Although Penn State is not competing in the 2012 NIT Tournament, that's no reason not to tune in for the second round, which will be taking place over the next few days. You know, just in case you feel like there's not enough college basketball to watch.
One of the second-round matches has already been played, as the No. 1 seed Washington Huskies blew out the No. 4 Northwestern Wildcats on Friday night. Here's the schedule for the complete second round of NIT action.
REGION 1
No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 7 Iowa - March 18, 5:00 p.m. ET
REGION 2
No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Middle Tennessee - March 19, 7:00 p.m. ET
No. 2 Miami (FL) vs. No. 6 Minnesota - March 19, 9:00 p.m. ET
REGION 3
No. 1 Seton Hall vs. No. 5 Massachusetts - March 17, 11:00 a.m. ET
No. 3 Drexel vs. No. 7 Northern Iowa - March 18, 11:00 a.m. ET
REGION 4
No. 5 Bucknell vs. No. 8 Nevada - March 18, 3:00 p.m. ET
No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 7 Illinois State - March 19, 11:30 p.m. ET
A full, up to date NIT bracket can be found here.
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