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Mar 16, 2019 16:49:12 GMT -8
Post by 94sdsu on Mar 16, 2019 16:49:12 GMT -8
I didn't think we'd get an NIT bid with a few games to go in the season, but now that we made the championship MWC game and reached 21 wins, I think we should get in. What are your thoughts?
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Mar 16, 2019 16:50:46 GMT -8
Post by junior on Mar 16, 2019 16:50:46 GMT -8
NIT? NOT
Let's start with those teams who get knocked out of the NCAAs because of the auto bids that take their spots away - I think those teams get auto bids to the NIT. Then add teams that deserve to go because of their season records and their rankings. Sadly, SDSU does not come close on either measure.
I'm a fan, but the Aztecs are somewhere in or near the bottom half of 350 or so national teams.
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Mar 16, 2019 16:55:38 GMT -8
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Post by laaztec on Mar 16, 2019 16:55:38 GMT -8
Pretty sure the season is over.
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Mar 16, 2019 16:55:57 GMT -8
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Post by aztecnation76 on Mar 16, 2019 16:55:57 GMT -8
Nope. Too many bad losses, not enough quality wins and not a high enough NET ranking. The only tournaments that would consider them are the CBI and CIT. No thanks. Time to put this disappointing season in the rear view mirror unfortunately.
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Mar 16, 2019 22:15:50 GMT -8
Post by AztecCamera on Mar 16, 2019 22:15:50 GMT -8
We lost to USD at home. Like Tim Shelton would say "nuff said".
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Mar 16, 2019 23:54:27 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2019 23:54:27 GMT -8
This question illustrates the power of fan delusion. Our resume isn’t close to being NIT worthy. Unlike the NCAA tournament, the NIT doesn’t value games played in a three game tournament more than any other. There are two categories of teams in the NIT, automatic bids and at-large bids. All AB’s are regular season conference champions who failed to win their conference tournament. The remaining spots are allotted to ALB’s. ALB’s get in based mainly their NET ranking. So, participants are either judged by their dominance during conference play or by the entirety of their record. Bad teams have an easier path to the NCAA tournament than the NIT. The Aztecs have had a much better shot at the NCAA tournament for three years running.
The other tournaments are pay to play garbage fests. One only accepts teams from mid-major conferences, both are less than 15 years old, and neither possesses even a whiff of prestige:
•The College Basketball Invitational (CBI) is a men's college basketball tournament created in 2007 by The Gazelle Group. The inaugural tournament occurred after the conclusion of the 2007–08 men's college basketball regular season. The CBI selects 16 teams that are not selected for the NCAA Tournament or the National Invitation Tournament[1] (NIT), and who are willing to pay a $50,000 entry fee to participate.[2] In the CBI, [3] teams compete on home courts. The CBI is a single-elimination tournament until the final two teams are determined, after which the championship is determined by a championship series with a best-two-out-of-three format.
•The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) is an American men's college basketball post-season tournament created in 2009 by Collegeinsider.com. In 2012, it expanded to 32 participating teams. In 2016 and 2017 the tournament featured 26 teams. The 2018 tournament had 20 teams. The Tournament is oriented toward mid-major and small schools who did not get selected for the NCAA or NIT tournaments.
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Mar 17, 2019 5:17:54 GMT -8
Post by retiredaztec on Mar 17, 2019 5:17:54 GMT -8
I didn't think we'd get an NIT bid with a few games to go in the season, but now that we made the championship MWC game and reached 21 wins, I think we should get in. What are your thoughts? Thoughts? With all due respect to State's "soft", and yet another, 20 win season, the tournament illustrated just how weak the conference is, (move over Pac 12). That said I see USU, and UNR as an at large, in the big boy tournament. Depending on the inventory, I see State IN the NIT playing on the Dark Side Of The Moon, with a quick exit. My thoughts.
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Post by longtimebooster on Mar 17, 2019 6:31:08 GMT -8
I didn't think we'd get an NIT bid with a few games to go in the season, but now that we made the championship MWC game and reached 21 wins, I think we should get in. What are your thoughts? Thoughts? With all due respect to State's "soft", and yet another, 20 win season, the tournament illustrated just how weak the conference is, (move over Pac 12). That said I see USU, and UNR as an at large, in the big boy tournament. Depending on the inventory, I see State IN the NIT playing on the Dark Side Of The Moon, with a quick exit. My thoughts. Hilarious. And when, exactly, was the last time you were right about anything?
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Mar 17, 2019 6:34:51 GMT -8
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 17, 2019 6:34:51 GMT -8
I didn't think we'd get an NIT bid with a few games to go in the season, but now that we made the championship MWC game and reached 21 wins, I think we should get in. What are your thoughts? Thoughts? With all due respect to State's "soft", and yet another, 20 win season, the tournament illustrated just how weak the conference is, (move over Pac 12). That said I see USU, and UNR as an at large, in the big boy tournament. Depending on the inventory, I see State IN the NIT playing on the Dark Side Of The Moon, with a quick exit. My thoughts. Come on, USU is automatically in by virtue of them winning the Conference Tournament, not by an at large, and of course Nevada's in. The Aztecs season is done.
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Mar 17, 2019 6:36:12 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 6:36:12 GMT -8
Look at last year’s NIT field for reference. Teams ranked in the triple digits don’t get into the NIT. Teams that tied for fourth place in the 16th best conference don’t make the cut. This is a tournament designed specifically for bubble teams and regular season champions that get assed out by lesser teams winning conference tournaments. Power conference teams are always well represented.
Some conferences have truly awful teams, top to bottom. The highest ranked teams in the MEAC, MAAC, Northeast, and SWAC conferences are in the 200’s. Even without an upset, these, and other conferences like them, are displacing more deserving teams from competing in the NCAA tournament. The NIT will take those teams. Glancing at last year’s mid-major NIT at-large bid teams, you’ll notice that they sported RPI rankings in the 40’s and 50’s.. a single team was in the low 70s.
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Post by zed on Mar 17, 2019 9:59:05 GMT -8
If the NIT throws the MW a bone, I believe the Bulldogs would get to slobber on it. Fresneck's NET is much better, finished 2 games ahead of the Aztecs and had the head-to-head sweep.
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Mar 17, 2019 16:54:36 GMT -8
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Post by MontezumasRevenge on Mar 17, 2019 16:54:36 GMT -8
No. Confirmed.
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Mar 17, 2019 16:57:56 GMT -8
Post by frustratedfan on Mar 17, 2019 16:57:56 GMT -8
We lost to USD at home. Like Tim Shelton would say "nuff said". ...and while we didn’t get selected to the NIT, USD did get selected. More salt in the wound.
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Mar 17, 2019 16:59:12 GMT -8
Post by jdaztec on Mar 17, 2019 16:59:12 GMT -8
Wow , that's surprising.
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Mar 17, 2019 17:13:52 GMT -8
Post by survalli on Mar 17, 2019 17:13:52 GMT -8
there were not going to put two San Diego teams in the NIT, i also think that the NIT game may end up being hosted at Viejas. or its being considered. the real snub is Fresno.
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Mar 17, 2019 17:17:31 GMT -8
Post by RiffelBooks on Mar 17, 2019 17:17:31 GMT -8
Fresno's snub is really too bad, but they must have looked awful the other night. Glad for the Tostitos, though, with all their seniors. Not like it's a serious rivalry.
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Post by frustratedfan on Mar 17, 2019 17:20:04 GMT -8
there were not going to put two San Diego teams in the NIT, i also think that the NIT game may end up being hosted at Viejas. or its being considered. the real snub is Fresno. Boy, you got that right. Choosing USD, who was 7-9 in WCC, over Fresno State is a joke.
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Mar 17, 2019 17:23:07 GMT -8
Post by RiffelBooks on Mar 17, 2019 17:23:07 GMT -8
That was a really long list of small conference regular season champs that didn't win their tournament. That cost Fresno.
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Mar 17, 2019 17:25:06 GMT -8
Post by sdmotohead on Mar 17, 2019 17:25:06 GMT -8
USD got in? Is this one of those rich parents paying off someone to get their kids into the NIT sort of thing? Ridiculous!
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Mar 17, 2019 17:40:42 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 17:40:42 GMT -8
I’m surprised that USD got in over Fresno. That’s crazy
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