NIT

[ManAboutTown]

Pretty sure he works in the business side of sports, so I'm sure he gets it.

Selling programs doesn’t count.

[CajunGrad16]

For those not able to make it to Baton Rouge, Sticks and ESPN 1420 will be having Guy’s Night Out and a watch party. Local programming will be live on location at 2 with Top’s take and will continue until game time.

[ManAboutTown]

Haha thank you. No matter though, clearly MAT is just smarter than all of us so it's not worth our time to post anything.

Has nothing to do with being smarter.. Has to do with recognizing a scam..

But by all means, get your jollies off because we’re playing LSU IN BATON ROUGE.

If it were Sam Houston St, no one would be saying ____ right now.

[cajunfan1]

No reason to fear LSU. If Gant is healthy, we will have 4 starters from schools that had much better programs than LSU & Bryce can play with any big guys inside. Having Stove healthy is a important. I do feel that we got screwed with the seeding, so what else is new. It sure would be great to be given a little respect considering our great basketball tradition. Let’s hope we don’t have crappy referees like the UTA game.

[IberiaCajun]

Ugh, I hate the 6PM tip, that may knock me out of making the trip.

Same here.
Why can't it be a 7 pm start?
For espn3?!!!

[Hudsheen#Fired]

Ugh, I hate the 6PM tip, that may knock me out of making the trip.

Yup same here, im new at my job so i cant just knock out early

[CajunIke]

Same here.
Why can't it be a 7 pm start?
For espn3?!!!

To minimize our crowd

[31Ragin97]

All of you people bent out of shape about us not hosting have obviously not been paying attention to College Basketball over the last 20 years.

Seriously, get over it. I'm honestly shocked that some of you truly EXPECTED anything more from the NIT or NCAA.

Quit crying over what it should be and just get behind our guys and let's go win this whole ____ing tournament.

Those two things are not mutually exclusive

[zephyr]

All of you can try to minimize LSU...but that’s just internal hatred blinding you...they’re no power unit this year...but keep in mind they’ve got more NCAA appearances along with a Final 4 in the last decade on their resume than we do...go ahead an believe this game doesn’t matter...you’re wrong...

Edit: wrong about Final 4 in last 10 years...but still more than we can brag about...or MTSU...or LaTech...or whoever else we wanna be...

This game matters because its the first game in hopefully a string of games in the NIT. Yeah, it would be nice to give it to LSU but I'm really not all that much more worked up about it than if we were playing Nebraska. I'm still dumbfounded that they somehow got in and with a 3 seed. This year's field is strong and I certainly wouldn't have figured that. It's pretty simple. You don't like being in the NIT or you are still ____ed about missing out on the NCAA, just don't watch the game. Also, do everyone a favor and just not post here. Go watch baseball. It's really easy. You don't like it you don't have to be a part of it.

[31Ragin97]

When you get a clue about the business side of sports, then maybe you can try to talk to me. We just lost a mountain of money, exposure, and interest because of the NCAA, SEC and LSU.

Figure it out.

Great point, but why am I tin foil for thinking same thing?

[CajunAlum10]

Has nothing to do with being smarter.. Has to do with recognizing a scam..

But by all means, get your jollies off because we’re playing LSU IN BATON ROUGE.

If it were Sam Houston St, no one would be saying ____ right now.

Never said I was excited because of our opponent. I merely said I'm ready to support my team. But, okay big guy.

[31Ragin97]

I just bought a block of 10 tics - it's like $6 a ticket if you buy 10. $10 per adult tic normally. Dirt cheap.

Get your a$@es to BR

So how exactly does it make more money than if we hosted?

[Cajunsmike]

We didn't make it out of the semis mike. And Gap Teeth Hunter owns Marlin.. let's stop pretending..

We did not make it out of the semis because we are not healthy. I am confident with Gant and Stove at their normal condition, we reach the finals. Who knows what would have happened at that point with those two ready to go. As things stand now, I don't see a high ankle sprain getting much better in four days as those take weeks to heal. I had one that took three months to improve enough for me to run a little. Granted, I have seen my younger days and these guys get great treatment. You also don't get over pneumonia in a week. Without those two guys, we have quite a challenge on Wednesday. It is also a great opportunity however.

[Cajunsmike]

This will be on tigerdroppings within 5 minutes.

I have a hard time believing one of our staff guys would say something to provide that much bulletin board material. Maybe some of that was said but context is needed.

[CajunVic]

Over 300 people watching this thread. Are we about to hire a coach again?