Men’s Basketball 23-24

[arugula]

NIT?

[ugarte]

NIT?

nah, but the CIT is back and that's a maybe.

[ugarte]

I count 15 conference champs with lower KenPom ratings than ours. 16 if Brown beats Yale.

[rss77]

NIT sucks now.  NCAA$ changed the rules of the NIT in October:  The top 2 teams out of 6 power Conferences left out of the NCAA tourney get auto bids to the NIT, they each serve as the host team, and they get in even if they have a losing record. Seems there is never enough money for the likes of SEC Commish Greg Sankey (SUNY Cortland alum) and his ilk in the power leagues.

[Trotsky]

Greed destroys everything it touches.

[Ken711]

At least Princeton losing to Brown may take Mitch Henderson out of the Stanford vacancy I hope and the risk of Earl filling his place.

[mountainred]

NIT?

nah, but the CIT is back and that's a maybe.

This site has Cornell as literally the last team in the NIT.  I think they will be too busy squeezing in power conference teams that don't want to be there.  

Cornell will certainly get invited to the CIT or CBI unless they make it clear they won't pay to play.

[ugarte]

last minute choke by brown, missing a ton of free throws then leaving a man unguarded under the basket for a bunny as the clock expired to lose by 1. incredible 3-point shooting from yale in the clutch.

[ugarte]

NIT?

nah, but the CIT is back and that's a maybe.

This site has Cornell as literally the last team in the NIT.  I think they will be too busy squeezing in power conference teams that don't want to be there.  

Cornell will certainly get invited to the CIT or CBI unless they make it clear they won't pay to play.

yale w over brown may help us here but i still think it's unlikely

[CU2007]

NIT vs Ohio State. That's kinda cool.

[arugula]

So many big schools preemptively turned down the nit. Odd.  Feel bad for the kids.

[scoop85]

An unexpected bonus to the season. Great for the program.

[chimpfood]

We'll take NIT for sure, let's get a couple wins.

[scoop85]

Game is on for Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET. Will be on ESPN2, so great exposure for the program. Hopefully we can put on a good performance.

[David Harding]

NIT vs Ohio State. That's kinda cool.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2024-03-17/2024-nit-field-and-pairings-announced

For the third-straight season, the NIT seeded only the top half of the 32-team field. The bottom 16 unseeded teams were placed into the bracket by the NIT Committee as close to their area of natural interest as possible.

Columbus, Ohio, is close our area of natural interest?  I think I see four top half schools closer to Ithaca.