NCAA/NIT?

[purplehaze]

In today's TU Will Brown is quoted as saying "two teams going on in the post-season--and we want to go to the four letter tournament" sic. Do you think America East has been told that if UA loses saturday's game,we will get an NIT bid? I know UVM has an automatic if they lose

anybody have any idea? I know the NIT has reduced its field to 32 for this year.

[UA_MA_2000]

I think it is just Coach feeling confident that if we lose, we will still get an at-large bid to the NIT. I think 1 or 2 mid-major or small conference winners have lost in their conference tournaments this week, so that takes away spots from at-large teams in the NCAAs and puts them as either automatic bids to the NIT or at-large bids to the NIT. Either way, every time a team doesn't make the NCAA, and goes to the NIT, that, in turn, takes away a NIT bubble team!

[albanyhoops31]

if we were to beat vermont...say 69-63...would we get a 16 seed? or like a 14-15?

[UAalum72]

The score won't matter; the seed will depend on who wins all the other conference tournaments. We shouldn't be a 16; 14 or 15 are most likely.

[haggyland]

If you go to RealTimeRPI and count back from the end of the list, it will give you a ROUGH idea of who will be considered a lesser seed (NCAA qualifiers are in bold).

 

Right now there are five bids below UAlbany, so they could/should be a 15.

However, if Boise State keeps winning, and if UAlbany beats UVM, their RPI will continue to incease.

[purplehaze]

I retract my original question. Coach Lonergan, good luck in the NIT!

[albanyhoops31]

I retract my original question. Coach Lonergan, good luck in th NIT!

haha!

[purplehaze]

Could UVM be heading to Syracuse for an NIT matchup? Nice rematch of the 2005 NCAA first round?

[Kwik]

For those who are curious, Vermont is going to Kansas St. for round 1 of the NIT.

 

And what a difference a year makes...UConn missed the NCAAs and the NIT, they're done for the season.

[purplehaze]

Vermont is heading to Manhattan ,Kansas to play Kansas State in the First round of the NIT

[UA_MA_2000]

If we had lost yesterday, is it possible that we would have missed the tournament? Obviously, it doesn't matter now (thankfully!), but I'm just curious what the thoughts are.