MBB G13 Final: Louisiana 73, SLU 72

[cajun_lannister]

I think the CIT is the one that we have participated in the most. Unfortunately, in today's world if you finish second in the regular season and lose in the finals of the SBC tournament, than those "C" tournaments are the only opportunity for your guys to participate in post season play. I see that as no different than participating in a bowl with a 6 and 6 record. Yes bowls do invite you but you generally lose much more money by being in those than you will ever will by participating in the CIT. We had some private RCAF donors cover our expenses in this year's CURE Bowl so as the school would not lose money. Kudos to those guys.

Yes, I messed up CBI & CIT CBI is the better of the 2.

You should strive for the NCAA even the NIT every year if they don't make either they should sit at home just like a 6 -6 teams that's rewarding mediocrity.

[Esqueleto]

There are 68 teams in the NCAA and 32 in the NIT. That makes 100 team slots that are selected between the two tournaments. There are only 70 team slots for FBS Bowl games. It is not comparable period. If your basketball team can not finish in the Top 100 teams in post season play, it has not business playing period.

Not close to comparable. Much easier to make a bowl game these days. Half of FBS teams make a bowl. You have to be really bad to miss out.

[CajunT]

Not close to comparable. Much easier to make a bowl game these days. Half of FBS teams make a bowl. You have to be really bad to miss out.

You can't buy into a bowl game my friend, sorry they are not comparable at all. There's almost zero chance a program like UL could play in a bowl game with a losing record. The CBI and CIT are jokes if you are willing to front the money. Thank God we have a AD that believes such tournaments are not worth the funds from our athletic department.

[Hatch]

There are 68 teams in the NCAA and 32 in the NIT. That makes 100 team slots that are selected between the two tournaments. There are only 70 team slots for FBS Bowl games. It is not comparable period. If your basketball team can not finish in the Top 100 teams in post season play, it has not business playing period.

There are only 130 FBS teams so at that rate 53% are playing in bowl games. In D1 basketball there are 351 teams. So even when you throw in the CBI and CIT and the Vegas 16 that’s roughly 45% playing in the “postseason”. Very comparable in my opinion, albeit lower tier bowls are much higher on the national radar than the mid major tournaments. And I realize you don’t “buy into”a bowl game but you can sure as hell loose a heck of a lot going to one.

[Boomer]

We also beat Tulane and UNO. We could not have beaten any of them with a performance like we had against Tech however. Tech also would have beaten lots of teams the way they shot the ball that night

-----A reality post ----thanks for the facts along with the tech game breakdown!

[cajun_lannister]

Don’t know where your coming from there, we have never played in the CBI, only the CIT. I agree with Mike, find it very comparable to a lower tier bowl game, I think he may have stolen that comparison from a post I made awhile back, lol. I know it’s an apples and oranges comparison but our football team just had a season where they exceeded expectations and ended up as one of the top teams in the conference and lost in the conference championship game. They then went on to one of the “other” bowl games and most looked at that as a sign of success. They were able to continue the season and get a few more weeks of practice. If your one of the top 4 teams in the conference in basketball, lose in the semis or championship game go on and do the exact same thing.

Swapped CIT for CBI my mistake but making the NIT is like making the "other bowls' any buy-in tournament is equal to the mediocre bowl ULM & Wyoming tried to create

[CajunT]

There are only 130 FBS teams so at that rate 53% are playing in bowl games. In D1 basketball there are 351 teams. So even when you throw in the CBI and CIT and the Vegas 16 that’s roughly 45% playing in the “postseason”. Very comparable in my opinion, albeit lower tier bowls are much higher on the national radar than the mid major tournaments.

CBI and CIT are pay in tournaments, they are not the same as the NCAA or the NIT. Nor do you get national television for your program like a bowl game. They are not comparable, sorry. Rewarding a team to play in the CBI and CIT is a Joke by any standard.

[cajun_lannister]

BECAUSE HE WON A ___KING CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.

And still got bounced out the first round of a second tier tournament! Then got to watch Gap Tooth Ron go dancing

[Hatch]

CBI and CIT are pay in tournaments, they are not the same as the NCAA or the NIT. Nor do you get national television for your program like a bowl game. They are not comparable, sorry. Rewarding a team to play in the CBI and CIT is a Joke by any standard.

Exposure wise you are 100% correct, I thought I clarified that in my previous post. That’s why I stated it was an apples and oranges comparison overall. I’m talking more about the comparison of finishing near the top of the conference and continuing your season playing for something. I have always said in regards to those tournaments go in with a Jake Taylor mentality. I would never want to see a CIT final four banner hanging in the dome but I would be fine with a Championship banner.

[ULvictory]

And still got bounced out the first round of a second tier tournament! Then got to watch Gap Tooth Ron go dancing

“We lost in the Sun Belt tournament because Gant got injured.”

Forget the fact that we had 3 1,000 point scorers minus Gant and a bench that’s supposedly good enough to carry the weight.....

Again, we are a program of excuses and reasons why we CAN’T succeed. I don’t see this anywhere else in our program other than basketball. When football underachieved, we hired Napier. When baseball underachieved, Robe got us a new hitting coach. In basketball, it’s the same song and dance. “Well, the reason why we can’t do this is because of that.” No accountability whatsoever.