The NIT, or as I like to call it, the Nationally Ignored Tournament kicks off play tonight. This year's field features some big name schools such as Notre Dame, Kentucky, Georgetown, and Florida. This field is also strengthened by some well known mid-major schools like Davidson and St Mary's. To these major conference schools, playing in the NIT is almost insulting and is a big hit to their egos. They would probably rather lose in the 1st round of the NCAA Tournament than win the NIT Tournament. To some of the smaller schools, the NIT gives them a stage to show the public what they can do and maybe prove to their doubters that they belonged in the NCAA Tournament. I'm interested to know what everyone thinks. Is it better to lose in the 1st round of the NCAA Tournament or win the NIT Tournament?In case you're not in the mood to watch the NCAA Play-In game, there are some decent NIT matchups tonight. Here are my picks:
#1 San Diego State over #8 Weber State
#2 St. Mary's over #7 Washington State
#2 Notre Dame over #7 UAB
#6 Davidson over #3 South Carolina
#5 UNLV over #4 Kentucky
#3 New Mexico over #6 Nebraska
#3 Niagara over #6 Rhode Island
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saw this link at With Leather.
Tough call, but since I'm a URI fan I think I'll go with winning the NIT over a 1st round loss.
I've always been a NIT fan. Top to bottom every game is more competitive than the NCAA tourney.
I just laughed for a good ten minutes at the previous post. That's like saying you'd rather go see the special olympics 100m dash because it's more competitive than watching Usain Bolt demolish everyone in the olympics. Winning the NIT gives you the right to call yourself the best of all the teams that sucked
Teams in the NIT don't suck and are better than most of the teams from shitty leagues. Don't try telling me that teams like Cornell, Binghamton, and Morehead State are better than Crieghton, Davidson and St Mary's. If the NCAA didn't have auto bids at least half of the NIT teams would be in the NCAA tourney.
People that bad mouth the NIT are not true college basketball fans.
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