Xavier in NIT Finals

[UofCT]

Win the NIT championship or lose in the NCAA playin game.....pick one

NCAA Tournament 10 out of 10 times.

Edit add on: I remember in 2019-2020 when we were rolling late in the season but still were outside looking in for the tournament. None of us would have been okay missing the tournament for an NIT run.

 

[freescooter]

Win the NIT championship or lose in the NCAA playin game.....pick one

Depends on who you are. Among the NOOB, UConn, Villanova, maybe Marquettethe NIT means the season was a fail. Seton Hall, Providence, it is a great accomplishment. DePaul it is a miracle.

 

[Windsorlocks]

Depends on who you are. Among the NOOB, UConn, Villanova, maybe Marquettethe NIT means the season was a fail. Seton Hall, Providence, it is a great accomplishment. DePaul it is a miracle.

Are you sure your take still applies to Providence? I know we love to hate them, which to me actually signifies we see them as a rival, at some level, but, over the last 9 seasons, Cooley has taken them to the dance 6 times, and would have been 7 if 2020 tournament was not canceled. I’m sure their fans are at the point where the NIT is a letdown. I’m sure it was for Xavier as well. But, when you win, you celebrate. But I’d rather get to the Dance and lose 8 days of the week.

 

[Hondo 77]

Anyone old enough remembers when a few teams wouid pick the NIT over the NCAA. The NCAA I think was limited to 32 teams, with one team per conference. The season champ - with only the ACC having a ost season tourney and if that team wasn’t the regular season champ, the season champ was out of luck. Can’t recall what they did about any at large teams. A few leagues didn’t get auto bids, the Yancon lost theirs while I was at UConn even though UConn had just done pretty well two years in a row with the auto bud. Pissed us off. UConn actually turned down an NIT bid the next year.

Well, in those days the NCAA was only a contest to see who would lose to UCLA.

 

[cohenzone]

Well, in those days the NCAA was only a contest to see who would lose to UCLA.

Maybe. But “those days” actually preceded the arrival of John Wooden.

 

[freescooter]

By the way, congratulations to Xavier. They have shown that they care about nothing so much as winning! Their new head coach was fired from Arizona after his assistant went to jail, but he knew nothing! I guess Calipari and Pitino weren’t available? But then again, Xavier was also implicated in the same scandal,so slime to slime is perfect. Welcome to the New Big East. Xavier is the preseason favorite for theMike Jarvis Award for the biggest slimewards in the conference! Exciting indeed.