The NIT's board of managers released a statement explaining and apologizing for the mix-up regarding UC Riverside and South Alabama. It fell on deaf ears for South Alabama coach Richie Riley ...

"I'm like, 'Hold on a second. We didn't hear from the NIT. Nobody gave us a head's up." That was problem because UC Riverside had, by that point, accepted a bid to the CBI, another postseason ...

Editors’ note, March 17, 9 a.m. ET: This story has been updated to reflect that UC Riverside ... up the situation early Monday morning, announcing that it will in fact play in the NIT, and ...

However, UC Riverside got out of their commitment to the CBI and will indeed compete in the NIT. That caused the NIT to rescind their invite to South Alabama, who ended up getting their hopes up ...