Class of 2017.

[1SE]

Students. I really feel for you. Real chance you're the first class since class of 2001 (and only the second since the class of 1992) not to see MU play in the tourney at least once. Tough to go to a "basketball school" and never see your team dance. I hope the alumni office gives you a few years respite before they start calling for cash.

[tower912]

Class of 88.  No tourney bids.  Dukiet.  Far worse then.

[1SE]

Ok, so we have to go back 30 years to find a worse situation. That's not encouraging.

[Da 'Lanche]

Class of 88.  No tourney bids.  Dukiet.  Far worse then.

Ditto....and I have no regrets from my college experience...and my life even turned out okay.     would have been a lot more fun if we had a decent program back then, but, meh...I was more upset that they ended the block party...

[tower912]

At least we had jiggles fest.

[muhoops1]

At least we had jiggles fest.

The Bomb

[GGGG]

At least we had jiggles fest.

Damn I enjoyed that.  Nothing like drinking on a warm spring day next to the lake with a bunch of busted up clay pigeons all around.

[tower912]

For those of us from the class of 88, the first one was at the domes. 

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

At least we had jiggles fest.

I'll second that!

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

For those of us from the class of 88, the first one was at the domes.

Freshman year 1988 at the Domes........
I remember seeing some guy fall chest first on a charcoal grill. 
I didn't remember the walk back home over the viaduct.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Ditto....and I have no regrets from my college experience...and my life even turned out okay.     would have been a lot more fun if we had a decent program back then, but, meh...I was more upset that they ended the block party...

^This

[EaglesNest]

Students. I really feel for you. Real chance you're the first class since class of 2001 (and only the second since the class of 1992) not to see MU play in the tourney at least once. Tough to go to a "basketball school" and never see your team dance. I hope the alumni office gives you a few years respite before they start calling for cash.

If Marquette makes the tourney its a bit of a downer that MU is on spring break during the first two rounds of the tourney and the students wouldn't get to experience the excitement on campus unless MU advanced far.

[Galway Eagle]

Students. I really feel for you. Real chance you're the first class since class of 2001 (and only the second since the class of 1992) not to see MU play in the tourney at least once. Tough to go to a "basketball school" and never see your team dance. I hope the alumni office gives you a few years respite before they start calling for cash.

If we miss the NIT they're the first class since Marquette became a basketball school to go 4 years without seeing their team in postseason play... I think that's even worse

[EaglesNest]

If we miss the NIT they're the first class since Marquette became a basketball school to go 4 years without seeing their team in postseason play... I think that's even worse

Would be interested to see how many schools from the big 6 conferences can say that over the last 4 years.

[Galway Eagle]

Would be interested to see how many schools from the big 6 conferences can say that over the last 4 years.

Is the question how many other big six schools have gone through a four year stretch with no postseason? Gone through their first four year stretch of no postseason since they first made one? or what?

[EaglesNest]

Is the question how many other big six schools have gone through a four year stretch with no postseason? Gone through their first four year stretch of no postseason since they first made one? or what?

How many schools from the big 6 conferences haven't made the NCAA or NIT from 2013-2016 and are at risk of missing both again this year. I'd be curious to see what the number is.

[SaveOD238]

No bids since 2013 or earlier:

ACC
Wake Forest
Florida State
BC
Virginia Tech
Clemson
Georgia Tech

Big 12
TCU

Big East
Marquette
DePaul

Big Ten
Illinois
Minnesota
Penn State
Rutgers
Northwestern (never)

PAC 12
Washington
Wash St

SEC
Missouri
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi St
Auburn

That's 22 out of 80-ish, or about 1/5.  I didn't look at NIT bids, because they're NIT bids. 

Of those 22, only 3 are in really good shape to break their streaks (crossed out) and several others (MU, Clemson, Minnesota, VT, GT, WF) are on the bubble.

[EaglesNest]

No bids since 2013 or earlier:

ACC
Wake Forest
Florida State
BC
Virginia Tech
Clemson
Georgia Tech

Big 12
TCU

Big East
Marquette
DePaul

Big Ten
Illinois
Minnesota
Penn State
Rutgers
Northwestern (never)

PAC 12
Washington
Wash St

SEC
Missouri
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi St
Auburn

That's 22 out of 80-ish, or about 1/5.  I didn't look at NIT bids, because they're NIT bids. 

Of those 22, only 3 are in really good shape to break their streaks (crossed out) and several others (MU, Clemson, Minnesota, VT, GT, WF) are on the bubble.

I definitely agree with you that its NCAA or bust, but here are the teams that did make the NIT recently.


Illinois, Minnesota, Mizzou, Clemson, Alabama, VA Tech, GA Tech,  and Washington all made the NIT since 2013. Add in FSU and South Carolina who have both made the NIT recently and Northwestern since those are NCAA locks and you're left with 11 teams at-risk of not making the NCAA or NIT from 2013-107.

[wadesworld]

If Marquette makes the tourney its a bit of a downer that MU is on spring break during the first two rounds of the tourney and the students wouldn't get to experience the excitement on campus unless MU advanced far.

That is the way it was in at least 2 of my 4 years at Marquette (2007-2011).  It gives students a chance to actually travel and go to the games for their Spring Break trip.  I spent my senior year Spring Break in Cleveland in 2011, and it was awesome.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Guys, Marquette is not going I miss the NIT unless they lose out.

[Galway Eagle]

That is the way it was in at least 2 of my 4 years at Marquette (2007-2011).  It gives students a chance to actually travel and go to the games for their Spring Break trip.  I spent my senior year Spring Break in Cleveland in 2011, and it was awesome.

I wonder how many people have uttered the words "I spent my spring break in Cleveland and it was awesome" before you

[Lennys Tap]

No bids since 2013 or earlier:

ACC
Wake Forest
Florida State
BC
Virginia Tech
Clemson
Georgia Tech

Big 12
TCU

Big East
Marquette
DePaul

Big Ten
Illinois
Minnesota
Penn State
Rutgers
Northwestern (never)

PAC 12
Washington
Wash St

SEC
Missouri
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi St
Auburn

That's 22 out of 80-ish, or about 1/5.  I didn't look at NIT bids, because they're NIT bids. 

Of those 22, only 3 are in really good shape to break their streaks (crossed out) and several others (MU, Clemson, Minnesota, VT, GT, WF) are on the bubble.

A veritable who's who of college basketball powerhouse programs. We should be proud to be included in this august group!

[EaglesNest]

A veritable who's who of college basketball powerhouse programs. We should be proud to be included in this august group!

Washington is one that confuses me since it seems every year they have a player or two getting drafted in the lottery.

[MUEng92]

(and only the second since the class of 1992) not to see MU play in the tourney at least once

I resemble that remark

[SaveOD238]

A veritable who's who of college basketball powerhouse programs. We should be proud to be included in this august group!

I'm not.  It sucks.  I want to be in the tournament so badly, and it hurts to watch Wisconsin crush it in March every year while we sit at home. 

But here's the thing, I'm not giving up hope on this season.  We have winnable games (3 at home) left and after that the BET could give us one or two more.  The bubble is soft.  Until our name doesn't flash on Selection Sunday or it becomes obvious that we're cooked (losing 3 of the last 4) I'm going to hold onto hope.

Ps...what is up with Illinois basketball?  For having a huge recruiting hotbed in Chicago the state of Illinois hasn't managed a major conference tourney team in years!