NJIT 'playing to get in a league,' not a title (Yahoo Sports)

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The New Jersey Institute of Technology is the only NCAA Division I independent men's basketball team, a distinction that can make life a little difficult at times. While most Division I teams are winding down the regular season, facing league foes and gearing toward their respective conference tournaments, NJIT was forced to play D-III teams like Wheelock, the University of Maine-Fort Kent and an NAIA member Fisher College of Massachusetts. The Highlanders are the only team among the 345 NCAA Division I programs without a conference affiliation. Finishing his sixth season, NJIT coach Jim Engles tried his best to get his team through the schedule, knowing well that the Highlanders never had much to play for, except pride and perhaps the future.

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