Postseason upsets

[Da Coach]

In addition to #1 seed Bradley (NET #73) getting upset in the championship of the MVC Tournament, other #1 seed/regular season winners are going down in their conference tournaments. Over this past weekend, Ohio Valley Conference #1 seed Morehead State (NET #225) was upset by SEMO in their semifinal round, and Sun Belt Conference #1 seed Southern Miss (NET #87) was upset in their quarterfinal round by South Alabama.

In tonight's tournament games (Monday, 3/6)-
Horizon League winner and #1 seed Youngstown State just lost in their tournament semifinal to #169 NET Northern Kentucky. YSU had an NET of 117, but that will drop. They will also play in the NIT.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401514290

Colonial Athletic Association co-champion and #1 seed Hofstra just lost in their tournament semifinal to #147 NET UNC-Wilmington. Hofstra had an NET of 82, but will drop.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401514281

So there are now 5 auto-bids already locked up for the NIT by these conference #1 seeds losing in their tournaments, and being unlikely to get NCAA at-large bids.
The more of these NIT auto-bids occur, it could push lower NET teams into the NIT as auto-bids, and improve Bradley's chances of getting a Top 4 regional seed, which would mean a 1st round home game.

This blogger has Bradley as a #3 seed-

https://theresourcenexus.com/nit-bracketology/

This NIT Bracketology has Bradley as a #6 seed-
https://www.dratings.com/predictor/bracketology/ (scroll down to see NIT bracketology)

And these 2 NIT bracketology websites simply designate Bradley as a non-Top 4 seed-

https://thebarkingcrow.com/nit-bracketology/

https://nitbracketology.blogspot.com...t-bracket.html

[BradleyBiz]

Unfortunately, the Resource Nexus has the old NET of 60 for Bradley and thus a 3 seed. Right now, at 73, they are likely a 5 seed. Hopefully they can move up a little bit with another championship week.