In its 65-63 win over Southern Methodist in the National Invitational Tournament championship game Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, Minnesota showed it was good enough to play in the NCAA Tournament.
Austin Hollins scored a game-high 19 points, Andre Hollins added 14 and guard Deandre Mathieu had 13 and seven assists. Nic Moore paced the Mustangs with 17 points and seven assists.