NIT Bracketology - St John's In

I hope we get in, but doubt it with our 15-17 Div I record, despite we shocked Duke & Nova and play in the best conference in college hoops.
Then I hope fans show up if we get a ‘home’ game.
Then I hope we make a deep run in it.
Overall, doubt we get the bid.
Hope I’m wrong.
Be neat to root our guys on again!
 
Anyone know when the bracket is determined? 8 PM on ESPN? Think that's when it came out last year.

We have a chance at least. Doubt any team in the NIT has two wins bigger than our two.

Edit- just saw the above post, thanks.
 
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I will watch the show and keep my fingers crossed but I do not believe it will happen. We have an RPI of 96, finished tied for last in our conference and were two games under five hundred against D1 competition. Despite our obvious merits this trifecta will be hard for the selectors to overlook.
 
[quote="ghostzapper" post=276375] We have an RPI of 96, finished tied for last in our conference and were two games under five hundred against D1 competition. Despite our obvious merits this trifecta will be hard for the selectors to overlook.[/quote]

Yep. This season is over.
 
First Round

(1) Notre Dame 20-14 vs. ( Hampton 19-15, TBA
(4) Penn State 21-13 vs. (5) Temple 17-15, TBA
(3) Oregon 22-12 vs. (6) Rider 22-9, TBA
(2) Marquette 19-13 vs. (7) Harvard 18-13, TBA


(1) Baylor 18-14 vs. ( Wagner 23-9, TBA
(4) Mississippi State 22-11 vs. (5) Nebraska 22-10, TBA
(3) Middle Tennessee 24-7 vs. (6) Vermont 27-7, TBA
(2) Louisville 20-13 vs. (7) Northern Kentucky 22-9, TBA

(1) USC 23-11 vs. ( UNC Asheville 21-12, TBA
(4) Western Kentucky 24-10 vs. (5) Boston College 19-15, TBA
(3) Stanford 18-15 vs. (6) BYU 24-10, TBA
(2) Oklahoma State 19-14 vs. (7) Florida Gulf Coast 23-11, TBA

(1) Saint Mary's 28-5 vs. ( SE Louisiana 22-11, TBA
(4) Boise State 23-8 vs. (5) Washington 20-12, TBA
(3) LSU 17-14 vs. (6) Louisiana 27-6, TBA
(2) Utah 19-11 vs. (7) UC Davis 22-10, TBA
 
Yeah not surprised we didn't make it. If we got another win or two I think we'd made it... but losing 3/4 and then going 1-1 in the BET wasn't enough.

Although I wanted to get in, the NIT is still a joke of a tournament. I did not care about it one bit the two times we made it with Lavin as coach. It would've been cool, but no big deal not making it.

Can't wait until the NCAAs end and we can get on to next year.
 
[quote="RedStormNC" post=276405]First Round

(1) Notre Dame 20-14 vs. ( Hampton 19-15, TBA
(4) Penn State 21-13 vs. (5) Temple 17-15, TBA
(3) Oregon 22-12 vs. (6) Rider 22-9, TBA
(2) Marquette 19-13 vs. (7) Harvard 18-13, TBA


(1) Baylor 18-14 vs. ( Wagner 23-9, TBA
(4) Mississippi State 22-11 vs. (5) Nebraska 22-10, TBA
(3) Middle Tennessee 24-7 vs. (6) Vermont 27-7, TBA
(2) Louisville 20-13 vs. (7) Northern Kentucky 22-9, TBA

(1) USC 23-11 vs. ( UNC Asheville 21-12, TBA
(4) Western Kentucky 24-10 vs. (5) Boston College 19-15, TBA
(3) Stanford 18-15 vs. (6) BYU 24-10, TBA
(2) Oklahoma State 19-14 vs. (7) Florida Gulf Coast 23-11, TBA

(1) Saint Mary's 28-5 vs. ( SE Louisiana 22-11, TBA
(4) Boise State 23-8 vs. (5) Washington 20-12, TBA
(3) LSU 17-14 vs. (6) Louisiana 27-6, TBA
(2) Utah 19-11 vs. (7) UC Davis 22-10, TBA[/quote] LSU would have been one of the closer comparisons but we needed couple more conference wins
 
I was surprised to see Temple in there. Not a great season by them 17-15 and below five hundred in conference 8-10.
 
I always thought the NIT had an iron clad rule, no team gets in with an overall record that is not at least one game over .500?

If so, why the interest here.
 
A few years ago we paid around 30k or so to be in tournament for teams that didn't make the NIT. IMHO that was the low point for the dignity of our program.

Glad to see that's behind us.
 
[quote="BrookJersey Redmen" post=276427]I always thought the NIT had an iron clad rule, no team gets in with an overall record that is not at least one game over .500?

If so, why the interest here.[/quote]

wishful thinking
 
The shame in it all is that we fit with all the teams in the NIT. Certainly not saying we would win but don't see anybody in there we can't play with. Feel the same way about some of the NCAA team like Syracuse, Oklahoma and Arizona State who will already did.
 
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[quote="BrookJersey Redmen" post=276427]I always thought the NIT had an iron clad rule, no team gets in with an overall record that is not at least one game over .500?

If so, why the interest here.[/quote]

That rule was eliminated about a decade ago, but still no team with a losing record has made it.

I thought we'd be in with one more win. For example, if we beat Providence then we'd be 16-16 (D1) with a far better RPI.

I don't feel upset about not making the NIT, but it does make me a lot more anxious for next year to hurry up and start.
 
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Like Class of 72 I would love to see changes in the selection of the bottom low mid majors. Perhaps eliminate the post season league playoffs which no one attends and use that week to take the top one or two regular season finishers from the bottle mid major twenty or so leagues and have these teams compete for some eight or ten slots eliminating the current eight 15 and 16 seeds who have very little shot of winning a game ( eight in about two hundred games.
You would eliminate the current NCAA play in games, reward the mid major regular season champs , substitute a tournament of mid major champs from the various leagues for the current league tournaments which seem to draw less people than high school games and allow teams that finish last in their league to get a bid.
The current mid major tournaments are supposedly played to make the leagues money. Whenever I turn one on the stands are empty but if the leagues suffer a loss there is so much money in the tournament the NCAA could easily pay the leagues for any money lost.
You would have some eight more bids for the top fifteen or so leagues which I don't think is important but I would like to cut those bottom mid major bids who just can't compete.
 
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