what would you rather have: out 1st game of the tourney or finals of the NIT

[gibhunter]

NCAA means you had a relatively good year, obviously not in case our case. Anyways, if you have a bad year like we did, but you have a young team like SJU, you'd rather win the NIT and build off of it for next season. In our case, UConn did not truly deserve to be in. The only reason UConn was in, was because the field was pathetic this year. I'd rather we won the NIT and have some consolation that we may have made some noise instead of getting blown out by an 8 seed.

 

[Gurleyman]

Clothy's program and ours are at slightly different places. I figure Drexel fans would have been excited too. I would have been more annoyed two years ago if we made it than anything else - i.e. "too little, too late boys".

 

[rman726]

I'd rather get blown out in round 1 then miss the tournament.

 

[Kitaman]

I have no problem in playing in the NIT (of course its not the preferred choice). As long as its taken in its perspective. Its just more games and more to evaluate under pressure situations. If there are seniors on your team then I think it has a lot of value, again, in its perspective.

Sure it can seem like a demotion but in the end its still basketball for the team fans and family with much less reward but still having fun. And to me that's the perspective.

Its certainly not the worst option for a college team.

 

[Waquoit]

Clothy's program and ours are at slightly different places. ".

Yeah, but they are in roughly the same neighborhood now as our program was in 1988, which is what we were discussing.