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Obi Enechionyia and his Temple teammates beat two Top 25 teams to win the NIT Season Tip-Off. ''It's a confidence boost,'' Enechionyia said Friday after he had 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead Temple to an 81-77 upset of No. 19 West Virginia in the championship game. Enechionyia scored 18 points in the first half for Temple (4-2) but it was his free throw with 1 second left that sealed the championship for the Owls. Continue to Article

November 25, 2016 11:04:pm EST

More than eight months ago, No. 19 West Virginia and Temple experienced disappointing results on a bigger stage at Barclays Center. On Friday, the Mountaineers and Owls will meet for a championship when they face each other in the NIT Season Tip-Off in New York. Last season, the home of the Brooklyn Nets hosted the second and third round of the NCAA Tournament, and both schools experienced different kinds of frustration in elimination games played before sellout crowds. Continue to Article

November 25, 2016 2:04:am EST

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nathan Adrian had 13 points and eight rebounds in No. 19 West Virginia's 89-57 victory over Illinois on Thursday in the first round of the NIT Season Tip-Off at the Barclays Center. Continue to Article

November 24, 2016 5:58:pm EST

The Florida State men's basketball team celebrated its first appearance in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll on Monday in almost four years with a trip to the Big Apple and Round 3 of the NIT Season Tip-Off. The Seminoles, who slipped in and grabbed the No. 25 slot in Monday's latest poll, are off to a 4-0 start and averaging 96.7 points a game. Continue to Article

November 23, 2016 2:50:pm EST