Mullins Revenge
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The Johnnies are 100% in the NIT field. They are going to want 2 big east teams in, especially one from NY. It is only a matter of where we are seeded.
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guinness77
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They want as many “big names” as possible. The thought that somehow one team would effect the other one is laughable. I know we’re not exactly top tier anymore, but would they rather have an established name or the 3rd or 4th place team from the Mountain West?Andrew post=463903 said:
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L J S A
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It's a huge problem if we don't get in, because rather than it being an embarrassing snub, I think it would mean we secretly told them no in the last couple hours. And telling them no would likely mean players have no intention of playing for a school they don't plan to be at two months from now.espken post=463908 said:
I swear I'm not melodramatic in real life though./media/kunena/emoticons/grin.png
If Xavier made the NCAA another bubble team would be out that we would be competing w for a spot in the NIT, IE Rutgers, so it makes no difference. The biggest problem is conference champs in lower conferences lost in their tourney finals IE Yale. getting auto bids in the NIT.
L J S A
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It looks like there are 11 autos and we are about 18th in NET after teams that are not in NCAA and autoed to NIT. So maybe not super comfy, but should slip in. We would beat nine of the autos easily. One plays super tight D and could grind us (and bore us) into a loss on a bad day.
*Actually, there are some big names behind us in NET. This might be embarrassingly close . . . or just embarrassing.
*Actually, there are some big names behind us in NET. This might be embarrassingly close . . . or just embarrassing.
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https://thebarkingcrow.com/the-nit-picture-entering-selection-sunday/
Here is what “the Barking Cow” website (go ahead and laugh at the name but it is a legit site) had to say about the Johnnies going into today’s action:
St. John’sThe greatest program in college basketball history, the five or six-time NIT champions (they had to vacate one because of the Abe Keita scandal that wasn’t the Abe Keita scandal, again, who among us) are close to the cut line, but should be in. Bad loss at home to Pitt, not a lot of good wins considering how many opportunities they had, etc., but their nonconference schedule doesn’t look as bad on paper as it probably was, and you know the thought of the Red Storm playing at home in the Final Four gets the committee members’ hearts racing just as much as it does yours and mine.
Here is what “the Barking Cow” website (go ahead and laugh at the name but it is a legit site) had to say about the Johnnies going into today’s action:
St. John’sThe greatest program in college basketball history, the five or six-time NIT champions (they had to vacate one because of the Abe Keita scandal that wasn’t the Abe Keita scandal, again, who among us) are close to the cut line, but should be in. Bad loss at home to Pitt, not a lot of good wins considering how many opportunities they had, etc., but their nonconference schedule doesn’t look as bad on paper as it probably was, and you know the thought of the Red Storm playing at home in the Final Four gets the committee members’ hearts racing just as much as it does yours and mine.
