Clemson will play more basketball in March. However, it will not play in the NCAA Tournament.
After failing to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament’s 68-team field, the Tigers accepted an invitation to play in the National Invitational Basketball Tournament (NIT) Sunday night. The NIT bid marks the third straight season the Clemson basketball program has advanced to post-season play and it marks its second trip in three seasons to the NIT.
Clemson will play Wright State in the first round of the NIT on Wednesday.
Sunday’s NIT bid is Clemson’s 29th post-season tournament and its 17th appearance in the NIT.