Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery says there was no thought of turning down an offer to play in the N-I-T. The Hawkeyes will host Kansas State in the opening round on Tuesday night. Seven schools turned down a chance to play in the N-I-T after being left out of the NCAA Tournament.

McCaffery was asked about the value of playing in the NIT.

Kansas State is 19-14 overall and finished 8-10 in the Big 12 race.

Tylor Perry, Arthur Kaluma and Cam Carter are the leading scorers for a team that McCaffery says has a lot of weapons.