NIT results

[Tommy]

A-10 off to a roaring start, 0-2, both games are massive blowout losses -
Saint Louis (loses to Arkansas State 103-78 ) gets a decent game from Robbie Avila, but they musta forgot to play defense,
giving up 103 pts on 54% shooting and 46% from 3-pt. (16-35!)

another ex-MVC team, Wichita State, also getting their butts kicked by a sub-.500, 15-17 OK State team.

Leave the MVC, failure is in your future.

[Da Coach]

9 more first round NIT games tonight - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...50319/group/98

[Dubl R 1]

Georgia Tech Hammered at Home

[tomahawk chop]

I have to wonder if St.Louis is happy with their coaching selection.

[Ogre]

DePaul. lol. I miss them being good. It’s only been 40 years.

[ollienanyes]

At first I was bummed that we didn't get SLU. But they were terrible! North Alabama will be much more of a challenge.

[Da Coach]

Here is a good explanation of why the Power Conference teams do not want to schedule mid-major teams - https://x.com/_ThomasAshworth/status...62516886671706

Jacksonville State of the CUSA has a NET 122.
They are in the NIT because they finished tied for 2nd in the CUSA
Last night they easily beat ACC member Georgia Tech on Georgia Tech's home court 81-64
Notice that by the end of the game, nearly every Georgia Tech fan had already left the arena, and the almost all the few remaining spectators were just the Jacksonville State fans. - https://x.com/_ThomasAshworth/status...62516886671706

So this is a good example of why schools like Georgia Tech and others from the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, and Big East refuse to play mid-majors, and why they will never choose to play them at home.
This year's NIT has only 4 teams out of 32 that are from the Power Conferences- SMU, Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech and Stanford. the fewest in history.
These are the schools that reportedly declined an invitation to play in the NIT (many schools declined before the invitations even went out).
30 of the 36 (and there may have been others) were from the Power Conferences. They don't want to have to face mid-majors and risk losing.
Florida State- ACC
Wake Forest-ACC
Pittsburgh- ACC
Cal- ACC
Stanford- ACC
Syracuse- ACC
Notre Dame- ACC
Virginia- ACC
NC State- ACC
Indiana- Big Ten
Maryland- Big Ten
Northwestern Big Ten
Rutgers- Big Ten
Ohio State- Big Ten
Iowa- Big Ten
UCLA- Big Ten
USC- Big Ten
Minnesota- Big Ten
Washington- Big Ten
Arizona State- Big 12
West Virginia- Big 12
Kansas State- Big 12
TCU- Big 12
South Carolina- SEC
LSU- SEC
Ole Miss- SEC
Oklahoma- SEC
Texas- SEC
Providence- Big East
St. John's- Big East
Memphis- American
UNLV- Mountain West
Nevada- Mountain West
St. Bonaventure- A-10
Oregon State- West Coast
Washington State- West Coast

[Da Coach]

George Mason clobbering Samford 45-24 at halftime. If Bradley wins, they'll have to travel to GMU if they win. If Samford can come back and win, BU could get another home game.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401751942

[Da Coach]

George Mason wins, and advances to play Bradley Saturday, 1:00 pm (Central) at GMU in Fairfax, VA.

Final results of tonight's NIT games - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...50319/group/98

[Da Coach]

George Mason wins, and advances to play Bradley Saturday, 1:00 pm (Central) at GMU in Fairfax, VA.

Final results of tonight's NIT games - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...50319/group/98

Northern Iowa loses to SMU 73-63 and is eliminated.
The good news for UNI is that Coach Ben Jacobson has said that 11 of the UNI players have said they will return next year. - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...50319/group/98

[yoda]

Northern Iowa just had two players enter the portal - see the Portal thread

[Da Coach]

2 NIT games today, Saturday, March 22 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...50322/group/98

[Da Coach]

2 NIT games today, Saturday, March 22 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...50322/group/98

Chattanooga and Bradley advance to the quarterfinal round. Results- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...50322/group/98

The remaining 6 games are Sunday, March 23 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...50323/group/98

Bracket (click to enlarge)
Bracket - https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/publ...ForPosting.pdf

[yoda]

Fyi
the Loyola NIT game vs San Francisco STARTS AT 6:30pm Central on ESPN2 and ESPN+

the Illini are on CBS but getting thumped by UK, with a lot of turnovers

and the ISU game in the CBI vs Presbyterian starts at 7pm but ONLY on FloHoops subscription streaming service so nobody will be watching- it’s a terrible deal.
$20 minimum (monthly) or $108/yr

[egib52]

Fyi
the Loyola NIT game vs San Francisco STARTS AT 6:30pm Central on ESPN2 and ESPN+

the Illini are on CBS but getting thumped by UK, with a lot of turnovers

and the ISU game in the CBI vs Presbyterian starts at 7pm but ONLY on FloHoops subscription streaming service so nobody will be watching- it’s a terrible deal.
$20 minimum (monthly) or $108/yr

Lol what's your definition of thumped?