Chattanooga Mocs Earn Home Game Saturday in NIT Tourney Against Dayton

(gomocs.com)  After yesterday’s three overtime win in Murfreesboro, the Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball team will host top-seeded Dayton inside McKenzie Arena for the 2025 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Second Round on Saturday morning.

Tip-off is set for 11:30 a.m. and will be nationally televised on ESPN2. The Chattanooga women’s basketball team will kick off its WNIT run afterwards (TBD time) against Alabama A&M inside the Roundhouse to conclude a full day of postseason hoops in the Scenic City.

Chattanooga (25-9) and Dayton (23-10) will meet for the 12th time overall and for first time since the Mocs walked out of famed UD Arena with a 61-59 victory on December 12, 2015. The contest marks the second-ever meeting held in Chattanooga and the first since the series’ inaugural game back on December 17, 1949.

The NIT Second Round matchup is the first home postseason game (NCAAT/NIT/CIT) for the Mocs since the opening round of the 1987 NIT against Cleveland State on March 12, 1987. It’s the fifth-ever postseason home game (all NIT) for UTC as the program enters with a 2-2 record in such games.