Will you prioritize watching the NIT round 1 game?
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Ball games are fun. RU basketball is a leisure activity. Why wouldn't people want to go and/or follow this tournament?
First game on ESPNU?? My subscription only gives me espn/espn2 
link below has the tv listings....
https://admin.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/images/2023/03/10/2023 NIT Bracket 3.12.2023 9.08.pdf
link below has the tv listings....
https://admin.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/images/2023/03/10/2023 NIT Bracket 3.12.2023 9.08.pdf
Please. You are always condescending when you post on this board and then you say an NIT game isn’t worth your time. You’re not an RU fan, you’re just a critic. That’s all.
I'm certain everyone will watch it and hold an unusual amount of discussion about the NIT.
Most of the time, there are teams who got burned and wind up getting upset by a smaller school. (I think Robert Morris hosted and upset Kentucky before Calipari came to coach there).
At the same time, to say with a straight face that you expected to be in the NIT vs being burned badly by the NCAA, are 2 drastically different situations.
A team like Villanova knew going into the season, they wouldn't have their best player, Justin Moore and then their 5* frosh, Cam Whitmore, got hurt in October and he missed a bunch of early games. If you were Nova and started the season with your top 2 players missing, playing in the NIT was kinda expected. There was no chance for an at large bid.
I will watch as everyone else will and see if Pike extends minutes to Woolfolk and Simpson and whether there's any sort of different rotation or lineups.
I am significantly more interested in reworking this roster and if 1 or 5 NIT games gives Pike and the staff more than enough evidence on how to move forward with next year, so be it.
On a larger scale, yesterday damages the credibility of the NCAA and sport in general....and it does so by penalizing RU AND because Texas A&M went full scorched earth last year by being left out, this sham of a committee, gave A&M a 7 seed. That itself isn't getting enough discussion, the committee has lost a lot of respect in certain parts of the CBB landscape. And placing them in against the hottest team entering the NCAAs in PSU, who also got seeded low as a 10, matched up against Texas A&M.
Meanwhile St Mary's as a 5 seed is a joke among other things already discussed in other posts.
It makes the NIT process for me, somewhat "eh".....define the criteria that is fair for all of the schools and force all of the schools to meet a specific requirement for OOC games. Then you can sell the NIT as a true consolation prize for everyone else in CBB.
Most of the time, there are teams who got burned and wind up getting upset by a smaller school. (I think Robert Morris hosted and upset Kentucky before Calipari came to coach there).
At the same time, to say with a straight face that you expected to be in the NIT vs being burned badly by the NCAA, are 2 drastically different situations.
A team like Villanova knew going into the season, they wouldn't have their best player, Justin Moore and then their 5* frosh, Cam Whitmore, got hurt in October and he missed a bunch of early games. If you were Nova and started the season with your top 2 players missing, playing in the NIT was kinda expected. There was no chance for an at large bid.
I will watch as everyone else will and see if Pike extends minutes to Woolfolk and Simpson and whether there's any sort of different rotation or lineups.
I am significantly more interested in reworking this roster and if 1 or 5 NIT games gives Pike and the staff more than enough evidence on how to move forward with next year, so be it.
On a larger scale, yesterday damages the credibility of the NCAA and sport in general....and it does so by penalizing RU AND because Texas A&M went full scorched earth last year by being left out, this sham of a committee, gave A&M a 7 seed. That itself isn't getting enough discussion, the committee has lost a lot of respect in certain parts of the CBB landscape. And placing them in against the hottest team entering the NCAAs in PSU, who also got seeded low as a 10, matched up against Texas A&M.
Meanwhile St Mary's as a 5 seed is a joke among other things already discussed in other posts.
It makes the NIT process for me, somewhat "eh".....define the criteria that is fair for all of the schools and force all of the schools to meet a specific requirement for OOC games. Then you can sell the NIT as a true consolation prize for everyone else in CBB.
I agree that 7 see for a&m was payback.
No way they should be a 7 .
I do expect them to beat Penn state.
Penn state also should have been seeded higher. That run to the BIG finals was great but they will pay for it
I think most fans will watch, the question is, will those that go to the games, go?
Honestly...heart just isn't into it. Atleast the 1st couple rounds. Tuesday the Devils are fighting for the division during the game, so maybe in between periods