thunderdan Posted March 16 Posted March 16 Coach says he thinks there’s a 50-50 chance for an NIT invite. Sadly, I don’t think there‘s anywhere near that much of a likelihood. Quote
brianstl Posted March 16 Posted March 16 13 minutes ago, thunderdan said: Coach says he thinks there’s a 50-50 chance for an NIT invite. Sadly, I don’t think there‘s anywhere near that much of a likelihood. I think he is right. Fox’s College Basketball Crown tournament will eat up 16 former NIT teams. Then you will have teams that will turn down a NIT bid because they won’t have enough players willing to play because because they are hitting the portal. So what wasn’t close to a NIT before this season suddenly is a NIT bubble team. MusicCityBilliken 1 Quote
thunderdan Posted March 16 Author Posted March 16 21 minutes ago, brianstl said: I think he is right. Fox’s College Basketball Crown tournament will eat up 16 former NIT teams. Then you will have teams that will turn down a NIT bid because they won’t have enough players willing to play because because they are hitting the portal. So what wasn’t close to a NIT before this season suddenly is a NIT bubble team. Good information. Thanks. Would love to see some more basketball this year. Quote
The Wiz Posted March 16 Posted March 16 9 minutes ago, thunderdan said: Coach says he thinks there’s a 50-50 chance for an NIT invite. Sadly, I don’t think there‘s anywhere near that much of a likelihood. It will come down to how many auto bids are handed out for the Big Dance and the NIT. The Bills have a chance...just not a good one...I am showing the chances for an NIT bid are 43%. And I think the 43% is being generous...The NET shows 4 teams ahead of SLU after the NCAA bid is given out just in the A10 alone. I have 3 teams ahead of SLU in the A10. To @brianstl point about teams turning down bids because of players moving to the portal and teams not having enough players ....we might be one of those teams. I think where Schertz gets the 50% is ...68 NCAA teams plus 32 NIT teams equals 100 and we are close to 100....NET 101...KenPom 106....there are 5 other rankings figured into the NIT to come up with an average score. Quote
brianstl Posted March 17 Posted March 17 https://x.com/nitmbb/status/1901430784893845845?s=46&t=6urbQRIhStGl70a4QUhnHA Quote
SluSignGuy Posted March 17 Posted March 17 10 minutes ago, brianstl said: https://x.com/nitmbb/status/1901430784893845845?s=46&t=6urbQRIhStGl70a4QUhnHA Thanks. Let's me stop randomly checking to see if something is posted. Quote
stmdragons Posted March 17 Posted March 17 There’s been at least ten teams decline bids already so I think it’s more likely than not that we get a bid at this point. Quote
SluSignGuy Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Steve created this thread out of some posts from the radio thread Quote
SluSignGuy Posted March 17 Posted March 17 6 minutes ago, brianstl said: Thank you Steve In a funny Billikens.com story, one year when we were knowingly on the NIT bubble weeks out, we started a similar thread. We started it so early that all the search engines had time to index it, and the thread reached the number one ranking for people searching for information about when the NIT announcement would be. So after the NCAA bracket was announced, thousands of basketball fans left out the tournament started searching for NIT information. I don't think it fully crashed the site, but I had to put the site into "performance mode" to handle the traffic. Quote
brianstl Posted March 17 Posted March 17 https://x.com/nitmbb/status/1901445725633892402?s=46&t=6urbQRIhStGl70a4QUhnHA Quote
brianstl Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Only 4 power conference teams. The College Crown really weakened the field. Quote
Lord Elrond Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Just now, SluSignGuy said: 5 A-10 Teams. Are we the SEC of the NIT? I counted 6? Quote
White Pelican Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Most of the comments on X say this is the worst NIT field evah! Quote
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