The Wichita Shockers and USF Bulls are upholding AAC pride in the NIT and CBI basketball tournaments. Both teams are in the semifinals.
Wichita State defeated Indiana Hoosiers by 10 on its home floor tonight and advances to the semis at Madison Square Garden. I was impressed with Wichita State in their second game against UConn which they won at the buzzer. In the NIT, they have become the first team in NIT history to knock out the 1, 2 and 3 seeds, doing so as a 6 seed.
USF is in the College Basketball Tournament (CBI) semifinals. The CBI is a pay for play tournament. Teams have to pay $40,000 in order to play. It's not clear to me why USF is in the CBI rather than the NIT, but they were rewarded with a home game in Tampa for their two wins and now have the chance to make back their entry fee. In their first round game, USF rallied from a 25 point deficit to beat Stony Brook.
This is a good showing by the AAC in postseason tournaments. Other than the Cincy suckfest and the Temple flameout with the lame duck Dunphy, the AAC has been more than respectable in the postseason and this sets up well for a legitimate Power 6 claim.