Wednesday’s win kept the Virginia Cavaliers’ season alive and moves them to the NIT second round. This time out, they get the second-seeded North Texas Mean Green, who knocked off Texas State in their NIT opener.
UNT were down seven with one minute remaining against Texas State and managed to force OT and get the win. The comeback was mostly Texas State’s doing, as they fouled UNT on a three two different times in the final minute, and also committed two late turnovers.
The Mean Green finished 25-6 this year, 16-2 in Conference-USA.