Cal-State Bakersfield and Georgia Tech will meet in the 2017 NIT Tournament Semifinals at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.
College basketball has offered quite the scene at Madison Square Garden over the past few days. The South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the Florida Gators in the East Regional Final to punch their ticket to the Final Four. There was also the overtime thriller between Wisconsin and Florida in the Sweet 16. Now, the arena will host the NIT Semifinals and NIT Finals as they do every year.
On Tuesday night, the semifinals will officially begin as Cal-State Bakersfield and Georgia Tech will meet. Both of these schools are coming off of huge victories in the quarterfinals that saw them win big road games with the odds stacked against them.
Date: Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2017
Start Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Location: Manhattan, NY
Venue: Madison Square Garden
TV Info: ESPN
Live Stream: WatchESPN
Cal-State Bakersfield was able to hand UT Arlington their first home loss of the season. The momentum of defeating a team that hadn’t lost at home all year has propelled them into the NIT Semifinals.
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Georgia Tech managed to go on the road and defeat Ole Miss to get to this point. The Yellow Jackets have struggled on the road all season but managed to get a road win when they absolutely needed it most.
The winner of this game will go on and face the winner of TCU and UCF in the championship game of the tournament. With unpredictable play that has occurred in the tournament thus far, anything can happen on Tuesday night.