ph90702 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 31 minutes ago, UofMTigers said: after beating Gonzaga I'm starting to think BYU may be an NCAA squad...win a couple games in Las Vegas and who knows... They will have to win the conference tourney. They have three losses to absolutely terrible teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UofMTigers Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 Just now, ph90702 said: They will have to win the conference tourney. They have three losses to absolutely terrible teams. I was just being nice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 31 minutes ago, UofMTigers said: I was just being nice... Their RPI is in the 60's, so it's not a horrible loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingGiantFan Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 The paucity of votes in this poll can be interpreted as a sign that almost nobody here thinks expanding the NIT would be a good idea. For my money, if Memphis and UNLV both can't manage to get an invite to the NCAAs or the NIT one of these years, they should just play each other in a best two out of three to decide which one of the football-is-an-afterthought schools was the least lousy in hoops that season. Quote Boom goes the dynamite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph90702 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 One thing I would like to see is conference regular reason champions not getting auto bids to the NIT. They should get auto bids to the NCAAs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Bauer Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 2 hours ago, UofMTigers said: after beating Gonzaga I'm starting to think BYU may be an NCAA squad...win a couple games in Las Vegas and who knows... We have had too many bad losses this year. I mean, RPI 200+ losses; like four or five of them. The only way we get in is if we win the conf tourney, which would mean beating two ranked teams in two days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Bauer Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 29 minutes ago, ph90702 said: One thing I would like to see is conference regular reason champions not getting auto bids to the NIT. They should get auto bids to the NCAAs. Rack that take. The regular season in a basketball league should mean something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysis Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Jack Bauer said: Rack that take. The regular season in a basketball league should mean something. Same. Not just because Nevada has a good shot at it either. It just makes sense that the regular season champ should make the tourney. I do like how exciting it can make cconference tourneys though so it's tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpc8302 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Since the NCAA took over in 2005, the NIT is usually only filled with P5 underperformers and mid-major regular season champions who didnt win their conference tournament. For most mid-majors it is impossible to make it to NIT as an at-large as shitty P5 schools seem to have better RPIs just because of their conference association. In most of those mid-major conferences, the #2 team(usually with 20+ wins) is playing in the CIT even though they can beat half of the NIT field handily. The CIT(a mid-major only tournament) was actually created because of the NCAA's bias towards shitty P5 teams. If the NCAA expanded the NIT to 64 and gave each conference an autobid, the CIT would likely shut down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebasour Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 8 hours ago, dpc8302 said: Since the NCAA took over in 2005, the NIT is usually only filled with P5 underperformers and mid-major regular season champions who didnt win their conference tournament. For most mid-majors it is impossible to make it to NIT as an at-large as shitty P5 schools seem to have better RPIs just because of their conference association. In most of those mid-major conferences, the #2 team(usually with 20+ wins) is playing in the CIT even though they can beat half of the NIT field handily. The CIT(a mid-major only tournament) was actually created because of the NCAA's bias towards shitty P5 teams. If the NCAA expanded the NIT to 64 and gave each conference an autobid, the CIT would likely shut down. Eh, there were 17 at large bids last year and that's not counting teams like SDSU, Valpo and Monmouth who would have qualified otherwise without the automatic rule. 9 were from the big 6 major conferences, 8 weren't. I honestly find the whining from mid major fans about bias to be BS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clsports01 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Still awaiting the men's post-season NIT to expand to 64 teams, just like the women's NIT did in 2010. Change the CBI to include any remaining good teams from division I or II, or just get rid of the CBI to simplify the entire post-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renoskier Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 13 minutes ago, clsports01 said: Still awaiting the men's post-season NIT to expand to 64 teams, just like the women's NIT did in 2010. Change the CBI to include any remaining good teams from division I or II, or just get rid of the CBI to simplify the entire post-season. Why? Is it too complicated for you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgaucho Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 On 2/27/2017 at 8:43 AM, sebasour said: Eh, there were 17 at large bids last year and that's not counting teams like SDSU, Valpo and Monmouth who would have qualified otherwise without the automatic rule. 9 were from the big 6 major conferences, 8 weren't. I honestly find the whining from mid major fans about bias to be BS One of those at-large NIT bids in 2016 went to Long Beach State. So it can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bronson Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Mike Bronson would expand it. It would give the Mwc some ESPN exposure. 2-3 teams would make the field in any given year. 1 Quote The MWC... it seems like they're getting somewhere but not getting anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UofMTigers Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 1 hour ago, renoskier said: Why? Is it too complicated for you? because most decent teams would just rather stay home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renoskier Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, UofMTigers said: because most decent teams would just rather stay home... Then phuck em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSanDiegan Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I think targeting (theoretically) the top 96 teams is good enough. Any expansion would come at the expense of diluted talent. We need more NIT teams like we need more bowl games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UofMTigers Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Just now, renoskier said: Then phuck em. yeah but then you get quarterfinals like 'Brown vs LMU' no thanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupslam1 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Expand the NIT to 64 and get rid of the CBI and CIT. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renoskier Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, soupslam1 said: Expand the NIT to 64 and get rid of the CBI and CIT. Are you sure the CBI would just go away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...