Thursday, March 19, 2009

2009 Men's NIT 1st Round Results

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2009 TexSport Publications

DEER PARK, TEXAS (March 19, 2009) The first round of 16 games in the 2009 National Invitational Tournament have been completed. There were a few upsets and my predictions were on the mark to the tune of 68.75%. I correctly predicted 11 of 16. I do hope to improve ON that prediction rate.

Here are the game I got right:
San Diego State-65 Weber State-49
Kansas State-83 Illinois State-79
St. Mary's (CA)-68 Washington State-57
Auburn-87 Tennessee-Martin-82
Baylor-74 Georgetown-72
Creighton-73 Bowling Green-71
New Mexico-83 Nebraska-71
Notre Dame-70 UAB-64
Florida-84 Jacksonville-62
Rhode Island-68 Niagara-62
Penn State-77 George Mason-73

The games I got wrong were:
Davidson-70 South Carolina-63
Tulsa-68 Northwestern-59
Virgina Tech-116 Duquesne-108
Kentucky-70 UNLV-60
Miami, Fla.-78 Providence-66

My second round predictions will be published shortly.

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