NORMAN, Okla. — Missouri State earned an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament and is playing postseason basketball for the first time since 2014.
The Bears will travel to top-seeded Oklahoma in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The game will be played at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma, and will be nationally televised on ESPN.
The winner of the game will play the winner of No. 4 Colorado and Saint Bonaventure.
The top-seeded Sooners were the second team left out of the NCAA Tournament when it was announced Sunday evening.