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Get Tickets: RMU to Host Kentucky in National Invitation Tournament

Tickets to Tuesday's game on the Moon campus can be purchased at the RMU Athletics ticket office.

The Robert Morris University men's basketball team will play No. 1 seed Kentucky at home Tuesday night in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.

Kentucky's Head Coach John Calipari is a Moon graduate and native. He was also once a ball boy for the Moon Area High School basketball team.

The game begins at 7:30 p.m. at RMU's Sewall Center.  

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Tickets can be purchased at the RMU Athletics Ticket Office, second Floor Joe Walton Stadium or by calling 412-397-4949.

RMU is part of the 32-team NIT field that features 21 teams with at least 20 wins, 10 automatic qualifiers and representation from 22 of the 31 Division I conferences.

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If you can't make it, the NIT games are being televised by ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3. 

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