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When Jim Calhoun took his first trip to the National Invitation Tournament as the University of Connecticut's men's coach, the tournament had the same appearance as this season's format. Since then college basketball has changed, and in the last two years, so has the NIT.
That is why, by late tonight, the string of 19 consecutive postseason appearances since 1987-88 by the Huskies may end. Or, because of their Big East membership and 17 wins, their stretch will continue.See the full content of this document
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No Nit Guarantee for Uconn
"You know, talk about the NIT, I'm not politicking for it," Calhoun said Wednesday after the Huskies' loss to Syracuse in the first round of the Big East tournament. "If we don't go, we don't go."
The rules have changed since Calhoun's first appearance with UConn. In August, 2005, the NCAA purchased the preseason an...See the full content of this document
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