NCAA Ruins NIT

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[AO54]

lame

 

[Ope3]

As a nod to Benjamin F Pierce, "a device has yet to be invented that will measure my indifference" to this change in the NIT selection process.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Getting rid of the automatic qualifiers based on the criteria they have used in recent years is a great idea. I'm surprised it took them so long to eliminate this qualification (although they suspended it for the abbreviated 16 team NIT a few years ago). The previous automatic qualifier rule (any team that finished first in the conference regular season but didn't get picked for NCAA tournament) was a dumb rule because 1) some of these teams were really low rated and 2) they interpreted this rule quite literally so that if two teams from a lowly conference tied for first place in the regular season, they both were automatic qualifiers. This automatic qualifying rule resulted in more deserving teams (from both P6 and non-P6) not getting into the tournament.

However, I don't think they went far enough. How about NO AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS? A tournament called the National Invitational Tournament shouldn't have automatic qualifiers.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

As a nod to Benjamin F Pierce, "a device has yet to be invented that will measure my indifference" to this change in the NIT selection process.

Another CBI snob.

 

[SomeGopherFan]

Are these changes in response to that news from a few weeks back about Fox thinking of creating a tournament for non-NCAA teams from their conference partners?

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Are these changes in response to that news from a few weeks back about Fox thinking of creating a tournament for non-NCAA teams from their conference partners?

Sounds quite possible.

 

[gopherguy15]

Ugh. The worst thing about this? If either of the top two NET qualifiers from these power conferences have a record below .500, they would still be invited to the NIT.

No team deserves a postseason when having a record below .500.

 

[formerlybis]

Ugh. The worst thing about this? If either of the top two NET qualifiers from these power conferences have a record below .500, they would still be invited to the NIT.

No team deserves a postseason when having a record below .500.

Or a team that goes 6-12 in its conference and ends up over .500 because they scheduled all cupcakes in the 300s at home in the noncon.

 

[howeda7]

Or a team that goes 6-12 in its conference and ends up over .500 because they scheduled all cupcakes in the 300s at home in the noncon.

Are you predicting 6 wins?

 

[formerlybis]

Are you predicting 6 wins?

For who? I never mentioned which hypothetical team the scenario would apply to…

But seriously, no.

 

[SomeGopherFan]

This article does state the changes were in response to Fox.

G5 mailbag: Could NIT changes be bad news for G5 teams in the CFP?

What else is a postseason championship tournament not controlled by the NCAA? The College Football Playoff.

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