NIT 2016: Updated Bracket, Schedule After Creighton vs. Wagner

The lone game in the NIT tournament's second round Saturday didn't provide much of a competition, as No. 4 Creighton blew out No. 8 Wagner, 87-54. 

Here is the updated bracket after Saturday's game:

REGION 1								REGION 4
REGION 2								REGION 3
1st Rd.	Rd. 2	QF	SF	Final	SF	QF	Rd. 2	1st Rd.
1 St. Bonaventure								1 Monmouth
vs.	Wagner						Monmouth	vs.
8 Wagner								8 Bucknell
	vs.	Creighton					vs.
4 Creighton								4 G. Washington
vs.	Creighton						G. Wash	vs.
5 Alabama								5 Hofstra
		vs.
3 Virginia Tech								3 Ohio State
vs.	Va. Tech						Ohio St.	vs.
6 Princeton								6 Akron
	vs.	BYU					vs.
2 BYU								2 Florida
vs	BYU						Florida	vs.
7 UAB								7 North Florida
1st Rd.	Rd. 2	QF	SF	Final	SF	QF	Rd. 2	1st Rd.
1 Valparaiso								1 South Carolina
vs.	Valpo						SCAR	vs.
8 Texas Southern								8 High Point
	vs.	Valpo					vs.
4 Florida State								4 Georgia Tech
vs.	Fla. St.						GT	vs.
5 Davidson								5 Houston
3 Georgia								3 Washington
vs.	Georgia						WASH	vs.
6 Belmont								6 Long Beach St.
							vs.
2 Saint Mary's								2 San Diego St.
vs.	St. Mary's						SDSU	vs.
7 New Mexico State								7 IPFW

With five games remaining in the second round before the semifinals are set, here's what the upcoming schedule looks like: 

Date	Time (ET)	Team	Team
Sunday, Mar. 20	12 p.m.	Florida	Ohio State
Sunday, Mar. 20	7:30 p.m.	Georgia	Saint Mary's
Monday, Mar. 21	7 p.m.	George Washington	Monmouth
Monday, Mar. 21	9 p.m.	Georgia Tech	South Carolina
Monday, Mar. 21	11:30 p.m.	Washington	San Diego State

The Blue Jays made easy work of Wagner after the lower seed shocked No. 1 St. Bonaventure in the first round of play. The Blue Jays used their superior size down low to wear Wagner down and open up their offense, with center Geoffrey Groselle the main beneficiary of the advantage. 

Groselle put up 18 points on 7-of-7 shooting from the field, and the team got an additional 14 points off the bench from forward Zach Hanson. 

Creighton's dominance inside helped it post a 56 percent shooting mark from the floor, while Wagner, who couldn't find a way to penetrate the Blue Jays defense, shot just 27.9 percent. 

With that kind of domination, especially on the inside, Creighton will be a tough team to stop in the NIT. Its next challenge, though, will be a BYU team that's ranked eighth in the nation with 83.6 points per game. 

Stats courtesy of ESPN.com