Utah Valley guard Justin Harmon (0) high-fives teammate Tim Fuller (5) whereas Trey Woodbury (4) appears on in the course of the Wolverines’ 74-68 win over Cincinnati within the NIT quarterfinals on the UCCU Heart in Orem on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. The Wolverines play UAB within the NIT semifinals on Tuesday. Isaac Hale, UVU Advertising and marketing
UAB guard Jordan Walker (10) celebrates their victory over North Texas in an NCAA faculty basketball recreation within the semifinals of the Convention USA Event in Frisco, Texas, Friday, March 10, 2023. Michael Ainsworth, Related Press
Utah Valley (28-8) vs. UAB (28-9)
Males’s NIT semifinals
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. MDT
Orleans Enviornment (Las Vegas)
TV: ESPN2
Radio: 960 AM
How the Wolverines obtained right here: UVU, the WAC regular-season champions, beat Cincinnati 74-68 at residence within the NIT quarterfinals after successful at New Mexico (83-69) and Colorado (81-69) within the event’s first two rounds.
How the Blazers obtained right here: UAB went on the highway and beat Vanderbilt 67-59 within the NIT quarterfinals after successful a pair of residence video games over Southern Miss (88-60) and Morehead State (77-59) to advance.
Key gamers: The Wolverines’ offense is led by a trio of guards — Justin Harmon, Le’Tre Darthard and Trey Woodbury — who all common 13.7 factors or extra. Harmon scored a career-high 32 factors in UVU’s NIT opening win over New Mexico and is averaging 22.3 factors in NIT play, whereas Woodbury has averaged seven assists per recreation in the course of the NIT.
Aziz Bandaogo is averaging a double-double for UVU (11.5 factors, 10.2 rebounds) on the season, and within the win over Cincinnati he scored 15 factors and grabbed 12 rebounds. He additionally averages 2.9 blocks per recreation for the nation’s high shot-blocking group (6.6 per recreation).
UAB guard Jordan Walker (10) celebrates their victory over North Texas in an NCAA faculty basketball recreation within the semifinals of the Convention USA Event in Frisco, Texas, Friday, March 10, 2023.
Michael Ainsworth, Related Press
Guard Jordan Walker, who leads UAB by averaging 22.5 factors per recreation, bounced again from a poor taking pictures efficiency within the win over Morehead State to attain 21 factors within the victory at Vanderbilt.
Heart Trey Jamison has back-to-back double-doubles for the Blazers and has averaged 14 factors and 11.3 rebounds per recreation in the course of the NIT.
Historic significance: UVU has already set a program report for wins in a season (presently at 28) and is making its first look within the NIT semifinals in class historical past. The Wolverines beforehand made the NIT in 2014, once they misplaced within the first spherical.
UAB is making its third look within the NIT semifinals. The Blazers are 0-2 of their two earlier NIT semifinal appearances, in 1989 and 1993.
What’s at stake: The winner of Tuesday night time’s recreation will play the winner of North Texas and Wisconsin within the NIT championship.
The championship is about for Thursday at 7:40 p.m. MDT at Orleans Enviornment in Las Vegas and will probably be broadcast on ESPN2.