Wright State Headed to East Carolina in CIT

For the second straight year, the Wright State men’s basketball team will play in a post-season tournament as the Raiders will play at East Carolina in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) Tuesday, March 18, at 7 p.m. ET. WSU advanced to the semi-finals of the CBI last year.

This will be the Raiders’ fourth appearance overall in a NCAA Division I tournament since moving up starting with the 1987-88 season. Wright State previously played in the 1993 and 2007 NCAA Tournaments. This will be the first matchup ever between the Raiders and Pirates.

Second-round CIT games will be played March 21-22, quarterfinal games March 25-27 with the semifinal games on April 1 and the championship game to follow on April 3. Semifinal contests and the title tilt will be televised by CBS Sports Network. All games will be played on-campus sites.

The Pirates finished the regular season with an overall record of 17-16 and assured themselves consecutive non-losing seasons for the first time since recording four-straight winning seasons from 1993-97. ECU defeated UTSA in the first round of the 2014 Conference USA Championship and then fell to tournament host UTEP in round two.

Wright State compiled a 20-14 overall record and finished third in the Horizon League with a record of 10-6. The Raiders are coming off a 69-63 loss in the league championship game Tuesday night.