Dexter Strickland hit the go-ahead free throws with 2:34 left and North Carolina held William & Mary scoreless for the final 5 minutes in the Tar Heels' 80-72 win in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night. Deon Thompson scored 20 points to lead the Tar Heels (17-16), the reigning national champions who ...

Jarvis Varnado scored 21 points and had 11 rebounds to lead Mississippi State to an 81-67 victory over Jackson State on Tuesday night in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament. Mississippi State (24-11) shot 40.7 percent from the field (22 for 54) and hit 8 ...

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, it's ...