NIT Brackets Being Announced Now
- Thread starter Doctor Worm
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Butler #4 seed hosting Minnesota.
Villanova #1 seed (wut) hosting VCU.
UCF vs. USF in a 4-5 local matchup.
Iowa #3 vs. K-State.
There are of course other games but those are the ones which caught my eye.
Still no mention of teams turning down bids.
IDK. 32 teams accepted, only a handful declined.
Now they are talking about the teams who opted out. Quickly change subject to let's talk about the teams who are here. And properly so IMO.
As far as I can tell only Oklahoma, St Johns, Pitt and possibly Indiana turned bids down...?
So much for everyone having to recruit the portal I guess.
So much for everyone having to recruit the portal I guess.
They are experimenting with a wider lane in the NIT. Not sure how much wider.
Also Mississippi and Memphis.
Technically inaccurate to say they turned bids down. They preemptively declined. Whether they would have all received bids, we will never know.
The broadcast team is now ripping the schools who declined, as you might imagine.
Tweet made me laugh. '72 is consistent if nothing else.
I think Crean picked us to win it last year
Can understand the modern mentality but I know there was a time when kids and coaches wanted to play as many games as possible no matter where or when.
You only have X amount of times to put that uniform on.
You only have X amount of times to put that uniform on.
I really think one of the reasons Indiana turned it down was because they knew the committee would have sent them to Terre Haute to play Indiana State. And you know they wanted no parts of that
Copy and pasted this...
Indiana, Memphis, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Pitt, St. John’s, and Washington (possibly more) turned down the NIT
Indiana, Memphis, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Pitt, St. John’s, and Washington (possibly more) turned down the NIT
Agree! 10x better than the past few years when regular season conference champs who didn't win their league tourneys received an automatic bid.
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I like Crean...
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Which suggests to me that there were more teams declining NIT bids than has been made public. I can't see Xavier being selected over Syracuse. Cuse must have declined. I suspect there were others
They couldn't have found a regular season winner of a mid major or low major school that lost in their conference tournament and picked them instead?
Well I’ve been told today the BE is like the NBA so they should take all of them they can. Maybe DePaul can join too!
Locally, Princeton - UNLV is a very intriuging game.
Glad many teams accepted bids and as a College BB junkie - the more the better - and the juicier the better !
Glad many teams accepted bids and as a College BB junkie - the more the better - and the juicier the better !
Not enough guys like this anymore.
The last time I was in Walsh was to see a WWF show in the late 70s. How many people does it seat? Isn't it like a HS gym?
I believe around 2k and yes, as it still has the stage
I've only been there once, for a graduation 30 years ago and it looked small then
Gotcha
Do they have overflow seating on the stage?
Not flaming - I think the optics would look better, plus they’d generate some additional revenue, if they did
it's college basketball and if you're a junky like me I will watch the quarterfinals and beyond when there are no NCAA games on. Same with minor bowl games
anyone interested here is the link I used. All the broker sites don't have them yet. I went direct to PU , created an account and scored two sideline tix for $20 each lol. (parking is free at PU IIRC).