The NIT's board of managers released a statement explaining and apologizing for the mix-up regarding UC Riverside and South Alabama. It fell on deaf ears for South Alabama coach Richie Riley ...

"I'm like, 'Hold on a second. We didn't hear from the NIT. Nobody gave us a head's up." That was problem because UC Riverside had, by that point, accepted a bid to the CBI, another postseason ...

Editors’ note, March 17, 9 a.m. ET: This story has been updated to reflect that UC Riverside ... up the situation early Monday morning, announcing that it will in fact play in the NIT, and ...

It's very rare that the NIT generates this much attention one day after Selection Sunday, but that's what happens when you screw up this epically ... team--reportedly UC Riverside--was turning ...