Oklahoma men's basketball team, ranked 46th in NET, declined NIT bid after missing NCAA Tourney. Big 12 teams in NIT include Kansas State, UCF, Cincinnati. Sooners' decision finalized their season.
Interesting to note that Oklahoma refused an invitation from the NIT. Sooners would have been the Big 12's second guaranteed selection. Instead that went to UCF. https://t.co/2nmPDcS4hI
The top 2 teams in the NET rankings from each of the 6 major conferences that didn't qualify for the NCAA get the NIT's first 12 automatic bids. Cincinnati (37th) and Oklahoma (46th) got bids, but the Sooners declined an NIT, giving bid to UCF (61).
Oklahoma was the first team out of the NCAA tournament field but declined an NIT bid; Sooners have played their final game representing the Big 12. Big 12 teams in the NIT field: Kansas State (at Iowa) UCF (v. South Florida) Cincinnati (v. San Francisco) 11 of 14 Big 12 teams…
The Oklahoma men's basketball team declined an NIT invitation.
Oklahoma declines invite to the NIT https://t.co/hjXux2T86c
Big 12 landed 8 teams into 68-team NCAA Tourney field. Teams not earning berths include: Oklahoma (46 NET ranking) Cincinnati (37) UCF (61) Kansas State (71) Oklahoma and Cincy would earn the AQ's into the NIT based on highest-ranked NET rankings. You would think UCF and KSU…