If MU hosts NIT game, it'll be at the Al

[wardle2wade]

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@AndrewGruman: If Marquette hosts a first-round NIT game it will be at the Al McGuire Center and not the BMO Harris Bradley Center. #mubb

Best of a bad situation.  Very cool that they'd do this, and I'd hope they'd do it for any other NIT games they hosted.  Would be a much better atmosphere and a significant edge I'd say.

May need to win one in nyc to lock a top 4 seed.  

[Nukem2]

Actually, they would have no choice as the BC needs to be set up for the NCAA games on Thursday/Saturday.

[jesmu84]

How the hell are they going to do tickets for this??

Pretty cool though. The crowd will be on top of the floor for once. Hope the students get some close seats, like Duke, Illinois, etc.

[Nukem2]

How the hell are they going to do tickets for this??

Pretty cool though. The crowd will be on top of the floor for once. Hope the students get some close seats, like Duke, Illinois, etc.

Students will just be getting back from spring break (today thru 3-16 ).

[wardle2wade]

Actually, they would have no choice as the BC needs to be set up for the NCAA games on Thursday/Saturday.

MU has a choice... they could defer and opt to play at the lower seeded team.  Kentucky did it last year (due to the ncaas too) and lost on the road to Robert Morris. 

MU could have also have done the US Cellular instead of the Al.

[bradley center bat]

I was saying at the Al. I don't think MU wants to play at the US Cellular Arena,  on the Panthers floor.

[bradley center bat]

How the hell are they going to do tickets for this??

First come, first serve.  NIT first round games draw for most schools 3,000. Students will be in the student section like womens basketball and volleyball.

[Tugg Speedman]

Can a below .500 team go to the NIT?  If so, maybe we can host ND as they will be below .500

[Tugg Speedman]

Can a below .500 team go to the NIT?  If so, maybe we can host ND as they will be below .500

Or Northwestern

[bradley center bat]

Can a below .500 team go to the NIT?  If so, maybe we can host ND as they will be below .500

No

[Tugg Speedman]

Ok, how about IU in the AL!!  They are above .500 and not dancing?

[bradley center bat]

Ok, how about IU in the AL!!  They are above .500 and not dancing?

Indiana has many good wins. They will be a 2 or 3 seed. If they are in the same region, could be a 2nd round match up.

[Nukem2]

I was saying at the Al. I don't think MU wants to play at the US Cellular Arena,  on the Panthers floor.

Also don't have staff or time to set up at the Cell, which is unfamiliar to the MU folks

[bradley center bat]

Also don't have staff or time to set up at the Cell, which is unfamiliar to the MU folks

Rent$$. Main thing is Marquette doesn't want to be on ESPN playing a home game on the Panthers floor.
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[Dawson Rental]

Wow, a post season game at the Al would be a nice consolation prize for me.  A mostly empty Bradley Center or the Cell wouldn't be anywhere near as neat.

[SWARM!]

The quicker they lose in the NIT, the better. Let's be honest. Why draw attention to even being in it.?

No sarcasm.

[We R Final Four]

Hang the banner.

[wardle2wade]

No

They actually changed that rule a few years ago.  That being said, no team under-500 has ever been chosen for the NIT.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Where would people park?

[Tommy Brice for Coach]

Where would people park?

MU has a garage at 13th and wells

[4everwarriors]

Awesome, MU hostin' da Whoshers in the kingdom Clappy built.

[ChicosBailBonds]

The idea of a MU men's team playing a real game at the Al McGuire Center is both cool and distressing at the same time.

Never in my wildest imagination would I think MU would need to play a game in a gymnasium that small for a home game, but it would definitely have a different cool vibe to it.

[WarhawkWarrior]

I would be there for sure.

[bradley center bat]

Where would people park?

The same place when there is Marquette Madness, womens bb and volleyball.

[bradley center bat]

The idea of a MU men's team playing a real game at the Al McGuire Center is both cool and distressing at the same time.

Never in my wildest imagination would I think MU would need to play a game in a gymnasium that small for a home game, but it would definitely have a different cool vibe to it.

It seats 4,000. It's not that small.