(03-15-2015 11:51 AM)FrickerRon Wrote:  I feel that after we lost to CMU, their would be no get this team up. Why sit in the stands again, if we would get a home game and watch them perform the way they did in Cleveland. I am mad as hell about this season. Coach K needs some assistant coaches who know how to coach, extend the bench. Why do we have players on scholarships who don't play. If they aren't any good take the scholarships away.

I agree with this....Aparico for one

Why extend this disaster? No one outside of teams playing in them cares about these secondary tournaments. Toledo didn't care about playing in MAC Tournament, let alone something silly like the CIT. Recruits don't care either. I'd be more concerned about what recruits think about Toledo's regular season results. All this team wants is to end this season and forget that it ever happened, and so do I.

Normally I would say the more games the better, but with 3 seniors, I am not sure. Also not sure if I were MOB & Coach TK, that I would be the one/ones making the decision. I would have taken each one of the seniors aside and asked them if they wanted to play, if even one of them hinted that they weren't interested, then I would pull the plug on the season.

At this point, I say save the money and use it to obtain/keep quality assistants.

Not sure I see the difference between the NIT and the other postseason pseudo tournaments. There will be 5-6 NCAA bubble teams in the NIT but otherwise all three of these events will consist of teams which were not good enough to play in the big dance. The idea that teams can buy a home game is crazy. Season is over and the best teams play on and the others go home.

Its a little like the football bowl games which have not expanded to something like 40 games. A team can play in a bowl game with a 6-6 won/loss record. Really? Why? Because of the money is the reason why. It is not because a team which is 6-6, 7-6, 8-5 deserves to play in one. The fact is you couldn't walk up the street in any town in America other than Jonesboro or Toledo and find anyone who could tell you who won that game. Or care who won that game.

In the Cleveland paper this morning I read that Akron has made the same decision. No mini tourneys for them. Injuries and short bench. Best to shut it down.

(03-15-2015 12:45 PM)falconplucker Wrote:  Why extend this disaster? No one outside of teams playing in them cares about these secondary tournaments. Toledo didn't care about playing in MAC Tournament, let alone something silly like the CIT. Recruits don't care either. I'd be more concerned about what recruits think about Toledo's regular season results. All this team wants is to end this season and forget that it ever happened, and so do I.

Are you being recruited as a shooting or power forward??? How do you know what recruits are thinking?

I think they declined because they think they deserve (and will possibly get into) the NIT.

This not the year to be in a post season tournament unless if is the NCAA or maybe the NIT. Your top 3 scorers are Seniors. Next year if they can do well enough to get it then you do it for all the reasons mentioned in this post. Other than burning Bridges if you are willing to take on a home game any year those bridges will never be burned.

(03-15-2015 03:41 PM)Terry Wrote:  

(03-15-2015 12:45 PM)falconplucker Wrote:  Why extend this disaster? No one outside of teams playing in them cares about these secondary tournaments. Toledo didn't care about playing in MAC Tournament, let alone something silly like the CIT. Recruits don't care either. I'd be more concerned about what recruits think about Toledo's regular season results. All this team wants is to end this season and forget that it ever happened, and so do I.

Are you being recruited as a shooting or power forward??? How do you know what recruits are thinking?

If you have to worry that a recruit won't choose your school, because you turned down the opportunity to play a post season game in the CIT tournament, against someone like Norfolk St or Quinnepac, then your program isn't worth talking about. I could see playing in a third tier tournament, if it was a young team looking for experience, or if Toledo played a great season and lost in the conference finals, but the way they play, it would be a one and done wasted trip. Toledo won't be losing any quality recruits over this decision. If anything, Toledo lost recruits as a result of the season.

(03-15-2015 06:56 PM)toddjnsn Wrote:  I think they declined because they think they deserve (and will possibly get into) the NIT.

Didn't

Somewhat related to UT's decision to decline a postseason bid, Colorado accepted a bid to play in the CBI. But the team's leading scorer has decided he's not going to play.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...appearance

The VCU game ended poorly. Faded in the 4th quarter and couldn't hang at the end. I was disappointed in their play.
But after the Detroit and Oakland games I had literally no expectation of MAC success or an NCAA tourney bid for this team.
That was an unpopular stance so early in the season because no MAC games had been played yet but those games showed me everything I needed to see.
And they proved to be that team all season long.

No, they ran off a winning streak later on in the conference slate, many of which involved contending teams, which got us all excited again, for good reason. I've seen people post our record of 1-4 against the higher seeds, but that's a load of cherry-picked gappadegook because the top 7 seeds all were pretty much the same, so obviously the ones we lost to will be in front of us and the ones we beat will be behind us because there's tiebreaks and all.

Then of course we played NIU at home and it was like that win streak never happened. I guess these guys were right about that part. Kind of wish CMU would have made more of their season though. They came up small against Buffalo and smaller against NIT Opponent. Like they were only in it to beat us or something. Wouldn't surprise me; everyone does exactly that in football too.

(03-17-2015 06:14 PM)cnyrocketfan Wrote:  Somewhat related to UT's decision to decline a postseason bid, Colorado accepted a bid to play in the CBI. But the team's leading scorer has decided he's not going to play.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...appearance

Wow, wonder if that hurts his pro chances.

(03-18-2015 11:04 AM)therockets046 Wrote:  They came up small against Buffalo and smaller against NIT Opponent. Like they were only in it to beat us or something. Wouldn't surprise me; everyone does exactly that in football too.

Not sure if you're joking but if CMU went 1-11 in football and beat us their fans would be incensed. If the one win was against WMU it would be considered an OK season. Apart from BG and lately NIU I don't think any MAC teams hold UT in any special regard.