Sunday night, the NIT brackets were unveiled and Creighton was seeded fourth in the “St. Bonaventure Quadrant”, drawing the Alabama Crimson Tide of the SEC in the first round. That game will be played on Tuesday night in Omaha, with tip off at 8:00pm and the game televised on ESPN.
It’s the first NIT for the Bluejays since 2009, and their eleventh all-time appearance in the tourney. They own a 5-10 record in the NIT, though they’ve gone 1-1 each of the last three times they’ve appeared (2006, 2008, 2009). The game is a rematch of a first round (well, second round *technically*, but you know) NCAA Tourney game from 2012, which the Bluejays won 58-57.