State in WBIT
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That 10 point 3rd quarter almost sunk them, but they won the other 3 quarters and were tough down the stretch.
Since we've won two figured I'd look into this tourney. First year, run by the NCAA. Top 4 seeds are the losers of the NCAA First Four games. We're a two seed.
Play the winner of Penn State and Belmont game tomorrow. I assume we need Belmont to win to be a host again, since PS is the 1 seed.
Final Four is at Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse (from Hoosiers).
Since we've won two figured I'd look into this tourney. First year, run by the NCAA. Top 4 seeds are the losers of the NCAA First Four games. We're a two seed.
Play the winner of Penn State and Belmont game tomorrow. I assume we need Belmont to win to be a host again, since PS is the 1 seed.
Final Four is at Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse (from Hoosiers).
Basically this is the women's equivalent of the NIT, even though there is already a tournament called the WNIT that was the equivalent before this tear.
And not much gravy at that. It’s a freaking women’s 2nd tier tournament. Hard to give even one shart about that, much less two.
It is a Mississippi State team playing against another team. If you ain't for em, you agin em.
Be a Mississippi State fan rather than a front running tool. Or better yet. Don't give a shart away from the thread about one of our basketball teams that, LOOK AT THAT, is still playing!!!
Close. It's the "First Four Out", which are the first four teams left out of the NCAA tournament. The losers of the First Four were Columbia, Auburn, Sacred Heart, and UT Martin, whose seasons are now over. The 1 seeds in the WBIT are Penn State, Washington State, Villanova, and Miami. Miami declined the tournament and were replaced with James Madison (which was kind of a weird deal because it gave JMU a 1 seed, even though they technically didn't make it the initial WBIT cut).
Right. The NCAA doesn't own the WNIT (they own the men's NIT), and I guess thought they were leaving money on the table, so they created their own second tier tournament which has supplanted the WNIT as 'next in line' after the NCAA tournament.
I don't care what Mississippi State is playing or under what circumstances, I want Mississippi State to win.
You know, I had a feeling I wasn't reading that right, but was to lazy to check myself
Thanks.
It doesn't.
But don't feel bad. There are lots of dumb people in the world, and many of them think things just like that.
So based on your examination of seeding situation, you believe State's Mens team is the 32 best team in the country?
News Flash: They aren't!
There aren't 68 teams better than our Women's Team either. probably closer to 40 are. And that is the ridiculous thing about having over 340 teams in the same Division of Men's basketball.
You understand how in any given year, there are 15-20 conferences that would get 0 bids if they just selected the best 68 teams, but instead they get an autobid? This has been the case in both the men's and women's tournament for decades.
No, that would be the winner of the WNIT. This is an even lower tournament. Anyway, the're heading up to State College for the Quarterfinals.
This is not correct. The WBIT is a new tournament in front of the WNIT. The top seeds in the WBIT are the teams who barely missed the NCAA Tournament.
I stand corrected.
FAQs | NCAA.com
Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) I Frequently Asked Questions What is the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT)? In 2023 the NCAA announced the creation of an annual 32-team postseason invitation tournament for women’s basketball, which will be owned and...
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This tourny was created to replace the non-NCAA sanctioned WNIT with one that is an official NCAA tourny, like the NIT. So now both Men's and Women's NCAA Basketball have a 68 team, and 32 team tournament.
The WBIT has supplanted the WNIT as the second tier women’s tournament. The WNIT gets the leftovers from the WBIT.
As I said above, the NCAA doesn’t own the Women’s NIT like it does the Men’s NIT, so they created their own tournament, which leapfrogged the WNIT in terms of prestige.
ETA: Sorry, I posted this before I saw your mea culpa.
