11/2001 12:00:00โฏAM | Men's Basketball
UConn will carry a 19-11 overall record into its NIT First Round matchup against the 15-14 Gamecocks.
The only previous meeting in the sport of men's basketball between UConn and South Carolina took place in the 1975 NIT where South Carolina posted a 71-61 First Round win over the Huskies in a game played at Madison Square Garden.
The winner of the Connecticut-South Carolina game will advance to an NIT Second Round game on Tuesday, March 20, at a site to be announced against the winner of an NIT First Round game between Detroit and Bradley.
Ticket information on the NIT First Round game between Connecticut and South Carolina will be announced Monday.
The 32-team field NIT First Round pairings are as follows:
Tuesday, March 13
Seton Hall at Alabama, 7 p.m.
Memphis at Utah, 10 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14
South Carolina at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m.
Villanova at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m.
Baylor at New Mexico, 12 midnight
Detroit at Bradley, TBA
West Virginia at Richmond, TBA
NC Wilmington at Dayton, TBA
Illinois State at Purdue, TBA
Miami at Auburn, TBA
UC Irvine at Tulsa, TBA
St. Bonaventure at Pittsburgh, TBA
Southern Mississippi at Mississippi State, TBA
Pepperdine at Wyoming, TBA
McNeese State at Texas-El Paso, TBA
Thursday, March 15
South Alabama at Toledo, TBA
