NIT Bracket 2012: First Round Predictions
By Blake Lovell
The field has been announced for the 2012 NIT and 32 teams are looking to march their way to Madison Square Garden to try and pick up a NIT championship.
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The action gets started tomorrow, so let’s go ahead and make some predictions for the first round matchups in this year’s tournament:
TOP LEFT
#1 Washington over #8 Texas Arlington
#4 Northwestern over #5 Akron
#3 Oregon over #6 LSU
#7 Iowa over #2 Dayton
BOTTOM LEFT
#1 Tennessee over #8 Savannah State
#5 Marshall over #4 MTSU
#3 La Salle over #6 Minnesota
#2 Miami FL over #7 Valpo
TOP RIGHT
#1 Seton Hall over #8 Stony Brook
#4 Mississippi State over #5 UMass
#3 Drexel over #6 UCF
#2 St. Joseph’s over #7 Northern Iowa
BOTTOM RIGHT
#1 Arizona over #8 Bucknell
#5 Nevada over #4 Oral Roberts
#6 Cleveland State over #3 Stanford
#7 Illinois State over #2 Ole Miss
What are your predictions for the first round games in the NIT?
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