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Any program would rather make the NCAA than win the NIT. Not even close.
And SMU didnt have that option so they took their lemons and made Lemonade...
Any program would rather make the NCAA than win the NIT. Not even close.
And SMU didnt have that option so they took their lemons and made Lemonade...
If a school wins the NIT, that might be the first thing YOU think of. The first thing I think of is, "too bad they got left out because they were obviously good enough to make the NCAAs and they probably got screwed".
Of course making 8 straight NCAA tournaments means something, but that wasn't part of the equation. The question was based on one year. NIT Final Four/Championship or early NCAA exit? Not "8 straight" NCAA appearances or "NIT Final Four".
Winning an NIT championship is not an easy task. SMU has 26 wins. FSU has 22. Louisiana Tech won 29. Southern Miss won 29. Minnesota and Clemson have 23. I'm not arguing these are all NCAA worthy teams. But say SMU wins and ends up the season at 28-9. Considering they were in the top 25 for part of the year, I don't think there's any negative from winning the NIT. And I think that record with a championship is worth more than not making the sweet 16 for a program like SMU. And I would argue they shouldn't have been left out of the NCAAs, not "they weren't good enough for the NCAA's".
who cares about smu; joke-in '88 when UCONN was NIT champ do you think conf members cared-please
With a NCAA Championship