Four Other BE teams In Post-Season: NIT, CIT and CBI Added

[Pardner]

G-Town, ND and Providence in NIT.  Northwestern, PSU and Ill State also in.  SDSU as #1 seed with Amo to see if he can top his GAS performance.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nit/sports/m-nit/auto_pdf/Bracket.pdf

[NavinRJohnson]

This just got me thinking...Is Cincinatti going to be looking for a new coach to replace the guy they never should have hired in the first place?

[larrym]

Cincinnati didn't make it?  I'm surprised.

[RaleighWarrior]

I didn't know they actually had brackets. I thought they made it up as they went along to get the best attendance and draws throughout the torny.

[Tom Crean's Tanning Bed]

This just got me thinking...Is Cincinatti going to be looking for a new coach to replace the guy they never should have hired in the first place?

Unless Cincy elected to take a CBI bid again. I think that field comes out tommorrow, so it'll be interesting to see if they took it. 

[Pardner]

I didn't know they actually had brackets. I thought they made it up as they went along to get the best attendance and draws throughout the torny.

Here are the selection procedures if anyone cares;

http://www.nit.org/about-nit/selection-procedures.html

[ChicosBailBonds]

Here are the selection procedures if anyone cares;

http://www.nit.org/about-nit/selection-procedures.html

Next year we will likely care...if Buzz gets us into the NCAAs next year he will be COY

[Ari Gold]

SDSU vs St Marys
Georgetown vs Northwestern
Creighton  vs ND
Penn St. vs Provo

That would be an entertaining NIT-8

[Pardner]

CIT Teams (Still waiting for the CBI...looks like UWGB in that):

Tuesday March 17
Rider (19-12) @ Liberty (22-11)
Kent State (19-14) @ Oakland (22-12)

Wednesday March 18
The Citadel (20-12) @ Old Dominion (21-10)
Mount St. Mary's (19-13) @ James Madison (19-14)
Austin Peay (19-13) @ Bradley (18-14)
Belmont (19-12) @ Evansville (17-13)
Portland (19-12) @ Pacific (19-11)
Drake (17-5) @ Idaho (16-15)

http://www.collegeinsider.com/tournament/schedule.html

[Pardner]

CBI:  (SJU but no Cinci)
3/17/09 Northeastern vs. Wyoming   9 p.m.   
3/17/09 UTEP vs. Nevada   11 p.m.   
3/18/09 St. John's vs. Richmond   7 p.m.     
3/18/09 Vermont vs. Green Bay   8 p.m.     
3/18/09 Charleston vs. Troy   8 p.m.     
3/18/09 Buffalo vs. Wichita State   8 p.m.   
3/18/09 Houston vs. Oregon State   10 p.m.   
3/18/09 Boise State vs. Stanford

http://www.gazellegroup.com/events/cbi/schedule.htm

[Tom Crean's Tanning Bed]

No postseason for Cincy at all?  Wow, quite surprising.

[Pardner]

No postseason for Cincy at all?  Wow, quite surprising.

I read on Vandy's site that the CBI asks schools to pay in to play...Vandy declined because of the economy.  This may be the reason why. 

Edit:  Adding Vandy article link
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090315/SPORTS0602/90315022

[T-Bone]

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090315/SPT0101/303150066

The UC players would have preferred to play in the NIT, Cronin said, but from his standpoint, not having time to play this week will free him to concentrate on recruiting.

UC has said it's not interested in playing in either the College Basketball Invitational or the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.
...
"We don't measure our progress based on the NIT," said Cronin, who is 42-52 in three years at UC. "We're a perfect example of how political it is when two teams that we were 3-0 against and that we finished ahead of (in the Big East) got in. It's a television event."

[chapman]

NIT, CIT, CBI...it gets more ridiculous every year.  They can't just pool their resources and have a 64 team tournament with some legitimacy? 

[Eye]

I thought Seton Hall had some sort of shot at the NIT, also.

[downtown85]

Next year we will likely care...if Buzz gets us into the NCAAs next year he will be COY

+1.  I would say he should be coach of the year if we get to the tourney.  Things don't always work out as they should though.  Next year should be interesting.  Could be really good or (more likely) could be a bottom half of the BE year.  We will have lots of time after this season to discuss.

[muwarrior69]

NIT, CIT, CBI...it gets more ridiculous every year.  They can't just pool their resources and have a 64 team tournament with some legitimacy? 

They talked about this on ESPN last night. I'm with Bobby Knight on this one. Just expand the NCAA tourney to 128. Play the opening round on Tuesday at the home court of the higher seeded team. Then there will be no team that gets short changed. Teams 129 or higher will barely have a winning record.

[Buzz Williams' Spillproof Chiclets Cup]

They talked about this on ESPN last night. I'm with Bobby Knight on this one. Just expand the NCAA tourney to 128. Play the opening round on Tuesday at the home court of the higher seeded team. Then there will be no team that gets short changed. Teams 129 or higher will barely have a winning record.

God forbid making it to the NCAA Tournament should actually be a meaningful accomplishment. Any expansion of the current field and you very quickly end up with the Basketball equivalent of the Papajohns.com Bowl.

[NavinRJohnson]

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090315/SPT0101/303150066

The UC players would have preferred to play in the NIT, Cronin said, but from his standpoint, not having time to play this week will free him to concentrate on recruiting.

or be fired.

[ChuckyChip]

They talked about this on ESPN last night. I'm with Bobby Knight on this one. Just expand the NCAA tourney to 128. Play the opening round on Tuesday at the home court of the higher seeded team. Then there will be no team that gets short changed. Teams 129 or higher will barely have a winning record.

The thing I don't like about expanding to 128 is forcing the high seeds to play an extra, meaningless game.  Why should Louisville (this year's overall #1) have to play a game against team #128?  They are obviously better and are going to win on their home court.  Only bad things (injuries, fatigue) can happen.

I prefer expanding to 96 teams, give seeds 1-8 in each region a bye, and have seeds 9-24 play for spots in the the final 64.

[T-Bone]

I'm against expansion.  Team #129 will bitch about it, and people will feel snubbed regardless. 

It's like what little league sports have become.  Everyone gets a trophy. 

[IAmMarquette]

I'm against expansion.  Team #129 will bitch about it, and people will feel snubbed regardless. 

It's like what little league sports have become.  Everyone gets a trophy. 

Couldn't have said it better. One of the main arguments for expansion is the larger number of D-1 teams, and that a 64 (65) team tournament leaves out a lot of good teams. The thing is, if those teams that got "left out" were that good, they'd have made the field. Making the field of 65 should be (and is) an accomplishment in itself. Expanding the field would serve only to dilute the product. Why mess with the best 3 weeks in American sports?