South Alabama coach Richie Riley rips NIT after rescinded invite to play. The replacement team, UC Riverside, was beaten by ...

South Alabama was initially informed it made the NIT, but the NCAA ripped that invitation away just one hour after head coach Richie Riley told his players.

South Alabama was Sun Belt regular-season co-champions this season, finishing in a four-way tie with Troy, James Madison and ...

The NIT has apologized to the South Alabama Jaguars for a communication error after prematurely extending the team a ...

Even amid the backdrop of college basketball’s chaotic postseason, what happened to South Alabama was “avoidable” and “unfortunate,” the school’s athletic director said Monday.

The NIT released a statement but turned off the comments on social media. It didn't matter. People were furious.

March 17 - South Alabama coach Richie Riley is fuming after his program accepted a bid to the NIT on Sunday evening and had the invitation rescinded later that night. Riley informed his players that ...

After the 68-team NCAA Tournament field is selected, 32 teams that didn't make it are invited to continue their seasons in the NIT. One of those teams was South Alabama, which received the invite ...

But UC Riverside got out of the CBI and accepted the NIT offer. That left South Alabama high and dry, even though coach Richie Riley already had told his players they were playing in the postseason.

South Alabama will not be allowed to continue its college basketball season in the NIT after all. The Jaguars had their ...