What was Marlin talking about??

[GoneGolfin]

_ Jay said 16-14 won't get us a NIT bid earlier on 1420. 16-14 would mean we win out and lose in Conf. Finals to whoever, and that if we lost to FAU in finals that the BID to the NIT does not go to US. _

Cajuns cannot go 16-14. Your scenario above would result in a 16-15 record.

Brian

[jllanclos]

_ Where did you hear that? No mention on NIT site or the wiki page. Theres no record limit in place. Definitely nothing about a runner up conference champ either. If a reg season champ makes it to the NCAA tournament, it opens another at large bid up. Otherwise, there would be a team from each of the 31 conferences and one extra at large.

http://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/fi...procedures.pdf
igeaux.mobi _

I was joking. See Bowl debacle from a couple years ago. No, technically NIT can take a zero win team if they want. They put in this auto bid to legitimize their money grab (errrrrrrrr post-season tournament).

The NIT is basically a fancy lower-tier bowl system. That's all. With that said, I won't turn down an invite unless I earn a spot in the big dance.

Still wondering what in the world BM was talking about though...

[CajunTime]

_ Cajuns cannot go 16-14. Your scenario above would result in a 16-15 record.

Brian _

correct??? 16-15 i meant to say

[HOUCajun]

_ in his postgame interview with Jay, Coach mentioned that some things were working and this may not have been our last home game this year?? Whats up? Who's got the scoop?

Z _

The Cajuns AD may have offered ULM $50 and some tasty Abita beer in exchange for moving next Saturday's game from Funroe to Lafayette.

[BirdofParadise]

1. The automatic bid to the NIT goes to the team in the league with the best conference record. FAU locked that up last night. FAU goes to the NIT if they do not win the SBC tournament.

2. The poster who talked about the CIT and CBI is correct. Good job, Slappy

3. I don't know what Coach was referring to, but it is probably one of the tournaments above. It is NOT the NIT.

[Turbine]

So there is no guaranteed conference rep for the NIT?
igeaux.mobi

[SlappyCajun]

_ So there is no guaranteed conference rep for the NIT?
igeaux.mobi _

FAU, but they vacate it if they make the NCAA.

[BeauCajun]

"Maybe there's a memorandum of understanding I don't know about between the Sun Belt and"

Oh no, not that again. Say it ain't so. Somebody get WW on the line.

HOAXUC

[Parrott]

Exactly. Middle Tennessee played in the CollegeInsider.com tournament last season, Troy the previous season. FAU won the league's automatic NIT berth by being Sun Belt regular-season champs. The Owls will go to the NCAAs if they win the Sun Belt tourney, and no other Sun Belt team is guaranteed a postseason berth.

Guys remember there are two other tourneys. College Insider and PTI. Those tourneys base who they pick solely on attendance. So they will have no problem dropping a first and second round game in Lafayette, b/c we will sell seats. When u are a mid major and u are putting 8K in your arena on a week night bs. Denver, people take notice.


igeaux.mobi

igeaux.mobi

[Parrott]

Both the CBI and CollegeInsider.com tournaments pick 16 teams. The CIT tournament requires teams to have at least a .500 record. The CBI has no such requirement.

According to a story in the Greeley Tribune, Northern Colorado had to pay a $31,5000 hosting fee to the CIT last season. A big crowd would help offset that fee. The Cajuns are drawing well, so that would be an option.

Another story from the Indiana State beat said that it's up to $60,000 to host a CBI game.