Washington St., Eastern Washington clash in NIT

Big Sky Conference regular-season champion Eastern Washington will make the short trip to Pullman, Wash., on Tuesday for a meeting with Washington State in the opening round of the National Invitation Tournament.

Washington State (17-16), the No. 4 seed on its portion of the bracket, concluded conference-tournament season No. 73 in the NCAA's NET rankings and No. 57 in KenPom.com's overall advanced-metric rankings.

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