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Post by bub on Feb 10, 2024 9:03:01 GMT -5
Bub, how can we rely on what’s happened in the past as a way to predict this season’s At Large bids? I realize Lunardi has a good track record but the NCAA selection committee and the P6 are gaining more and more and more power. The vice is tightening on mid-majors at every turn. Lunardi and everyone else did have the Bonnies getting an At Large bid in 2016 when they got snubbed. It happens each year. Sure I hope you’re right and the A10 gets multiple bids but I would not count on any favors from the committee. The A10’s best hope (maybe only hope) is for anyone but Dayton to win the A10 tourney. VCU and Richmond each only have one Q1 win and still trail SBU in the net. VCU and Richmond needs more Q1 wins. Richmond has a better chance if it stays on top of the A10 standings. As the announcers said during last night’s ESPN2 broadcast: “The A10 is a good league but it doesn’t have a lot of opportunities remaining for Q1 wins”. I hear what you're saying Big Cat and you may be ultimately correct. But, how do you explain the Mountain West, the 7th ranked conference, in line to get SIX bids and the A-10, the 8th ranked conference getting 1 bid? Take a look at the OOC schedules of those six teams. They pummeled bad teams and gamed the NET system to a T. And take a look at Jon Rothstein's tweet from last night regarding the A-10 and I think he's spot on in everything he said. Personally I think the A-10 is in desperate need of new leadership starting with the Commissioner. But that's a topic for another day. |
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Post by bigcat on Feb 10, 2024 9:47:57 GMT -5
Bub, how can we rely on what’s happened in the past as a way to predict this season’s At Large bids? I realize Lunardi has a good track record but the NCAA selection committee and the P6 are gaining more and more and more power. The vice is tightening on mid-majors at every turn. Lunardi and everyone else did have the Bonnies getting an At Large bid in 2016 when they got snubbed. It happens each year. Sure I hope you’re right and the A10 gets multiple bids but I would not count on any favors from the committee. The A10’s best hope (maybe only hope) is for anyone but Dayton to win the A10 tourney. VCU and Richmond each only have one Q1 win and still trail SBU in the net. VCU and Richmond needs more Q1 wins. Richmond has a better chance if it stays on top of the A10 standings. As the announcers said during last night’s ESPN2 broadcast: “The A10 is a good league but it doesn’t have a lot of opportunities remaining for Q1 wins”. I hear what you're saying Big Cat and you may be ultimately correct. But, how do you explain the Mountain West, the 7th ranked conference, in line to get SIX bids and the A-10, the 8th ranked conference getting 1 bid? Take a look at the OOC schedules of those six teams. They pummeled bad teams and gamed the NET system to a T. And take a look at Jon Rothstein's tweet from last night regarding the A-10 and I think he's spot on in everything he said. Personally I think the A-10 is in desperate need of new leadership starting with the Commissioner. But that's a topic for another day. I looked closely at the MWC schedules a few weeks ago. All the top teams have a bunch of Q1 wins in the OOC which leads to very high Net rankings … which in turn yields more Q1 wins in the conference. I posted something about the MWC vs A10 and how our top 6 teams match up well but the disparities in Nets and Q1 wins is alarming. It’s the chicken or the egg … if you don’t take advantage of Q1 games in the OOC (like the Bonnies who went 0-2) then that hurts the conference and doesn’t provide enough Q1 games later in the season. Also as we all know and have seen, you need to pound the living crap out of the Q3 and Q4 teams. The MWC has done both very well. |
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Post by ceharv on Feb 28, 2024 8:24:11 GMT -5
I posted in this thread before the LaSalle stinker then felt foolish for having done so after the game, but according to the announcers last night, the Bonnies impressive win puts us back in the NIT picture if we can win out plus do well in the league tournament, which I presume means at least getting into the semis. That would be a solid finish, but I think it’s possible given how we have played in the last two games, so maybe thinking about the NIT isn’t crazy after all.
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Post by chrismoses on Feb 28, 2024 8:47:29 GMT -5
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Post by Sipowicz on Feb 28, 2024 8:52:06 GMT -5
And the Barking Crow had the BONNIES in on Monday before the Loyola win. BONNIES GOT to win next two winnable games or this goes away.
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Post by Chuck on Feb 28, 2024 11:10:26 GMT -5
It is nice to know, but Bonnies chances of winning the A-10 Tournament is looking much better after the last 2 games. Hopefully this is the start of Bona getting on a roll. It would be perfect timing with A-10 Tournament being just around the corner. |
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Post by maplehurst on Feb 28, 2024 11:52:00 GMT -5
Getting to the NIT always depends on the leagues' regular season champions winning their conference tournaments. If they don't win, they get an NIT bid.
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Post by chrismoses on Feb 28, 2024 12:29:30 GMT -5
Getting to the NIT always depends on the leagues' regular season champions winning their conference tournaments. If they don't win, they get an NIT bid. That's not the case anymore. Rules were revised this past offseason: "For the 2024 NIT, conference regular season champions that do not win their conference tournament or are not otherwise selected to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will not receive an automatic bid to the NIT" |
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Post by NILsucks on Feb 28, 2024 15:55:55 GMT -5
2024 NIT Selection Rules:
Automatic Invitations: The top two teams in the NCAA’s NET rankings from each of the “Power Six” conferences (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC) that do not qualify for the NCAA Tournament will receive automatic invitations to the NIT. These 12 teams will be guaranteed the opportunity to host a first-round game.
Team Selection: The NIT will select the 20 best teams available to complete the tournament’s 32-team field after the 12 automatic bids are given to power conference schools. The remaining four hosting schools will be chosen from the best of the 20 at-large teams.
Now the big conferences rule both the NCAA and NIT. Good luck mid-majors.
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