Teams that capped historical seasons with tournament titles square off when Fairleigh Dickinson tackles Prairie View A&M on Tuesday as 16th seeds in the NCAA Tournament West Region First Four game in Dayton, Ohio. The winner of the First Four contest will advance to play No. 1 seed Gonzaga on Thursday in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hofstra visits North Carolina State on Tuesday evening in the first round of the NIT for a matchup of two teams who were disappointed to fall short of the Big Dance. The Pride, who are seeded seventh in their bracket, finished first in the Colonial Athletic Association during the regular season, while the second-seeded Wolfpack narrowly missed out on an NCAA Tournament bid.

Indiana isn't right where it wanted to be, but the Hoosiers will have to make the most of their postseason fate in the NIT starting Tuesday night with a first-round game at home against St. Francis (Pa.). The Hoosiers will attempt to quickly get over the disappointment of failing to land in the spot in the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive year when they face an upset-minded mid-major team.

After winding up on the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble, Clemson will try to earn a consolation prize in the form of an NIT championship. The second-seeded Tigers were one of the handful of legitimate hopefuls who missed out on at-large bids, but get a chance to prove they belonged in the field of 68 when they host No. 7 seed Wright State in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday. 

It is not unusual for teams invited to the NIT to experience a letdown, disappointed after failing to garner a spot in the NCAA Tournament. That may not be the case for San Diego and host Memphis, who carry some excitement into a first-round matchup Tuesday in FedExForum.

Texas saw its hopes for an NCAA Tournament bid fade away while losing five of the last six games and must refocus quickly as the Longhorns open play in the NIT on Tuesday night against high-scoring South Dakota State. Second-seeded Texas accumulated seven wins against teams that made the NCAAs, but averaged just 54.7 points in its last three contests after a 65-57 setback against Kansas in the Big 12 quarterfinals Thursday.

Loyola Chicago had its heart broken in the Missouri Valley Conference semifinals a little over a week ago after repeatedly doing the same to a number of major programs during its improbable run through the NCAA Tournament nearly one year ago. The Ramblers' reward for coming up short in their conference tournament will be an interesting one for coach Porter Moser, however, as his seventh-seeded team visits No. 2 seed Creighton in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday.

Arkansas will be without All-SEC first-team selection Daniel Gafford when it begins the NIT on Tuesday as a five seed playing at fourth-seeded Providence. Gafford, a sophomore forward who led the Razorbacks in scoring (16.1 points per game), rebounds (8.7) and blocks (2.0), will forgo the tournament and is hiring an agent to prepare for the NBA draft, coach Mike Anderson told the media Monday.

In his final season as a college basketball coach, Fran Dunphy has taken Temple back to the NCAA Tournament. The Owls earned a No. 11 seed in the East Region and will open as part of the First Four, where they will take on No. 11 seed Belmont in Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday.

Colorado and Dayton have had near-identical seasons with both finishing strong. Those campaigns now have added life as the Buffaloes host the Flyers on Tuesday night in a first-round NIT game in Boulder, Colo.