CBI Tournament

Matt from A700 · March 11

19 hours ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

We finished 17-13.

We will need to get to a final appearance to be considered for the NIT, which would put us around 20-14. "Major" programs will get into the NCAA with a worse record.

With the new NIT format I am intrigued to see what kind of shitty basketball they try to pass off as 1 and 2 seed worthy. We have 13 losses, but also watch a 13 loss big10 or ACC squad be a NIT 1-seed. Also be prepared to watch a 13 loss big10 or ACC team be a non-AQ NCAA team.

Basketball, more than any other sport, is rooted in parity. Take the top 3 teams in any major conference in the country and push them through our top 6 or 7 teams with a home/home. Dumb fans truly believe they would come out unscathed. And the media and selection committee wants the dumb fans to continue thinking that.

If TAMU (18-13) has a quick conference tourney exit and we win three games, hosting the Ags or a trip to Aggieland for an NIT game would be fun.

IIRC the last time we played A&M resulted in one of the most surprising wins of the Benford era.

Edited March 11 by Matt from A700

wardly · March 12

On 3/10/2024 at 4:14 PM, NorthTexasWeLove said:

We finished 17-13.

We will need to get to a final appearance to be considered for the NIT, which would put us around 20-14. "Major" programs will get into the NCAA with a worse record.

With the new NIT format I am intrigued to see what kind of shitty basketball they try to pass off as 1 and 2 seed worthy. We have 13 losses, but also watch a 13 loss big10 or ACC squad be a NIT 1-seed. Also be prepared to watch a 13 loss big10 or ACC team be a non-AQ NCAA team.

Basketball, more than any other sport, is rooted in parity. Take the top 3 teams in any major conference in the country and push them through our top 6 or 7 teams with a home/home. Dumb fans truly believe they would come out unscathed. And the media and selection committee wants the dumb fans to continue thinking that.

Lets just assume we go 1&1 in AAC tournament finishing 18 &14 . Texas and T.C.U. tied for 7th in Big 12 with conference records of 9&9 and season records of 20&11. Who stays home, UNT or them?

NorthTexasWeLove · March 12

6 minutes ago, wardly said:

Lets just assume we go 1&1 in AAC tournament finishing 18 &14 . Texas and T.C.U. tied for 7th in Big 12 with conference records of 9&9 and season records of 20&11. Who stays home, UNT or them?

UNT stays home from the NCAA tourney unless they get the AQ.

But to play with your scenario, they both have better overall records and a .500 leauge play record. Plus, they both have 20 win seasons. They are fringe NCAA teams, and rightfully so.

To me, the set standard to get into the NCAA tournament is a .500 leauge record and 20 wins. If you can't check those boxes then your season doesn't deserve an NCAA look.