Wake Forest Athletics
2010 NIT Season Tip-Off Bracket Announced
8/16/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Aug. 16, 2010
NIT Season Tip-Off Bracket in PDF Format 
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The 16-team field for the 26th edition of the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off was announced on Monday afternoon. Wake Forest, seeded No. 3 in the event, will host the four-team East Regional on November 15-16 at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The Demon Deacons will open against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference foe Hampton on November 15. The winner of that contest will play the winner of No. 5-seeded VCU and Winthrop for a berth in the final four held November 24 and 26 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
If Wake advances to New York, the Deacons would play the winner of the South Regional, which will be hosted by No. 2-seeded Tennessee. No. 1-seeded Villanova hosts the North Regional, while No. 4-seeded UCLA hosts the West Regional.
The remaining 12 teams not advancing to New York will play third- and fourth-round games on the home campus sites of the three highest remaining seeds.
ESPN will provide live coverage throughout the event, televising games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
Wake Forest last participated in the NIT Season Tip-Off in 2004. Led by sophomore guard Chris Paul, the Deacons defeated George Washington and VCU in their regional and advanced to the final four. Ranked No. 1 in the country at the time, Wake Forest knocked off Providence and then Arizona for the title.
Wake Forest also played in the 2001 NIT Season Tip-Off, advancing to the championship game before falling to Syracuse in Skip Prosser's first season on the Deacon bench.
Wake Forest's complete 2010-11 schedule will be announced later this month, in conjunction with the Atlantic Coast Conference.
