[NU Sports] NIT Seeds

[Scott Zeller]

Teams that win their conference regular season but lose in the conference
tourney, if not chosen as at-large for the NCAA tourney, automatically
qualify for the NIT. The other seeds at NU's level or lower were all
automatic qualifiers. Kent State also was automatic but got a higher seed.
There were 8 auto-qualifiers in the NIT altogether. NU was thus the lowest
"at-large" selection.

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM, SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
<sjtruog at yahoo.com>wrote:

> > close to that. We were very fortunate that the NIT chose us
> > at all. Notice that we are the only #7 seed that wasn't an
> > automatic qualifier. They reached waaay down to grab us,
>
> Automatic qualifier? For the NIT?
>
> The NCAA has seeding and is for the title - the NIT is just a side tourney
> to try and make money and get ratings. A 20-win team out of the Big Ten is
> not a reach. Stonybrook is a reach. :)
>
> > when they could have taken Arizona -- a much more storied
> > program 21 rungs higher in the RPI -- and forgotten all
> > about us.
>
> RPI is just one factor -- NU stacks up favorably to AZ on most others --
> but you're right in that they should have taken Arizona.
>
> Again, it's not about giving small schools a chance ... that tourney made
> its cuts. The NIT needs fans in the seats and people watching on TV. They
> don't use the same criteria as the NCAA.
>
> > assuming we would just breeze through Cincy and Dayton/ISU.
> > Less whining and more winning, please.
>
> No one's saying we'd breeze through anyone - just questioning the NIT's
> pairings. They seem confused to their mission and seem to think they're the
> NCAA trying seeds instead of promoting regional matchups that will fill
> seats and get ratings.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
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