Bring On The Cats

A quartet of non-conference opponents netted postseason wins Wednesday.

Boston U. and IUPUI, both of which lost in conference championship games, won road games to advance in the CBI.

Meanwhile, top seeds Mississippi and Dayton won home games by about 20 points apiece to move on to the second round of the NIT.

AP Ranking = 7

ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 7

NCAA Seed = 2 (West Region)

Record = 26-7

• Loyola Chicago (14-16)
  
• Western Illinois (13-17)
  
• Boston University (20-13): Win at Oregon State (96-78 in the College Basketball Invitational)
  
• No. 2* seed Ole Miss (22-10): Win over No. 7* seed Troy (84-65 in the NIT)
  
• No. 3* seed Dayton (21-12): Win over No. 6* seed Illinois State (63-42 in the NIT)
  
• IUPUI (25-10): Win at Hofstra (74-60 in the College Basketball Invitational)
  
• FHSU (22-7)
  
• Washington State (16-15)
  
• No. 6 seed Xavier (24-8)
  
• No. 8 seed UNLV (25-8)
  
• Alabama (17-15)
  
• No. 16 seed UAPB (18-15)
  
• Cleveland State (16-17)
  
• South Dakota (22-10)
  
• No. 10 seed Missouri (22-10)
  
• No. 5 seed Texas A&M (23-9)
  
• Colorado (15-16)
  
• No. 8 seed Texas (24-9)
  
• No. 7 seed Oklahoma State (22-10)
  
• No. 3 seed Baylor (25-7)
  
• No. 1 seed Kansas (32-2)
  
• Nebraska (15-18)
  
• Iowa State (15-17)
  
• Oklahoma (13-18)
  
• No. 5* seed Texas Tech (18-15)
  

*NIT