The attendance at that deal would be in the low 100s. You could host it in a high school gym.
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The attendance at that deal would be in the low 100s. You could host it in a high school gym.
Does feel like mid majors should give their regular season champ the AQ bid and ditch the conference tournament
I disagree. Last year Farleigh Dickinson was delivering the most watched first round game of the tournament. People want to watch the mid majors if they’re in a compelling matchup. This NIT deal is BS.
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no one should care anything about NIT. nor should a power 5 team enter it
No doubt this is in response to the talk that the Big 12\Big East\Big 10 might start their own thing.
Big 12, Big Ten, Big East in talks to participate in new postseason event for teams not in NCAA Tournament
The proposed 16-team tournament in Las Vegas would be for teams who missed the Big Dance and didn't play in the NITwww.cbssports.com
If they do, it would likely become a larger ratings draw than the NIT and could ultimately kill it.
I like this alot if it comes to fruition. I don't care about the NIT anyway.
What is your point the NCAA tourney will still have cinderalla teams. No one cares about the NIT
Ah yes; the ole' "If I don't care about it then nobody cares about it!" argument.
It's not the NCAA tournament, of course, but it's still a nice consolation prize for teams, particularly those mid to low major teams who make it in. It's a God awful decision by the NCAA.
Never said that, people can care. I SAID I don't care. And I know you are a UNI fan, so I get it.
Low majors absolutely do.
Last I knew only the Valley, the Mountain West and the A10 were the only non power leagues that made money and a lot of that is having their title games on CBS.
My point is people will watch compelling matchups regardless if they’re from a power league or not, and was in response to the comment that mid majors don’t deliver ratings
The last time I watched the NIT was when Baylor dunked on Iowa about 75 times.
Think the last NIT game I watched (was in the stands) was when we had a doubleheader in Ames hosting both a MBB and WBB NIT game.
If the Gophers WBB hosted an NIT this season and the opponent was ISU I'd probably buy a ticket. Other than a local circumstance like that I am solidly in the don't give a hoot about the NIT crowd.
Dumb. Much more entertaining to watch a team like George Mason that had a good regular season than a .500 Cal team.
My biggest issue with 96 teams is it gets to be too much of a good thing. When it was 64 teams it played perfectly into three consecutive weekends. Then they added the extra game to account for the WAC/MWC split. Then they added another game to “showcase small schools”. Then they added another pair of games and had the last four teams in play them. And it’s just stretching further and further away from what was already almost perfect.
If there was one issue with 64, it’s there are teams in it that don’t belong there. By expanding to 68 more of those teams naturally get included. Going to 96 means there would be a lot of bad basketball in the NCAA Tournament
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Yeah you probably changed my mind but I still feel bad for the low/mid majors being forced out of the NIT. I don’t think fans of P6 teams realize how big of deal the NIT is to them.
