Most NCAA tournament experts think Wright State will get a No. 15 seed in the NCAA tournament if it wins the Horizon League tournament. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi predicts it will get a No. 15 seed and play Tennessee in the first round in Jacksonville. Wright State played Tennessee last season as a No. 14 seed and lost 73-47.
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As the Horizon League regular-season champion, Wright State is guaranteed a NIT bid if it doesn't win the Horizon League tournament. The website, DRatings.com, lists Wright State as a No. 8 seed in the NIT. The Raiders have never played in the NIT.
Dayton (19-10) also has a chance to play in the NIT if it doesn’t win the Atlantic 10 tournament, which starts next week at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. It’s listed as a No. 4 seed in the NIT prediction.
Dayton can improve its postseason resume with a home game Wednesday against La Salle and a road game at Duquesne on Saturday. It's hoping to lock up a top-four seed in the A-10 tournament. That would give it a double bye into the quarterfinals on March 15, and it would have to win three games in three days to get to the NCAA tournament.
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