Georgia Tech Rejects Nit Bid

Mon., March 13, 1995

Associated Press

All the teams that appeared to be snubbed by the NCAA Tournament accepted bids to the NIT except Georgia Tech.

The Yellow Jackets (18-12) were left out of the 64-team NCAA field for the second straight year, but this time they elected to turn down an invitation to the 32-team NIT Tournament.

“We have exams coming up this week, and we have decided to go ahead and take our exams,” said coach Bobby Cremins, who said the decision was not an angry reaction to NCAA rejection.

“I noticed last year when the NIT selection was made there were a lot of teams that should have been in the NIT that did not get in. So I would like to give those other teams an opportunity.”

Georgia Tech is the first team to turn down an NIT invitation since Louisville (18-14) in 1987 - the year after the Cardinals won the national championship.

Other so-called “bubble teams” that didn’t make the NCAA field were Iowa (19-11), George Washington (18-13), Georgia (18-9) and Texas Tech (20-9). All four accepted bids to the 58th annual NIT.

Some of the best first-round matchups included George Washington at Ohio U., College of Charleston at Providence and Georgia at Nebraska.

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