North Carolina, UConn lend big names to NIT field

Posted Mar 15, 2010
UNC and UConn are lending some serious star power to the NIT. Both teams went to the Final Four a year ago, and both were No. 4 seeds in the bracket for also-rans released Sunday. In the case of UNC, it's the second time in the past three years that the defending national champion missed the NCAA tournament, joining Florida in 2008. "I just didn't do as good a job with this club this year as I needed to," coach Roy Williams said Thursday. (WRAL Sports Fan)

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