Bracketology

[bigticket1]

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Hard to tell if the Longhorns really will want to keep playing - .500 record certainly is below expectations, especially with the $ they are paying Shaka Smart. In Texas, there may be more interest in spring football than playing in the NIT.

[Carolina010]

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at least we get ESPN instead of ESPN3 or ESPNU

[YanktonJack7]

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#7 vs #2 Texas

8pm Tuesday on ESPN

[Hammersmith]

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#7 vs #2 Texas

[LARabbit]

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There are currently eight teams that have an automatic bid to the NIT. The teams (with their current NET rankings) are Belmont (46), Libscomb (47), Hofstra (74), SDSU (104), Loyola (126), Wright State (141), Campbell (223) and St. Francis (253). There is a chance Belmont could receive an at large to the NCAAs, but that will not affect the Jack's seed anyway.

The only way we will move up on the seed lines is if any more teams ranked lower than us lose in their conference tournament. Of the conference tournaments remaining, there are 10 with regular season conference champs that would not receive an at large to the NCAA tournament if they lose in their conference tournament, and they would be NIT autobids. The remaining potential autobids are Vermont (75), UC Irvine (76), Old Dominion (98), Montana (125), Georgia State (127), Harvard (131), Sam Houston (174), Prairie View (209) and Norfolk State (256). So we would need four of the six teams that are ranked worse than us to lose in order to move to the number 6 seed.

I'm not real sure of possible 2 seeds that we could be facing. The first four out of the NCAA tourney are automatically the four number one seeds of the NIT tournament. There are certainly some politics that go into the rest of the at large teams and their respective seeds.

[mitchellrabbit]

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https://www.dratings.com/predictor/bracketology/

[bigticket1]

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Ha. I'd say this one is particularly bad. They have Montana in the NIT. It appears they are playing in the first round of their conference tourney now.

I was surprised that they had Utah State in there as well.

[mitchellrabbit]

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Ha. I'd say this one is particularly bad. They have Montana in the NIT. It appears they are playing in the first round of their conference tourney now.

Whats even worse is their ncaa bracket has Montana as a 15 seed. Guess theyre going to both tourneys.

[MontanaRabbit]

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Here is one NIT bracketology

https://thebarkingcrow.com/nit-bracketology/

Ha. I'd say this one is particularly bad. They have Montana in the NIT. It appears they are playing in the first round of their conference tourney now.

[mitchellrabbit]

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Here is one NIT bracketology

https://thebarkingcrow.com/nit-bracketology/

[JimmieTuba]

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I don’t think anyone is saying they would rather play in the NIT than win the SLT and play in the big dance but that is not the hand we were dealt this year so now it’s time to make the most of it and try and win as many games as possible in the NIT. Also I bet everyone on the team would be happy to win a few game and get the chance to play in Madison Square Garden.

QTF

Considering you don't know the outcome of any game, it is all hypothetical. If you are going to guarantee me 1 game in the NCAA vs a championship run in the NIT, I will lean NIT. However, with the unknown, I would much rather see the Jacks in the NCAA than the NIT.

[Carolina010]

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Winning one game in the NCAA is quite possible. NDSU did it and we had been in very close games there as well. We are selling us short by saying NIT with a few wins is better than the NIT. We are SDSU not usd.

I don’t think anyone is saying they would rather play in the NIT than win the SLT and play in the big dance but that is not the hand we were dealt this year so now it’s time to make the most of it and try and win as many games as possible in the NIT. Also I bet everyone on the team would be happy to win a few game and get the chance to play in Madison Square Garden.

[JimmieTuba]

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What if I told you the underclassman don't really play?

Yes yes, I should have said, "For those coming back next year, NIT."

[jacksstudent]

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Winning one game in the NCAA is quite possible. NDSU did it and we had been in very close games there as well. We are selling us short by saying NIT with a few wins is better than the NIT. We are SDSU not usd.

[Carolina010]

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The midmajor madness nit bracket has us as an 8 seed playing Arizona state.