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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: Austin Peay Delaware State East Tennessee State Marist Mississippi Valley State South Alabama Toledo Vermont REGIONAL QUARTERFINALS (at higher seed) NORTH REGION, March 13/14 (March 13) (1)Mississippi State 82, (8)Mississippi Valley State 63 (2)Florida State 77, (7)Toledo 61 (3)Michigan 68, (6)Utah State 58 (March 14) (4)Bradley 90, (5)Providence 78 (OT) EAST REGION, March 13 (1)West Virginia 74, (8)Delaware State 50 (7)Marist 67, (2)Oklahoma State 64 (6)North Carolina State 63, (3)Drexel 56 (4)Massachusetts 89, (5)Alabama 87 (OT) SOUTH REGION, March 14 (1)Clemson 64, (8)East Tennessee State 57 (2)Syracuse 79, (7)South Alabama 73 (6)San Diego State 74, (3)Missouri State 70 (4)Mississippi 73, (5)Appalachian State 59 WEST REGION, March 14 (1)Air Force 75, (8)Austin Peay 51 (2)Kansas State 59, (7)Vermont 57 (3)DePaul 83, (6)Hofstra 71 (4)Georgia 88, (5)Fresno State 78 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS (at higher seed) NORTH REGION, March 15/17 (March 15) (2)Florida State 77, (3)Michigan 66 (March 17) (1)Mississippi State 101, (4)Bradley 72 EAST REGION, March 15/17 (March 15) (1)West Virginia 90, (4)Massachusetts 77 (March 17) (6)North Carolina State 69, (7)Marist 62 SOUTH REGION, March 19 (1)Clemson 89, (4)Mississippi 68 (2)Syracuse 80, (6)San Diego State 64 WEST REGION, March 19 (1)Air Force 83, (4)Georgia 52 (3)DePaul 70, (2)Kansas State 65 REGIONAL FINALS (at higher seed) NORTH REGION, March 20 (1)Mississippi State 86, (2)Florida State 71 EAST REGION, March 20 (1)West Virginia 71, (6)North Carolina State 66 SOUTH REGION, March 21 (1)Clemson 74, (2)Syracuse 80 WEST REGION, March 21 (1)Air Force 52, (3)DePaul 51 SEMIFINALS, March 27 (at New York NY) West Virginia 63, Mississippi State 62 Clemson 68, Air Force 67 NIT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, March 29 (at New York NY) West Virginia 78, Clemson 73 WEST VIRGINIA (27-9) WINS 2007 NIT CHAMPIONSHIP |