Late missed call dooms Rhode Island

I know I said I wasn't going to focus too much on the other tournaments in my last post, but I'm going to here. First, Missouri State beat Pacific to win the collegeinsider.com Tournament. In the CBI finals, VCU holds a one game to none lead in the best of three series with Game 2 Wednesday night. And in the NIT semifinals Tuesday, Dayton knocked off Ole Miss and North Carolina beat Rhode Island 68-67 in overtime. Rhode Island's Lamonte Ulmer had the ball with a chance to win for URI in overtime but was tripped and lost control of the ball. A foul should have been called which could have allowed the Rams to win the game. It's unfortunate that a game, even an NIT game was essentially decided by a missed call. Dayton (24-12, 8-8 Atlantic Ten) takes on North Carolina (20-16, 5-11 ACC) for the NIT Title (the 2nd most prestigous of the postseason tournaments) on Thursday at 5 p.m. Mountain Time. The game will be available on ESPN and espn360.com.