South Alabama was Sun Belt regular-season co-champions this season, finishing in a four-way tie with Troy, James Madison and Arkansas State, but earning the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament.

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.

The Gophers men's basketball program is among a long list of teams that have reached out to North Alabama transfer guard ...

The NIT has apologized to the South Alabama Jaguars for a communication error after prematurely extending the team a postseason tournament invite. Sun Belt Conference ...

NIT released an apology on Monday detailing the awkward situation that occurred when the tournament rescinded its offer to South Alabama. South Alabama coach Richie Riley explained the situation ...

NIT first round box score: Bradley 71, North Alabama 62 Bradley star guard Duke Deen hit an historic 3-pointer early in the first half, and he and fellow senior starters Darius Hannah and Davis ...

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 ...

South Alabama's season is over after the team's NIT invitation was rescinded in a manner coach Richie Riley called "unacceptable." Riley told AL.com he was informed late Sunday evening that his ...

After Sun Belt commissioner Keith Gill and NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt extended South Alabama an invite to the NIT [National Invitation Tournament] late Sunday night ...

After finishing the year 21-11 with a loss in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament semifinals, South Alabama received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament, better known as the NIT.

This current group is 2-2 now while in its third straight NIT together. "They weren't going to give up," Hannah said of North Alabama. "They got a lot of fight, they got some dogs on the team. But we ...