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This will be the first appearance for SDSU in the National Invitation Tournament.
The first four out of the NCAA field are the top four seeds in the NIT. The field comprises four eight-team regions.
Higher seeds have the first option of hosting games in the first 3 rounds. The semifinals and championship game is of course at Madison Square Garden in NYC.
The winners of the past five Postseason NITs were: Minnesota, Baylor, Stanford, Wichita State, Dayton.
The NIT selection show is on ESPNU, Sunday, March 15, 7:30 pm CDT.
The NCAA will experiment with a 30-second shot clock in this year's NIT games.
NIT bracketology can be found here:
http://bracketmatrix.com/nit
Consensus is that SDSU will be a 7-seed, playing the likes of Stanford, Illinois, Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Richmond. Major challenges, especially on their home floors, but winnable nonetheless with your basic really, really good game (and maybe catching a power-5 school who doesn't want it as much as their opponent).
Definitely a big opportunity for the SDSU men to steal a win or three from "better" teams, extend their season, and get more practices in. Aggressive attitude will mean a lot. (I know I'm still not quite over the SL championship game, and if I were an SDSU player, I'd like to have somebody to take out some frustrations on.)
The first four out of the NCAA field are the top four seeds in the NIT. The field comprises four eight-team regions.
Higher seeds have the first option of hosting games in the first 3 rounds. The semifinals and championship game is of course at Madison Square Garden in NYC.
The winners of the past five Postseason NITs were: Minnesota, Baylor, Stanford, Wichita State, Dayton.
The NIT selection show is on ESPNU, Sunday, March 15, 7:30 pm CDT.
The NCAA will experiment with a 30-second shot clock in this year's NIT games.
NIT bracketology can be found here:
http://bracketmatrix.com/nit
Consensus is that SDSU will be a 7-seed, playing the likes of Stanford, Illinois, Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Richmond. Major challenges, especially on their home floors, but winnable nonetheless with your basic really, really good game (and maybe catching a power-5 school who doesn't want it as much as their opponent).
Definitely a big opportunity for the SDSU men to steal a win or three from "better" teams, extend their season, and get more practices in. Aggressive attitude will mean a lot. (I know I'm still not quite over the SL championship game, and if I were an SDSU player, I'd like to have somebody to take out some frustrations on.)
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