FOX NIT is Official

[CL82]

It is the leagues carried by Fox. If the NEWBIE doesn’t do a deal with Fox it will be out. Big whoops. They don’t get to participate in the Loser Bracket. Based on the recent reaction to the NIT I’m betting half the teams won’t want to participate. But I guess if you are St Johns or Providence, losing to some crappy Big 10 team is less embarrassing than losing to a mid-major. At least you can pretend you beat somebody.

 

[Ports21]

So Syracuse wouldn't qualify for this either? Fantastic.

 

[Mister Wonderful]

Will tell my children this is the Final Four that matters.

Good on you for going the adoption route

 

[gtcam]

Good on you for going the adoption route

Thats because the men folks at Cinci Community College shoot blanks

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I didn't know DJ Burns did standup comedy.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I didn't know DJ Burns did standup comedy.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

This will dilute one mostly-unwatchable tournament into two completely unwatchable tournaments. Cool.

The only reason why I don't mind this is if this happens.

The actual NIT: more mid-majors
The Fox NIT: just the crappy high-majors

Will there will be a Non-Fox NIT?

 

[NJHusky]

The only reason why I don't mind this is if this happens.

The actual NIT: more mid-majors
The Fox NIT: just the crappy high-majors

Will there will be a Non-Fox NIT?

There was a time when teams picked between NIT and NCAA tournaments..and the Nit was the more regarded.

 

[BugsyCT]

So you're going to have mediocre power school teams that didn't make the NCAA Tourney waiting around for 2 weeks after being eliminated from their conference tourneys, then playing in a meaningless week-long tourney in Vegas during Final Four week when the country has already been watching 2 weekends of March Madness?

This is as brilliant as the NBA In-Season Tournament....played in November right in the middle of football season.

If this succeeds in any way I'll be shocked.