MIAMI (March 22, 2019) – The FIU men's basketball team returns to the postseason for just the second time in program history, and the first time since the 1994-95 season, as the Panthers face Texas State in the first round of the Collegeinsider.com Tournament (CIT) on March 23. Tipoff in San Marcos, Texas is slated for 7 p.m. ET. FIU comes into the CIT having won five of its last seven games, and six of its last 10.
The last time the Panthers played in the postseason was on March 17, 1995, when the then Trans America Athletic Conference Tournament Champions faced UCLA in the NCAA Tournament first round in Boise, Idaho, falling to the Bruins, 92-56.