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2007 NIT
NIT Finals
West Virginia 78, Clemson 73 Stats
Prior to Clemson hitting three late 3-pointers, West Virginia had made 12 3-balls and the Tigers just 3
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"Quick Quotes" |
| Clemson senior Vernon Hamilton hid under towel after the game, " I didn’t want any of my teammates to see me come apart. I’ve always tried to be strong for the guys and be an example." |
NIT Semifinals
West Virginia 63, Mississippi State 62 Stats There were 63 field goal misses in this game
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"Quick Quotes" |
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West Virginia coach John Beilein said, "If anybody would ever be disappointed to play in the NIT they are absolutely crazy. That was a great basketball game and a great atmosphere." |
Clemson 68, Air Force 67 Stats
Air Force trailed by 12 with 11:43 left and the Falcons rallied by forcing Clemson into 10 2nd half turnovers and by shooting 60% FG in the 2nd half.
Clemson shot 68% FG 2nd half and the two teams combined to make 31-48 (65%) FG in the 2nd half
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"Quick Quotes" |
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Clemson coach Oliver Purnell said, “I thought we really showed some mental toughness and desire to win this thing." |
Wednesday's NIT Games
Clemson 74, Syracuse 70 Stats
Clemson has now won nine straight NIT home games
Air Force 52, DePaul 51 Stats
Air Force was outshot (inside and outside the arc) and outrebounded
Tuesday's NIT Games
West Virginia 71, NC State 66 Stats
Miss State 86, Florida State 71 Stats
Monday's NIT Games
NIT second round score
Miss. State 107, Bradley 72 Stats
NC State 69, Marist 62 Stats
Second Round
NC State 69, Marist 62 Stats
First Round
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Georgia 88, Fresno State 78 Stats
Ole Miss 73, App. State 59 Stats
Clemson 64, East Tenn. State 57 Stats
Syracuse 79, South Alabama 73 Stats
NC State 63, Drexel 56 Stats
Miss State 82, Miss. Valley St. 63 Stats
UMass 89, Alabama 87 OT Stats
Marist 67, Oklahoma State 64 Stats |
DePaul 83, Hofstra 71 Stats
Kansas State 59, Vermont 57 Stats
Bradley 90, Providence 78 OT Stats
San Diego State 74, Missouri State 70 Stats
Air Force 75, Austin Peay 51 Stats
Florida State 77, Toledo 61 Stats
West Virginia 74, Delaware State 50 Stats
Michigan 68, Utah State 58 Stats |
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College Fun Facts |
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Georgia (13-22 3-balls) and Fresno State (18-40) went a combined 31-62 on 3-pointers |
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UGA’s Levi Stukes scored 30 points and hit 11-14 FG including 8-9 3-pointers |
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Ole Miss set a school record for home wins in beating App. State, the Rebels are 16-1. The only loss was 68 to 58 to Kentucky and the Rebels led 37-35 at half. |
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Clemson outrebounded East Tennessee 51-32 and 19-6 on offensive glass |
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Syracuse’s Eric Devendorf scored a career-high 34 points and had 6 assists |
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Kansas State coach Bob Huggins upped his record to 3-4 all-time in the NIT, he also improved to 23-19 in postseason play |
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Bradley had 6 double-digit scorers in OT win over Providence including J.J. Tauai 17 points and 17 rebounds |
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Air Force’s 5 starters scored 13 points each in win at Austin Peay, the Governors had only one double-digit scorer |
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College Fun Facts |
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Niagara’s Clif Brown scored 24 of his 32 points in the final 18 minutes as Niagara won its 12th straight game, the Purple Eagles longest streak in 35 years |
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FSU’s Al Thornton scored 24 and passed Dave Cowens for 8th place on the Seminoles’ all-time scoring list |
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West Virginia held Delaware State to 13 1st half points on 6-25 FG shooting, including 1-14 on 3-pointers |
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Michigan is now 20-6 all-time in NIT post season games including 14-0 at home |
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Drexel hit 7of its first 10 shots and led NC State 10-1 and 15-4, but by half NC State was only down 28-26 |
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The win over Alabama was UMass’s first in the post season since 1996. The Minutemen had lost 2 NCAA games and one in the NIT. |
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UMass’s Stephane Lasme had 9 blocks and now has 396 for his career |
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Will Wittington scored 31 as Marist beat OSU for its first post season win |
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