Kent State to Play at Middle Tennessee in CIT First Round
3/15/2015 9:24:00โฏPM | Men's Basketball
KENT, Ohio โ Kent State will be making its 15th post season appearance in 17 years, as the men's basketball team has accepted a bid to the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The Golden Flashes will play a first-round game at Middle Tennessee State on Wednesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. in Murfreesboro, Tenn. and will be streamed on CollegeInsider.com
One of only 12 NCAA Division I programs in the country to win at least 20 games in 15 of the past 17 seasons, Kent State will make its fourth CIT appearance.
The Golden Flashes are 1-3 all-time in CIT games. Head coach Rob Senderoff recorded his first career postseason win by leading the Flashes to a 75-73 win over Fairfield in the first round of the 2013 CIT. ย ย
The Blue Raiders (19-16; 9-9 C-USA) made a run to the Conference USA Tournament championship game as the No. 6 seed and lost to UAB, 73-60. Middle Tennessee was terrific at home during the regular season, posting a 12-3 record at the Murphy Center.
This will be the first ever meeting between the two schools.
About the CIT
In its seventh year, the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament is was created to provide more teams the opportunity to compete in the postseason basketball. The 32-team field consists of programs from non-Power 5 conferences and all games will be played on campus site.
The tournament uses the old NIT model, with future round opponents being determined by results of the previous round, helping to minimize travel and limit class time missed by the student-athletes.
Both semifinals and the championship game will be televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network.
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2015 CIT Schedule
First Round โ March 17-18
Second Round โ March 20-21
Quarterfinals โ March 24-25
Semifinals โ March 31
Championship โ April 2ย
