[NU Sports] NIT announcement tonight

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I haven't seen any bracket projections but I do know that when it comes to
the NIT at-large teams, money talks.  You can bid your way into the tourney
and hosting first round games which may not help NU a whole lot given the
competition.  Dayton is in the A-10 championship game, although currently
losing to Richmond, so they could play their way into the Big Dance and off
the NIT bubble.

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Scott Zeller, M.D. <scottzel at gmail.com>wrote:

> Word is it is looking pretty dicey right now. NIT must give bids to
> regular-season champs in any conference that loses its championship
> tournament. There have been an unusual number of these upsets this year
> eating up most of the NIT slots. According to one website, the nine schools
> Southern Miss, New Mexico, Mississippi, Nebraska, Baylor, Northwestern,
> UCF,
> Iona, and Dayton are fighting for the last three spots.
>
> For conference "wow" factor you would give the edge to Mississippi, NU and
> either Nebraska or Baylor.  But the NIT is run by the NCAA now and I don't
> know if names/money mean as much any more.
>
> By the way, did anyone know that UCF (Univ Central Florida) is the USA's
> 2nd
> largest school with 56,000 students?
>
> Scott Zeller MD
> Med '86
>
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Weinbaum, Willie
> <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>wrote:
>
> > 9-9:30 p.m. Eastern: NIT Selection Special, ESPNU
> >
> > >From Blackberry - please excuse typos
> >
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