Excited for the NIT? Robert Morris is

The NIT selection show airs at 9 p.m. ET Sunday, picking up what the NCAA's field of 68 left behind.Seventh-seeded Niagara comes to College Park for the NIT's first round on Tuesday evening. Three straight wins means a trip to Madison Square Garden for the semifinals and finals. An older team more accustomed to NCAA tournament berths might view theProvo • Their streak of six consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament snapped on Selection Sunday, the BYU Cougars got a consolation prize a few hours later: an at-large bid to the 76th National InvitationalJoel-Smith-vs-UAB-Almond.JPG View full size UAB's Quincy Taylor pressures Northeastern's Joel Smith during the first half of a NCAA college basketball game at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. (AL.com/Mark Almond)Rupp Arena is in use for the NCAA Tournament, in which Kentucky is not

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