South Alabama coach Richie Riley explained the situation to AL.com, too. Riley said the Jaguars were offered a spot for NIT ...

South Alabama coach Richie Riley is fuming after his program accepted a bid to the NIT on Sunday evening and had the ...

South Alabama was Sun Belt regular-season co-champions this season, finishing in a four-way tie with Troy, James Madison and ...

However, UC Riverside got out of their commitment to the CBI and will indeed compete in the NIT. That caused the NIT to ...

The NCAA has some serious explaining to do after an embarrassing mistake involving the University of South Alabama Men's ...

UC Riverside athletics director Wesley Mallette was driving to dinner with his wife on Sunday evening when his phone started ...

Coach Richie Riley slammed an apology given by the NIT, which dropped his Jaguars after learning that UC Riverside was ...

South Alabama’s situation makes what West Virginia and Indiana dealt with on Sunday look like nothing. After Sun Belt commissioner Keith Gill and NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt ...

In need of a team to take UC Riverside’s spot, South Alabama was brought in, but the Highlanders were able to get out of ...

South Alabama thought it would be playing postseason basketball after bowing out prematurely in its conference tournament, ...

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Even amid the backdrop of college basketball’s chaotic postseason, what happened to South Alabama was “avoidable” and “unfortunate,” the school’s athletic director said.