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Cowboys Future Determined Sunday Night as NIT Bracket Announced
March 11, 2006 | Cowboy Basketball
The Cowboys now await a possible bid from the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The 2006 NIT will release its bracket live simultaneously on ESPNU, ESPNNews, www.nit.org and www.ncaasports.com at approximately 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. central time) on Sunday, March 12, 2006. The NCAA Tournament Selection Show begins at 5 p.m. CT on CBS. The NIT selection committee will already have a pool of teams chosen and will re-assign tournament seeding following the NCAA's selection of teams.
The NIT, which for the first time will be selected by an at-large committee, will be comprised of a 40-team field from across the country. This year also marks the first time in the 69-year history of the NIT that the bracket release will be televised live.
The regular-season champion of any NCAA Division I conference (as determined by the conference's tie-break protocol) not otherwise selected to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship will secure an automatic qualification to the National Invitation Tournament. Higher-seeded teams will host games as they advance, unless extenuating logistical circumstances (i.e., travel, lodging and/or facility availability or NCAA Championship guidelines) preclude such an opportunity. There is no limit on the number of teams the committee may select from one conference, however, conference teams shall not meet each other prior to the regional final unless a ninth team is selected from a conference.
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