BYU Basketball will host Long Beach State in the opening round of the National Invitational Tournament Wednesday night.
After not hearing their name called to participate in the NCAA Tournament Sunday afternoon, BYU was announced as an NIT 2-seed in the evening. The Cougars lost in the WCC quarterfinals on Mar. 5 to San Francisco, 75-63. BYU’s overall record is 22-10.
Long Beach State, out of the Big West, is 20-12 on the season. The Beach made it to the conference tournament title game, but missed out on the auto bid to the Big Dance, by just a point — falling 72-71 to CSU Fullerton.