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We are just two days away from the Final Four, but on Thursday night the focus turns to New York City and Madison Square Garden.
Well, maybe.
We do know that Iowa fans and Baylor fans will surely be tuned in on Thursday night as the Hawkeyes and Bears square off from beautiful Madison Square Garden. The right to hang a banner in their respectful rafters is on the line as a champion will be crowned on Thursday night.
Iowa made a late push at a berth within the NCAA Tournament, but the Hawkeyes came up just short. Now, Iowa is looking to take home the NIT Tournament championship after advancing to the title game with a win over Maryland on Tuesday.
As for Baylor, well the Bears were considered to be bound for the Big Dance around mid-to-late January, then a late collapse within conference play put Baylor on the outside, looking in. Baylor advanced to the championship game of the NIT by knocking off BYU in the semifinal round.
From Pierre Jackson to Roy Devyn Marble, there's undoubtedly some talent to watch for in Thursday night's title game, but who will play a key in spurring victory?
Let's take a look at five players to watch for in Thursday night's NIT Tournament Championship:
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This 7-foot-1 freshman has been pretty solid for Baylor all season long and he is averaging 11.3 points per game in the NIT thus far. Isaiah Austin has size and can stretch the floor and actually shot from beyond the arc and that's not typical of your 7-foot freshmen. Austin has X-Factor written all over him in this one.
Aaron White is the Hawkeyes' second leading scorer and top rebounder on the year, but 6-foot-8 forward has not been shooting the ball particularly well. White is 9-of-27 from the field in the NIT Tournament, which albeit is not horrible, it's also not that great. We will see if White can convert on a higher pace from the field in this one.
Cory Jefferson has had a terrific junior season and the 6-foot-9 forward has been terrific in the NIT Tournament. Jefferson is averaging 20.8 points per game through the postseason and Iowa better figure out a way to slow him down on Thursday night.
Roy Devyn Marble is the top play maker for the Iowa Hawkeyes, averaging 15.2 points per game this season. If the Hawkeyes are going to win a championship on Thursday night, Marble is going to be the main reason why. The 6-foot-6 wing is averaging 24.3 points per game in the NIT Tournament.
The 5-foot-10 Pierre Jackson is playing in his final game in a Baylor uniform on Thursday night, so big expectations can be expected. Jackson has recorded three straight double-doubles heading into the championship contest and the senior point guard is averaging 20.3 points and 11.3 assists per game.
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Iowa didn’t get a chance to play in the NCAA tournament this year, but the Hawkeyes have certainly made the most of their postseason opportunity in the NIT. The Hawkeyes will play for the NIT championship against Baylor tonight, and for a team that was much better than expected in the Big Ten this season, [...]
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The 2013 NIT Tournament will wrap up on Thursday night and while the focus in college basketball remains on this Saturday’s NCAA Tournament Final Four contests, let’s not forget that one of these two teams in the NIT will end their season with a banner. After advancing past BYU in the semifinal round, the Baylor [...]
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As much of the nation prepares for this Saturday’s NCAA Tournament Final Four, we can’t forget that about that “other” tournament that is going on in the world of college basketball. Yes, that’s the NIT Tournament and it too is down to its Final Four. In the second of Tuesday night’s semifinal match-ups, the Iowa Hawkeyes will [...]
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The Iowa Hawkeyes are just one of many teams that should be left out of the NCAA tournament. Iowa did its best by beating three teams in a row and only losing to Michigan State by three points in the Big Ten tournament, but at the end of the day, this team just didn’t do [...]
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You had to feel for Iowa coach Fran McCaffery as he took his position at the table to address the media in the postgame press conference. McCaffery wanted to go off on how his team had just got the shaft in its loss to Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament late Friday night. Instead, [...]
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The Big Ten tournament starts Thursday in Chicago. The four day event means different things for different teams, with some fighting to get in to the NCAA tournament, some fighting over seeding in the tournament and others just finishing off their season. Let’s take a look at (6) Iowa vs. (11) Northwestern. For Iowa, this [...]
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Usually, a .500 winning percentage in the Big 10 Conference coupled with having 20 overall wins would be enough to get an at-large birth in the NCAA Tournament. Unfortunately for the Iowa Hawkeyes, their non-conference schedule was chalk-full of some pretty atrocious basketball teams. In fact, their non-conference schedules ranks 308th in the entire nation. [...]
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