Sentence 1: In the 72nd annual national invitation tournament there were three major East teams under the field of 32 : Georgetown , Notre Dame and Providence .
Sentence 2: In the 72nd annual National Invitation Tournament , there were three Big East teams among the field of 32 : Georgetown , Notre Dame , and Providence .

Do these two sentences convey the same information?

Options are:
[A]. no.
[B]. yes.
[B].