Eastern Michigan Athletics
Men's Basketball Team Selected for Preseason NIT
8/21/2008 4:51:33 PM | Men's Basketball
Eagles play at Purdue on ESPN2 in opening round
YPSILANTI, Mich. — The 2008-09 Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team is one of 16 teams invited to play in the 2008 Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off set to begin Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 17-18, at four regional sites.
Head coach Charles E. Ramsey’s Eagles are seeded No. 14 and scheduled to play No. 1 seed Purdue University at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, in a game scheduled to be televised on ESPN2. Georgia and Loyola Chicago are slated to meet in the other first-round game at Purdue, Nov. 17, at 9:30 p.m. The two losing teams will play in the consolation game Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 4 p.m. with the championship tilt set for 7 p.m. on ESPNU. All of the North Regional games are slated to be played in Purdue’s Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind.
The winners of the four regionals will advance to New York City’s Madison Square Garden Wednesday, Nov. 26, for the semifinals. The action will continue in Madison Square Garden with the losers of the semifinal round playing at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, with the championship game set for later that afternoon at 3:30 p.m.
The matchups for the 2008 Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off are listed below.
North Regional
West Lafayette, Indiana - Mackey Arena
Monday, Nov. 17
No. 1 Purdue vs. No. 14 Eastern Michigan, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 10 Loyola Chicago, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 18
Consolation Game, 4 p.m.
Losers first round
Championship Game, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
Winners first round
Winner of championship game advances to Madison Square Garden in New York for a semifinal game with East Regional winner Wednesday, Nov. 26
East Regional
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts - Conte Forum
Monday, Nov. 17
No. 4 Boston College vs. No. 13 Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m.
No. 8 St. John’s vs. No. 9 Cornell, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 18
Consolation Game
Losers first round
Championship Game
Winners first round
Winner of championship game advances to Madison Square Garden in New York for a semifinal game with East Regional winner Wednesday, Nov. 26
South Regional
Norman, Oklahoma - Lloyd Noble Center
Monday, Nov. 17
No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 16 Mississippi Valley State, 9 p.m. (ESPNU)
No. 5 Davidson vs. No. 12 James Madison
Tuesday, Nov. 18
Consolation Game, 6:30 p.m.
Losers first round
Championship Game, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Winners first round
Winner of championship game advances to Madison Square Garden in New York for a semifinal game with West Regional winner Wednesday, Nov. 26
West Regional
Tucson, Arizona - McKale Center
Monday, Nov. 17
No. 3 Arizona vs. No. 15 Florida Atlantic, 11 p.m. (ESPNU)
No. 7 UAB vs. No. 11 Santa Clara, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 18
Consolation Game, 8:30 p.m.
Losers first round
Championship Game, 11:30 p.m.
Winners first round
Winner of championship game advances to Madison Square Garden in New York for a semifinal game with East Regional winner Wednesday, Nov. 26
The winners of the two semifinal games will play for the championship, Nov. 28 , at 3:30 p.m. in Madison Square Garden
The losers of the semifinal round will play in a consolation game, Nov. 28, at 1:30 p.m.
