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NCAA tourney is overrated. It's all about the NIT. I'll be filling out an NIT bracket this year, not a March Madness bracket.
At first glance, like either Gophers or Johnnies to win it.Comment -
SMU region
No. 1 SMU vs. No. 8 UC Irvine (Wednesday)
No. 4 San Francisco vs. No. 5 LSU (Wednesday)
No. 3 Arkansas vs. No. 6 Indiana State (Tuesday)
No. 2 Cal vs. No. 7 Utah Valley (Wednesday)
St. John's region
No. 1 St. John's vs. No. 8 Robert Morris (Tuesday)
No. 4 Green Bay vs. No. 5 Belmont (Tuesday)
No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 6 Georgia State (Tuesday)
No. 2 Illinois vs.No. 7 Boston University (Wednesday)
Minnesota region
No. 1 Minnesota vs. No. 8 High Point (Tuesday)
No. 4 Saint Mary's vs. No. 5 Utah (Tuesday)
No. 3 Southern Miss vs. No. 6 Toledo (Wednesday)
No. 2 Missouri vs. No. 7 Davidson (Tuesday)
Florida State region
No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 8 FGCU (Tuesday)
No. 4 Georgetown vs. No. 5 West Virginia (Tuesday)
No. 3 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 6 Iona (Wednesday)
No. 2 Georgia vs. No. 7 Vermont (Wednesday)Comment -
CIT is an opportunity as well
Tuesday, March 18
VMI (19-12) @ Canisius (20-12)
Wright State (20-14) @ East Carolina (17-16)
Norfolk State (19-14) @ Eastern Michigan (21-14)
Chattanooga (18-14) @ ETSU (18-15)
Columbia (19-12) @ Valparaiso (18-15)
Alabama State (19-12) @ Sam Houston State (23-10)
Portland State (17-14) @ San Diego
Wednesday, March 19
Quinnipiac (20-11) @ Yale (15-13)
Towson (23-10) @ USC Upstate (19-14)
Cleveland State (21-11) @ Ohio (23-11)
Akron (21-12) @ IPFW (24-10)
Murray State (18-11) @ Missouri State (20-12)
North Dakota (17-16) @ Nebraska-Omaha (16-14)
Texas A&M Corpus Christi (17-15) @ Northern Colorado (18-13)
Pacific (15-15) @ Grand Canyon (15-14)Comment -
This is a deep tourney too
College Hoops best year as far as strengthComment -
Canisius and Sam Houston should have made NIT
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Eastern Michigan will be a money maker in that BracketComment -
betting it can be risky like how does SMU come out and play do they just shit the bed because they don;t want to be there or do they actually try?Comment -
illini win nitComment -
The nit actually has better low major teams overall. Green bay belmont is a good game. Illinois boston and clemson ga st also intetestingComment -
I second that fellow cleveland state fan! St Mary's max bet vs Utah. !Comment -
this is the key. just like in bowl games - have to research which teams are disappointed/checked out and which are still trying to prove a point.. the difference is there's no month lay-off like in bowl games. if anybody finds a good lean on a team's mentality share with us and let's get this $$
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FSU FGCU will be fun. Who wants it, St. John's doesn't...they will fold up shop. bosigga said it, gotta find out who checked out already.Comment -
that is where you make money, the NIT, home court advantage, ignore the big dance, those neutral courts will kill youComment -
NIT bracket is loaded this year.Comment -
Dangerous to bet in 1st round of NIT...don't know which teams come ready to play, especially if left out of NCAA tourney.
Better to wait 'til 2nd round.
I like So. Miss. - they did well last year in NIT at home
San Fran looks good in 1st round though - are they favored?Comment -
im actually excited for the nit, really good games.Comment -
This tourney is all about who feels slighted (motivated) and who has zero motivation (see Kentucky ly).
SJ could be dangerous here.Comment -
smu would seem to have zero motivationComment -
If I was SMU I'd turn down the bidComment -
These smaller tourneys probably do have many more good spots then march madness . Players motivation is a big issue in these tournaments. Especially when it's a major school going been beyond the NIT to the real worthless tourneys. A team that for the last three months has been facing ACC /big ten or other major conference foes can be real discouraged lacing up for these games
good luck billy
Think about tonight's Georgetown and west Va matchup if you are a mountaineers fan. It was the first thing I noticed looking at these smaller tournaments. Four years ago I was at the garden when these two teams played each other in the big east championship. WV beat a top ten team Villanova by 2 68-66 in OT the game prior to the big east tournament. They then proceeded to win three games in the big east tournament to take down the title by a combined 7 points! The final being a two point win versus the hoyas
The championship run gave WV so much momentum they rode it all the way to the final four that year where they lost to the eventual national champion duke blue devils. On the flips side the hoyas never recovered and were embarrassed easily 97-83 by 12 seed Ohio in the first round of the ncaa tournament.
Now just four years and five days later the freshman from those two teams end their careers in a worthless tournament on a Tuesday. these two proud programs are playing a game only hard core degenerates will be watching .Comment -
1st time I looked at the card and good matchups and hard to cape
I took a few tabs
Best of luckComment -
Guys start looking at this angle I posted earlier. It's goins super strong to start. All these games are 1 seeds vs 8 seeds at home of 1 seed.
SJU vs Rovert Morris +14. Robert Norris wins half by 20+ and game outright by 11 dog game and half
fla st FGU +10.5 close game throughout now 1.29 left fla by 5
minn vs highpoint +17 3 point game late in first half
Clemson a play with this angle as well.
These "big teams " doing what I expected they are sleepwalking through these matchupsComment -
Looks like St. John's didn't care the kids just went through the motionsComment
