NIT Championship 2010:
UNC vs Dayton
Yet another NIT Championship game
that we should be watching!
Latest update NIT Championship 2010: We are all excited
that the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Championship
is set. Dayton beat Mississippi in the first game 68-63
enroute to the NIT Championship 2010. It was a close
game that all of us have witnessed. Another game that
was so closed was the UNC winning against University
of Rhode Island, 68-67, nerve-wracking victory. The
NIt Championship game is between UNC vs Dayton.
With all the basketball actions that we have witnessed,
this game is one of the best for UNC can play well enough
with their defense and a possible offensive attack against
Dayton. Furthermore, they have the offensive threat
that Dayton cannot probably contain. Yes, we have enough
basketball games ahead of us.
NIT Championship 2010 is one of the most awaited game
tor all of us. Watch the game!
Dayton defeats
North Carolina to win NIT championship
NEWYORK - Dayton denied last year's
national champions another title and took home one of
its own for the first time in 42 years.
Marcus Johnson scored 20 points and the Flyers handed
North Carolina one more disheartening loss at the end
of a lousy season, beating the Tar Heels, 79-68, tonight
to win the NIT.
Reserve guard Paul Williams added 16 points for No.
3-seeded Dayton (25-12), which bounced back from a disappointing
year to capture its third NIT title and first since
1968.
Picked to win the Atlantic 10 Conference, the Flyers
faded late and missed the NCAA tournament before turning
things around and ending on a high note.
Will Graves shot North Carolina back into the game in
the second half, finishing with 25 points for the fourth-seeded
Tar Heels (20-17), who started the season hoping for
back-to-back NCAA championships.
Chris Wright had 14 points for the Flyers, as did tournament
MVP Chris Johnson -- who scored 22 in a semifinal victory
over Mississippi.
Including the Rebels and Tar Heels, Dayton beat four
teams from BCS conferences en route to the championship.
Cincinnati and Illinois were the others.
Coach Roy Williams and the Tar Heels fell short in their
attempt to grab a somewhat dubious piece of college
basketball history. A victory Thursday night would have
made them the first team to follow up an NCAA national
championship with an NIT crown the next year.
With officials discussing expanding the NCAA tournament
to 96 teams as soon as next year, it's possible this
could be the last NIT, an event with a rich history
that dates to 1938.
NCAA vice president Greg Shaheen said Thursday no decision
has been made about the future of the postseason NIT,
which is operated independently by the NCAA.
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