Washington’s Andrew Andrews and the Huskies play Long Beach State on Tuesday in Seattle in a first-round NIT game.

Washington’s Andrew Andrews and the Huskies play Long Beach State on Tuesday in Seattle in a first-round NIT game.

Huskies host Long Beach State in first-round of NIT

  • By Christian Caple The News Tribune
  • Sunday, March 13, 2016 6:16pm
  • Sports

The Washington Huskies men’s basketball team did not end its NCAA tournament drought this season, but they will at least continue playing.

The 32-team National Invitation Tournament selected the Huskies on Sunday as a No. 3 seed, and they will host No. 6 seed Long Beach State in a first-round game at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. The game will be televised by ESPN2.

This is the Huskies’ first NIT appearance since 2013, when they lost 90-79 at Brigham Young in the first round. The year prior, Washington won three games to advance to the NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden in New York before losing to Minnesota.

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Long Beach State holds a 20-14 overall record and finished in third place in the Big West standings with a 12-4 league record. The 49ers lost to Hawaii, 64-60, on Saturday in the Big West tournament championship game. Hawaii earned the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA tournament with the win.

LBSU is led in scoring by senior Nick Faust, a 6-foot-6 guard who averages 17.1 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, and the 49ers have two other players who average double-figure scoring. KenPom.com, the popular basketball analytics site, ranks LBSU 100th nationally, and ranks the Huskies 61st. At No. 79, the 49ers actually have a stronger RPI rating than the Huskies, who check in at No. 84.

If the Huskies (18-14) beat Long Beach State, they would face the winner of No. 2 seed San Diego State vs. No. 7 seed IPFW in the second round. UW would only host a second-round game if IPFW beats San Diego State.

Washington is 4-0 all-time against Long Beach State, beating the 49ers in the 2007-08, 2010-11, 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. The 49ers are coached by former Gonzaga coach Dan Monson, who holds a 155-139 record in his ninth season at LBSU.

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