Monday, March 17, 2008

NIT BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: ASU Hornets head West

Alabama State's first foray into the National Invitation Tournament will be a bit more involved than most expected.

The eight-seed Hornets will travel to top-seed Arizona State to face the Sun Devils at 10 p.m. on Tuesday night. It's one of the longest trips any team participating in the NIT will make, and one that caught ASU officials off-guard.

"We didn't know what to expect, really," Hornets head coach Lewis Jackson said late Sunday night. "We're scrambling around here now trying to pull something together and get us out there. We're hopeful that we can be out there by 5 p.m. their time tomorrow, but I don't know right now. It's a little crazy."

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