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Message: [QUOTE="Purple Stein, post: 2620597, member: 8205"] Nobody's arguing that Tulsa belonged in the NCAA -- just that the lack of NIT bid is a surprise and unfortunate for the conference. It would have been nice if they had split with Illinois State (the number 2 team in an MVC that finished as the #8 conference -- just below the American at 7th), but Tulsa crushed Temple in their season finale. [USER=4452]@Slasher[/USER] is right about the auto-bids and how it shaped this year's NIT, freezing out "worthy" teams, and had Tulsa taken care of Memphis in the AAC quarters, they'd probably still be playing. Ultimately, I think we'd all like to get to a place where a fourth place AAC team who goes 12-6 in conference is a tournament lock. Unfortunately, right now, that doesn't even get you an NIT bid. [/QUOTE]