Bradley’s men’s basketball team has accepted a bid to play in the NIT for the fourth consecutive season.
The Braves, 21-12, 13-7 in the MVC, will host the Dayton Flyers at 9 p.m. Wednesday in an opening round game that will be televised on ESPNU.
Bradley will host despite being unseeded against a Dayton team that drew the two-seed of the Winston-Salem Region in the 32-team field.
The Braves fell to eventual Missouri Valley Conference Tournament champion Northern Iowa in the semifinals March 7 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis.
Northern Iowa secured the Valley’s only NCAA Tournament bid, as expected.
Bradley joins Illinois State, Illinois-Chicago and Murray State among the MVC teams in the NIT.
Bradley’s women’s basketball team, 20-12, will play in the 48-team WNIT. First-round matchups, dates and times will be announced Monday night.
