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Thursday, April 02, 2009

New York Times: Penn State Wins Its First N.I.T. at a Raucous Garden

Baylor and Penn State set meaningful, perhaps watershed, records during this National Invitation Tournament.

The Bears’ seniors, who began their college careers prohibited from playing nonconference games because they joined a program reeling from scandal, still managed to win more games than any other class in Baylor history thanks to this postseason run.

Likewise, the Nittany Lions set a program record by winning for the 26th time this season in the N.I.T. semifinals.

Yet only one of these teams could finish a historic season with a victory. Penn State took that honor by beating Baylor, 69-63, in the N.I.T. final Thursday night at Madison Square Garden...

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