Pregame
Neither team will be eliminated with a loss Friday. The winner will advance to play the winner of Friday’s game between Nebraska and Northeastern on Saturday at 8 p.m. The loser of Friday’s games will play Saturday at 2 p.m. in an elimination game.
NJIT was named the champion of the America East Tournament when the league’s championship game between NJIT and Stony Brook was rained out last week. NJIT won the automatic bid because it was the only undefeated team remaining in the tournament.
Arkansas was the regular-season and tournament champion of the SEC.