Sandiego State and St Mary's got snub. St Mary's is a very good team with a healthy Pat Mills, damn big Conference bias. Maryland is opportunistic to play against good teams that aren't bringing their best to the conference tourney.
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madmaxx
SBR MVP
03-14-07
3289
#4
zona lost 5 of last 6 and got in based on reputation, its ridiculous when they say they arent objective toward popular teams
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Mac4Lyfe
SBR Aristocracy
01-04-09
48366
#5
The NIT should be fairly entertaining...
Only 4 mid majors got in from the field. That number keeps getting smaller every year and the small schools have zero chance.
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AMBlai01
SBR Hall of Famer
09-16-08
5882
#6
Creighton shouldn't have been in....but SDSU getting the snub....now thats insane.
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daggerkobe
SBR Posting Legend
03-25-08
10744
#7
Im a PAC-10 honk but AZ clearly got in cause they wanted to keep the consecutive streak alive.... now 25 in a row.
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Vonnegut
SBR MVP
01-08-09
1499
#8
I agree that San Diego State and especially St. Mary's got the bigtime snub this year. I cant believe St. Mary's didnt get an at large.
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pavyracer
SBR Aristocracy
04-12-07
82583
#9
It's all about the money guys. With the bad economy they chose big name schools so they can sell the pricey tickets to a bigger fan base. Teams like Creighton and St. Mary's have no traveling fans and it would have been an economic disaster if they advanced in later rounds.