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The following teams received automatic bids to the NIT as a result of winning their conference's regular season championship but not receiving an invitation to the NCAA Tournament: Delaware State Fairleigh Dickinson Georgia State Lipscomb Manhattan Northern Arizona Western Kentucky Home team in BOLD BRACKET A OPENING ROUND, March 14 (8)Rutgers 76, (7)Penn State 71 (9)Manhattan 80, (10)Fairleigh Dickinson 77 BRACKET B OPENING ROUND, March 14 (8)Akron 80, (7)Temple 73 (OT) (9)Texas-El Paso 85, (10)Lipscomb 66 BRACKET C OPENING ROUND, March 14 (7)Stanford 65, (8)Virginia 49 (10)Delaware State 58, (9)Northern Arizona 53 BRACKET D OPENING ROUND, March 14 (8)Butler 53, (7)Miami (OH) 52 (9)North Carolina-Charlotte 77, (10)Georgia Southern 61 BRACKET A QUARTERFINALS (March 15) (5)Old Dominion 79, (4)Colorado 61 (March 16) (2)Saint Joseph's (PA) 71, (8)Rutgers 62 (3)Hofstra 73, (6)Nebraska 62 (March 18) (9)Manhattan 87, (1)Maryland 84 BRACKET B QUARTERFINALS (March 15) (3)Miami (FL) 62, (6)Oklahoma State 59 (5)Notre Dame 79, (4)Vanderbilt 69 (March 16) (1)Michigan 82, (9)Texas-El Paso 67 (2)Creighton 71, (8)Akron 60 BRACKET C QUARTERFINALS (March 15) (3)Houston 77, (6)Brigham Young 67 (4)Clemson 59, (5)Louisiana Tech 53 (March 17) (1)Louisville 71, (10)Delaware State 54 (2)Missouri State 76, (7)Stanford 67 BRACKET D QUARTERFINALS (March 15) (3)South Carolina 74, (6)Western Kentucky 55 (4)Minnesota 73, (6)Wake Forest 58 (March 17) (1)Cincinnati 86, (9)North Carolina-Charlotte 60 (2)Florida State 67, (8)Butler 53 BRACKET A SEMIFINALS (March 20) (March 20) (3)Hofstra 77, (2)Saint Joseph's (PA) 75 (OT) (5)Old Dominion 70, (9)Manhattan 60 BRACKET B SEMIFINALS (March 20) (1)Michigan 87, (5)Notre Dame 84 (2OT) (3)Miami (FL) 53, (2)Creighton 52 BRACKET C SEMIFINALS (March 20) (1)Louisville 74, (4)Clemson 68 (2)Missouri State 60, (3)Houston 59 BRACKET D SEMIFINALS (March 21) (1)Cincinnati 76, (4)Minnesota 62 (3)South Carolina 69, (2)Florida State 68 (OT) BRACKET A FINAL (March 22) (5)Old Dominion 61, (3)Hofstra 51 BRACKET B FINAL (March 22) (1)Michigan 71, (3)Miami (FL) 65 BRACKET C FINAL (March 22) (1)Louisville 74, (2)Missouri State 56 BRACKET D FINAL (March 23) (3)South Carolina 65, (1)Cincinnati 62 SEMIFINALS, March 28 (at Madison Square Garden, New York) Michigan 68, Old Dominion 43 South Carolina 78, Louisville 63 CHAMPIONSHIP, March 30 (at Madison Square Garden, New York) South Carolina 76, Michigan 64 SOUTH CAROLINA (23-15) REPEATS, WINS 2006 NIT CHAMPIONSHIP |