[NU Sports] NIT Seeds

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

The old NIT probably could have made changes, but I think this new NIT is trying to be a "legit" tourney and will stick to seeding.

Kind of a stupid move, IMO. We would have been a much more natural seed in the "midwest" region -- we could have started at Cincy, moved on to perhaps play Dayton or Illinois State and then set up a showdown with the Illini for a trip to New York.

At least this time we're out "east" instead of "south" where we might get some more purple in the stands ... though Wichita or Reno isn't exactly east in the second round.

Not sure why the NIT switched to seeding -- the regional format seemed much better to get local interest up (i.e. NU/DePaul or NU/ND games) ... it's not like the seedings make much difference after the NCAA is done.

But we're in, so let's go for the Big Apple!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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--- On Sun, 3/14/10, Sportsbiz <sportsbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Sportsbiz <sportsbiz at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NIT Seeds
> To: "Mike Nolan" <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
> Cc: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 8:38 PM
> Home games in the NIT are not
> determined exclusively by seeds, at least they
> haven't been in the past.  The general rule is to
> continue with the higher
> seeded team at home but if that arena is too small, ticket
> sales are bad or
> other issues then the seedings won't hold.  I can
> remember the NIT moving
> games away from the higher seed just because the lower seed
> guaranteed a
> sold out arena through to NYC if they kept winning. 
> That was good enough
> for the NCAA.
> 
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > > Can anyone answer this question regarding
> tournament seeding's and
> > > pairings, specifically;
> > >
> > > If NU, a #7 seed, beats RI, a #2 seed, do we then
> assume the #2 seeding
> > for
> > >  our next game.....or are we still #7 and
> still on the  road?
> >
> > The usual practice is that you retain your seed number
> but take your
> > opponent's place on the chart.  So, unless it
> comes down to #7 vs #8,
> > we won't be the higher seeded team and get a home
> game.
> > --
> > Mike Nolan
> >
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