And FAU and SDSU in the same regional isn’t a fluke.
And FAU and SDSU in the same regional isn’t a fluke.
App State gets into NIT. Will play Wake Forest. Surprised that is the case but happy for Mountaineers. LSU plays North Texas in the NIT. NIT committe tried to create regional matchups after seeding top 16 teams.
Absolutely on James Madison although Wisconsin is playing at a high level. Also, Indiana State was screwed by the 5 "stolen" bids by teams that happened to win their conference tournament who were not going to be at larges. There were 5 conferences who had this which is not normal. Hell, Boise State had 6 quad 1 wins and were one of the last at larges in.
LSU WBB got jacked, lol. Have Colorado, who handed it to them early season, UCLA and Iowa in their bracket. Good riddance.
Lots of opt outs for the NIT. Pitt, St.John’s, Memphis, IU, Syracuse, ole Miss and maybe another. Some decent “names” but kind of a blah bracket.
Apparently they still do the CBI because state is in it. The field looks pretty unappetizing.
The CIT has not been played for a few years.
Speaking on WBB, if there is any doubt the men’s NIT was about money, the WNIT has no such rule. And only a few power conference teams.
https://womensnit.com/news/2024/3/17.announced.aspx
I’d be willing to guess the opt out big programs of the men’s NIT have injuries or know they have players that will be hitting the portal and numbers may be an issue.
Thanks to UL administration for no pay to play. That CBI lineup looks like Mohammad, Jugdish, Sidney and Clayton.
Portal was definitely a factor in the NIT opt outs. The conference tournament upsets is also why there were 10 conferences with multiple bids. Maybe that happens in the Sun Belt again. I don’t see it happening anytime soon though considering the year App had including a victory over SEC tournament champions.
That is around the corner, the Greg Stankey was commenting on it changing. I figure once they're done shutting smaller programs out in football, basketball is next. Baseball and softball can get ready, they'll be on deck.
And we'll be seated with Mohammad, Jugdish, Sidney and Clayton.
We could make it really special. Do a complete makeover of what is left of D1 athletics. I say we structure it along the rel/pro model of Europe. Southeastern schools would be the English divisions, the Northern schools could be the Spanish divisions and the Western schools could be the Italian divisions.
At the end of the season we do a "Champions League" tourney like Europe.
It would be soooo much fun.
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