[NU Sports] Could be interesting NIT

[Weinbaum, Willie]

Thanks - it'd be very disappointing if this is on the mark.  Would be great if the Cats come up with some success in the Big Ten tourney to get in from the bubble. :)  

>From Blackberry - please excuse typos

W. Weinbaum
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This site, which has been historically pretty accurate and nailed our
seeding in the NIT last year, as of today has NU out of the NIT, a possible
bubble team:

http://www.nitology.com/

To answer your question, last year's Stanford team -- a major conference
team with plenty of history and in the Final Four not long ago -- did not
make the NIT despite a 20-14 record. They did pony up the bucks for the CBI
and ended up making it to the semifinals of the tournament before losing to
eventual champion Oregon State.

Without a good run in the BT tourney, if NU does make the NIT, they will
likely be no better than a #8 seed, playing a #1 seed on the road. Might not
be very pretty given the team's performance away from home this year. An
argument could be made that the CBI might be a better chance to get some
experience (and at least a home game out of the deal).

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Gene Topper <
gtopper at strategicresearchpartners.com> wrote:

> NU has clinched an NIT bid long ago....tell me how many major conference
> teams, not invited to the NCAA, with winning overall records and more than
> 15 wins never made the NIT...probably none.
>
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>  Behalf Of Scott Zeller
> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 2:55 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
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>
>
> Unless NU wins at least one game in the BTT the NIT is likely out now as
> well. The CBI would be a possibility but NU would have to pony up $65K to
> host a game in that tournament -- would the school go for that? Stanford
> did
> last year and got a lot of criticism.
>
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Weinbaum, Willie
> <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>wrote:
>
> > With the likes of UConn and North Carolina along with NU.  Will be very
> > interesting to see where/which team NU plays.
> >
> > And, by the way, it was a big day y-day for a couple of teams NU has
> > beaten.  Notre Dame pulled out a thriller and now seems a likely NCAA
> > tourney team.  Iowa State upset K-State in Manhattan, depriving those
> > Wildcats of a shot at a # 1 NCAA seed.  Purdue had a tough time with Penn
> > State, but won, to solidify standing and seed in conference tourney.
> >
> > >From Blackberry - please excuse typos
> >
> > W. Weinbaum
> > Producer
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> > willie.weinbaum at espn.com
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