ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure will have another chance at postseason basketball.

The Bonnies have been selected to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) as a five seed and will play at fourth-seeded Colorado Tuesday night at 11 p.m. ET, 9 p.m. Mountain on ESPN2.

St. Bonaventure earned an at-large berth into the NIT after posting a 20-9 overall record. The winner of Tuesday’s game will advance to face the winner of a first round matchup between Oklahoma and Missouri State. Other teams in the Bonnies region include Mississippi State, Virginia, North Texas and Texas State.

Colorado finished the year 21-11 and posted a 12-8 mark in the Pac-12. The Buffaloes defeated Oregon, 80-69, in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament before falling to No. 2 Arizona, 82-72, in the semifinals. Colorado ranked sixth in the Pac-12 in scoring offense at 71.2 points per game and fifth in defense while surrendering just over 67 points per contest. Sophomore forward Jabari Walker leads the way at 14.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per contest to earn All-Pac-12 First Team honors while senior forward Evan Battey (12.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg) is an All-Pac-12 Second Team pick and K.J. Simpson (7.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg) was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team.

Second round games will take place March 19-20 with the quarterfinals set for March 22-23, all on campus sites. All 32 teams will be fighting to get to New York City and Madison Square Garden for the semifinals (March 29) and championship game (March 31).

This will mark St. Bonaventure’s 17th NIT appearance in school history and first since 2016. The others were 1951-52, 1957-60, 1964, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1995, 1998 and 2001. St. Bonaventure won the NIT championship in 1977.

The Bonnies won eight of their final nine regular season games to reach the 20-win mark before suffering a 57-56 heartbreaker vs. Saint Louis in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals. Dayton, Saint Louis, VCU and the Bonnies make up four Atlantic 10 teams in this year’s NIT.

An NIT appearance will allow another opportunity for St. Bonaventure’s senior class, including First Team A-10 selection Jalen Adaway (16.0 ppg, 6.4 rpg), A-10 Defensive Player of the Year Osun Osunniyi (11.1 ppg, 7.6 rpg) and Third Team selection Kyle Lofton (12.8 ppg, 5.8 apg) along with classmates Jaren Holmes (13.2 ppg, 5.1 rpg) and Dominick Welch (12.0 ppg, 5.8 rpg).