2023 NIT

[Mikovio]

No chance of home games and a horrible draw. Yes, getting slaughtered in the MVC championship resulted it this, but it is just wrong. Turn it down and focus on next year and make a point we will not be messed over and take crumbs.

If we play a fellow unseeded team in later rounds we might get a home game. That said, the committee probably sends us to Villanova

[Fetz86]

Well at least Crean picked us to go to Vegas.

edit: And selected Mast as his player to watch.

[Da Coach]

NIT Bracket-
https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/publ...023%209.08.pdf

• First-round NIT games are March 14-15 at campus sites
• Second-round NIT games are March 18-19 at campus sites
• The quarterfinal NIT games are March 21-22 at campus sites
• The 2023 NIT semifinals are March 28 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on ESPN
• The 2023 NIT championship game is March 30 at the Orleans area on ESPN2.

[ManMythLegend]

Well at least Crean picked us to go to Vegas.

edit: And selected Mast as his player to watch.

That was nice to hear...even if he does have a soft spot for BW.

[BradleyBiz]

You never know who will have a schedule conflict. Might get a home game if we win. I still don't understand the unseeded part. Why not call us a 6 seed and Nova a 7 seed? Doesn't that get confusing later on if unseeded teams play each other?

[BRAVE82]

Bradley (24-9) RPI 38
Wisconsin (17-14) RPI 89

Bradley NET 71
Wisconsin NET 80

Bradley travels to the lower RPI and NET opponent. Power 5 vs. mid major bias.

[BradleyBiz]

Bradley (24-9) RPI 38
Wisconsin (17-14) RPI 89

Bradley NET 71
Wisconsin NET 80

Bradley travels to the lower RPI and NET opponent. Power 5 vs. mid major bias.

Yeah I don't understand this. This is an NCAA-sponsored tournament and they worked so hard to create this NET ranking system...and then they don't use it for the NIT?

[BUSongwriter]

Coach Wardle has plenty of reasons to get our Braves to play with a chip on their shoulder. That could be a good thing.

[Dub]

Yeah I don't understand this. This is an NCAA-sponsored tournament and they worked so hard to create this NET ranking system...and then they don't use it for the NIT?

Hard pill to swallow, not getting a home game and apparently not getting the credit deserved by these so-called ranking systems. What’s the point of them if they don’t get applied in even a pseudo-academic way?
HOWEVER- let’s go get this win and perhaps we can swing it back in our favor.

[Tommy]

I'm shocked we weren't bumped from the tournament to make room for Minnesota or Ohio State.

[bradleyfan124]

Yeah I don't understand this. This is an NCAA-sponsored tournament and they worked so hard to create this NET ranking system...and then they don't use it for the NIT?

Welcome to the hypocrisy of the NCAA

[Bradley3342]

I'm shocked we weren't bumped from the tournament to make room for Minnesota or Ohio State.

You’re right. What a joke

[Da Coach]

There are 8 First Round NIT games Tuesday, March 14, including Bradley-Wisconsin-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...30314/group/98

There are 8 more NIT First Round games Wednesday, March 15-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...30315/group/98

All the games are on one of the ESPN Networks or ESPN+.
Bradley-Wisconsin is on ESPN. Wisconsin is a 3 point favorite.

[Da Coach]

The Big Ten also-rans have split their 2 gams so far in the NIT...

#8 seeded Michigan beats Toledo, the #1 seed and champion of the MAC 90-80-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401526872
Michigan was a #3 seed in the NIT.

Hofstra, the champion and #1 seed from the Colonial Athletic Association beat Big Ten #9 seeded Rutgers 88-86 in OT-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401526876
Rutgers was a #1 seed in the NIT!

Both those games, like at Wisconsin, were on the home court of the Big Ten team.

[egib52]

The Big Ten also-rans have split their 2 gams so far in the NIT...

#8 seeded Michigan beats Toledo, the #1 seed and champion of the MAC 90-80-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401526872
Michigan was a #3 seed in the NIT.

Hofstra, the champion and #1 seed from the Colonial Athletic Association beat Big Ten #9 seeded Rutgers 88-86 in OT-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401526876
Rutgers was a #1 seed in the NIT!

Both those games, like at Wisconsin, were on the home court of the Big Ten team.

The announcers on the Liberty Villanova game said if nova didn't have a conflict they would have hosted