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Stephen F. Austin heads to the Reynolds Center in Tulsa for a Tuesday night NIT matchup with tipoff set for 9:00 PM ET on ESPNU. The Lumberjacks enter at 28-5 after a strong Southland season, while Tulsa checks in at 26-7 after reaching the AAC tournament semifinals. This is a pretty interesting contrast game because Stephen F. Austin has built its year on consistency and defense, while Tulsa has looked more explosive offensively and now gets the home floor in a postseason setting. Stephen F. Austin is coming off a 76-59 loss to McNeese in the Southland title game, so there is a bounce-back angle here. Tulsa also enters off a loss, falling 81-68 to Wichita State after beating North

North Carolina State and Texas meet in the First Four on Tuesday night at UD Arena in Dayton, with tip-off set for 9:15 p.m. ET on truTV. Both teams landed on the 11-line and both arrive here with similar profiles: good enough offensively to make this game volatile, but flawed enough defensively to create real late-game risk. The winner moves on to face BYU in the Round of 64 in the West Region. NC State enters at 20-13 overall and 11-9 in ACC play, while Texas is 18-14 overall and 9-10 in the SEC. The Wolfpack lost 81-74 to Virginia in the ACC tournament quarterfinals, and Texas is trying to recover from a 76-66 loss to Ole Miss in the

St. Thomas (MN) heads to the Redhawk Center in Seattle for a Tuesday night NIT matchup, with tip set for 10:00 PM ET on ESPN+. The Tommies come in at 24-9 after a strong Summit League season, while Seattle sits at 20-13 and gets the benefit of a true home floor in a postseason spot that should have some edge to it. The market opened with Seattle laying a short number, which feels about right for a game where home court matters but the profile gap is not huge. St. Thomas is here because it can really score. Even with the one-point loss to North Dakota in its last outing, this is still a team that won three of its

South Alabama heads to Neville Arena for a Tuesday night NIT matchup with Auburn, with tipoff set for 10:00 PM ET on ESPN2. The Jaguars come in at 21-11 overall after an 11-8 run in Sun Belt play, while the Tigers sit at 17-16 after going 8-12 in the SEC. It is a pretty interesting postseason spot. South Alabama has the better overall record, but Auburn has the much tougher schedule profile and gets this one at home, where it went 11-4 this season. There is also a clear motivational angle here. Auburn landed a No. 1 seed in the NIT despite missing the NCAA field, so this becomes a chance to reset after the SEC tournament loss to Tennessee.