UNI to CIT...Creighton to CBI?

[Da Coach]

UNI will play in the CIT.

Creighton is reportedly interested in the CBI.

[Da Coach]

UNI accepts spot in 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament

http://www.unipanthers.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030711aae.html

Creighton likely to play in CBI

http://creighton.rivals.com/default.asp

[TheAsianSensation]

Postseason is pretty cut and dry for the MVC this year.

Indiana St to the big one. Missouri St and Wichita St, for their failures, still have solid NIT profiles and a good chance at 2 home games. Northern Iowa and Creighton fit the profiles of regional hosts in the CIT/CBI. Odds are Evansville gets an invite at some point. Everyone else is done.

[Bravesfan]

Wait a minute! The CIT is up to 24 teams now?

Why not, let even more teams join the party!

And wouldn't that be funny if the CBI came calling for Bradley considering Cincy's 13-18 record a few years ago, and Oregon St. setting the "futility" mark for this tourney!

I know, only under .500 BCS teams need apply!

[TheAsianSensation]

I actually think it's a good move for the CIT. Remember, they actually have a strict anti-BCS policy with their bids - they are actively looking for winning teams from really low conferences instead.

I don't mind the Summit #2, MAAC #3, MAC #4, Patriot #2 teams getting in, for example.

This does mean 140 postseason teams out of 345 this year.

[Monmouth_Bradley_Fan]

"The CIT is a 24-team tournament that will feature 12 first-round games. Four of the teams that win first-round games will advance to the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams will play for the right to advance to the quarterfinals."

Man, tournament formats are just getting weirder and weirder. Never heard of earning a "bye" after you have already played a game?

[Bravesfan]

"The CIT is a 24-team tournament that will feature 12 first-round games. Four of the teams that win first-round games will advance to the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams will play for the right to advance to the quarterfinals."

Man, tournament formats are just getting weirder and weirder. Never heard of earning a "bye" after you have already played a game?

Actually this is not the first time a postseason tournament had this format. The 40 team NIT from about five to ten years ago had something similiar.

24 teams had a first round "bye" while 16 teams (supposedly the lowest seeded of the 40) played to advance to the second round. Those 8 teams played 8 of the remaining 24 teams, while 8 additional games took up the remaining 16 teams. And some of those "bye" teams actually played the same day as the lower seeded teams, giving these bye teams some extra time to rest while the winners from those first 16 teams played their second game. Once the NIT "Sweet 16" was set, then everyone played the same round at the same time. So this new CIT format is not really new. Hope that made sense!

[Bravesfan]

I actually think it's a good move for the CIT. Remember, they actually have a strict anti-BCS policy with their bids - they are actively looking for winning teams from really low conferences instead.

I don't mind the Summit #2, MAAC #3, MAC #4, Patriot #2 teams getting in, for example.

This does mean 140 postseason teams out of 345 this year.

I think both the CBI, which has become an unofficial "anti-BCS" tournament anyway, and the CIT are great tourneys especially for those lower conference teams getting a chance to play more postseason basketball. Most of the 20+ win teams from the bottom 15 conferences don't have a shot at an at-large NCAA tourney bid, and many 20+ win teams don't even have a shot at the NIT if they fail to win their conference regular season. So good for the organizers of these events for trying to assemble some very competitive low and mid-majors teams that people don't hear about that much.

However, it's the higher mid-majors that want to try to avoid these tourneys if possible so as not to become used to the idea of playing just well enough to make any postseason tournament. It's good for up and coming teams like Evansville and to a lesser extent Creighton, and also good for traditional mid-major power teams like Northern Iowa who had back luck with injuries and were down somewhat this year anyway. But I don't think most teams from the upper ten or so mid-major conferences want to depend on these two tournaments to fullfill their postseason needs all the time. I would still support Bradley in either of these two tourneys anytime however, even if it was not what we hoped for.

[Monmouth_Bradley_Fan]

Actually this is not the first time a postseason tournament had this format. The 40 team NIT from about five to ten years ago had something similiar.

24 teams had a first round "bye" while 16 teams (supposedly the lowest seeded of the 40) played to advance to the second round. Those 8 teams played 8 of the remaining 24 teams, while 8 additional games took up the remaining 16 teams. And some of those "bye" teams actually played the same day as the lower seeded teams, giving these bye teams some extra time to rest while the winners from those first 16 teams played their second game. Once the NIT "Sweet 16" was set, then everyone played the same round at the same time. So this new CIT format is not really new. Hope that made sense!

I see what your saying, I THINK
I just think tournaments are getting a little bit too complicated, like the Big East having double byes and all that jazz. Now the NCAA tournament has 4 play in games which don't even play into the bottom seeds? When it comes to tournaments, I think simpler is better!

[bradleyfan128]

the Women also have

64 team NCAA
64 TEAM WNIT
16 WBI