NIT bracket

**The Great One** · 03-13-06, 01:40 PM

Here ya go.

Interesting new format with some teams getting byes. This was news to me at least.

http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/brackets/viewable_nit

**Illusion** · 03-13-06, 01:40 PM

Here you go

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**The Great One** · 03-13-06, 01:45 PM

Lets try this one more time. Those 2 links that were posted didn't show the whole bracket. This link gets you to the site, then you have to click on the postseason bracket on the left side of the page.

National Invitation Tournament - NIT home

http://www.nit.org/default/nit-default.html

The official home of the NIT Championship features tickets, college basketball news, rankings and scores.

**Winston Smith** · 03-13-06, 03:04 PM

Why are they putting games up against the regular tournament?

Seems like pretty poor planning from a ratings standpoint.

**The Great One** · 03-13-06, 04:13 PM

Originally posted by Winston Smith

Why are they putting games up against the regular tournament?

Seems like pretty poor planning from a ratings standpoint.

Thats a good point. i didn't even see that until I looked at it again. I know they made some revisions with who is on the comittee and all of that.

Could this be the beginning where they try to build this up to make it the #1 tournament like it was back when sports never happened in the 50's? I say this because the top seeds are playing I think it was on the Saturday of the 2nd rounds at 11 when I beleive the NCAA starts the 2nd round on noon.

I don't see how the NIT gets much ratings anyway. because the best teams in it don't give it all they have because they just had the letdown of being left out of the real tourney and nobody cares much about the smaller schools that knew they were going here anyway.

I remember last year when IU got left out, got a home NIT game against Vandy, and no one showed up. Usually there are always sell outs and then the team didn't give 2 sh its and got blown out.

**bigboydan** · 03-13-06, 05:04 PM

thanks guys

**pags11** · 03-13-06, 05:21 PM

the NIT is just so blah...

**bigboydan** · 03-13-06, 11:57 PM

pags, you mean your not going to do a NIT bracket

i think almost everyone forgets about the NIT. this tourney does have some good teams in this field this year.

**pags11** · 03-14-06, 12:16 AM

Dan,

other than Stanford and Hofstra, the NIT is full of teams that mainly cost me money this year...teams that didn't live up to expectations...GL buddy...

**bigboydan** · 03-14-06, 12:19 AM

pags, missouri st. sure did live up to there expectations. they just got jobbed by the committie.

**pags11** · 03-14-06, 04:57 AM

they played well at home, had a nice win vs. Wisc.-Mil. on the road, but I believe they were bounced in the first round of their conference tourney...definitely worthy of a NCAA bid, but could have played better down the stretch...

**imgv94** · 03-14-06, 05:03 AM

Hofstra shouldn't even be here. They should be getting ready
to shock a team at +250 or more.

**pags11** · 03-14-06, 05:15 AM

I'm not even going to begin to cap the NIT...

**imgv94** · 03-14-06, 05:34 AM

I like Virginia against Stanford.. pags any thoughts?