The science of bracketology involves lots of guesswork in regard to placing participants in March Madness, let alone trying to slot the 32 teams that will compete in the NIT after the NCAA Tournament fills its 68-team bracket.
Potential matchups and brackets change from game-to-game, even hour-to-hour, as results are updated from conference tournament championship games that determine automatic qualifiers for the NCAA tournament.
Against that disclaimer, the latest Selection Sunday speculation from nycbuckets.com, a website that projects the NIT’s twists and turns, shows both TCU and UT Arlington project to play home games in the first round of the event.