Kent State University
South Carolina-Upstate
Kent State Headed To South Carolina To Face USC Upstate In The CIT
3/10/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Golden Flashes face the Spartans at 7:00 pm on Thursday
USC Upstate Ticket Information
KENT, Ohio – Kent State will be making its 13th post season appearance in 14 years next week as the team has accepted a bid to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The Golden Flashes are traveling to South Carolina to face USC Upstate of the Atlantic Sun Conference on Thursday at 7:00 pm.
This will be the second CIT appearance for Kent State which participated in the inaugural event back in 2009.
The Golden Flashes have won three post season games in the past two seasons advancing the NIT quarterfinals last year and the second round the year before.
The Spartans (20-12; 13-5 A-Sun; 2nd) have had one of the largest turnarounds in Division I this year after winning 20 games combined the previous three seasons (9, 2008-09; 6, 2009-10; 5, 2010-11).
USC Upstate claimed three of the four major A-Sun awards (as voted upon by the league's head coaches). Head Coach Eddie Payne was the Coach of the Year, Torrey Craig (16.8 ppg; 7.9 rpg) was named Player of the Year and Ty Greene (11.2 ppg) was named the league's Freshman of the Year.
This will be the first ever meeting between the two schools.
The full CollegeInsider.com Tournament bracket will be released Sunday night.
Listen to the game on WNIR 100.1 FM or online at www.kentstatesports.com
THE 2012 CIT Field
All Times EST
TUESDAY MARCH 13
Robert Morris (24-10) @ Indiana State (18-14) 7:00
Tennessee State (20-12) @ Mercer (22-11) 7:00
Coastal Carolina (19-11) @ Old Dominion (20-13) 7:00
Tennessee Tech (19-13) @ Georgia State (21-11) 7:00
McNeese State (17-15) @ Toledo (18-16) 7:00
Utah Valley (20-12) @ Weber State (24-6) 9:00
WEDNESDAY MARCH 14
Manhattan (20-12) @ Albany (19-14) 7:00
Yale (19-9) @ Fairfield (19-14) 7:00
Bowling Green (16-15) @ Oakland (17-15) 7:00
Buffalo (19-10) @ American (20-11) 7:30
North Dakota (17-14) @ Drake (17-15) 8:00
Rice (17-15) @ UL-Lafayette (16-15) 8:00
UC Santa Barbara (20-10) @ Idaho (18-13) 9:00
CSU Bakersfield (16-14) @ Utah State (17-15) 10:00
Cal State Fullerton (21-9) @ Loyola Marymount (19-12) 10:00
THURSDAY MARCH 15
Kent State (21-11) @ USC Upstate (20-12) 7:00
Note: The fourth annual CIT will once again use the old NIT model in which matchups in future rounds are determined by the results of the previous round.
