[NU Sports] NIT field

[Scott Zeller]

yes, wouldn't it have made more sense to have NU be a #4 and host a #5
Illinois State? That would have been a sure sellout, a good game, and have
generated a lot of local interest.

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:31 AM, SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
<sjtruog at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
> Not sure I like how the NIT field is set these days. I think the seedings
> are a good idea, but they seem to be going the opposite way of the NCAA in
> terms of keeping teams as close to home as possible.
>
> It hurts interest in the games with regional rivalries that often are not
> on the schedule between bigger and smaller league schools. And it's gotta
> hurt in travel - especially given the short span between NIT rounds. This
> isn't the NCAA where the schools have a lot of money to cover costs -- is
> this taking a bite out of NU's athletic budget to head to Oklahoma and then
> possibly Alabama (as opposed to Iowa and Indiana?).
>
> And it's not just NU (I can see making a lower seed travel), but placing
> New Mexico as #3 in what could be called their "east" regional and South
> Carolina as #3 in the "west"?? Doesn't make much sense.
>
> Just a shame to see the opportunity to have NU-KSU in a 4/5 game of purple
> passion or NU-UK in another battle of Wildcats at 4/5 and get some interest
> in a Big Ten-SEC game in Rupp Arena. But Tulsa? Yawn.
>
> Doesn't make much basketball or financial sense for all that needless
> travel and to reduce interest in the games by the fans and viewers.
>
> Still, gotta seize the moment!
> GO CATS!!! BEAT THE HURRICANE!
> -SjT
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