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Gee, who didn't see this coming ...



To recap: P-6 schools force powers to be to revamp NIT selection process heavily in favor of ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big XII, Pac-12 and SEC. Mid- and low-major regular-season conference champions that don't get an NCAA Tournament invite are no longer guaranteed a spot in the consolation tournament.

Selection Sunday: P6 programs — as anyone with half a brain predicted — are the first to decline a chance to play in the NIT.

You can't make this up

Did the major conferences actually ask for the NIT slots or were they just granted? I can't image actually wanting these slots?

That proposed Fox tournament has always been an empty threat without a huge amount of money. With the way the portal is currently I suspect a lot more teams will decline in the future.

This is 100% a by-product of the portal era. P5 coaches want to go all-in on the portal and NIL and view any postseason that isn't the NCAA Tournament as a distraction from what now matters.

Feel free to update this list.

"No thanks. We know you changed the selection process because of the collective politicking of our conferences, but tbh we don't care enough to play."

Big East: St. John's
B1G: Indiana
SEC: Ole Miss

(03-17-2024 07:11 PM)PeteTheChop Wrote: [ -> ]Feel free to update this list.

"No thanks. We know you changed the selection process because of the collective politicking of our conferences, but tbh we don't care enough to play."

Big East: St. John;s
B1G: Indiana
SEC: Ole Miss

AAC: Memphis

(03-17-2024 07:11 PM)PeteTheChop Wrote: [ -> ]Feel free to update this list.

"No thanks. We know you changed the selection process because of the collective politicking of our conferences, but tbh we don't care enough to play."

Big East: St. John;s
B1G: Indiana
SEC: Ole Miss

ACC: Pitt

(03-17-2024 07:12 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-17-2024 07:11 PM)PeteTheChop Wrote: [ -> ]Feel free to update this list.

"No thanks. We know you changed the selection process because of the collective politicking of our conferences, but tbh we don't care enough to play."

Big East: St. John;s
B1G: Indiana
SEC: Ole Miss

AAC: Memphis

I wanted Memphis to go and get some experience for the returning players. Oh well.

Pitt may have declined, too.

Here is list of P6 conferences teams who winning record and not declined NIT so far:
ACC:
Syracuse
Wake Forest
Florida St
Va Tech
Boston College

Big 12:
Oklahoma
Kansas St
Cincinnati
UCF

Big East:
Seton Hall
Villanova
Providence
Butler

Big Ten:
Iowa
Ohio St
Minnesota

Pac 12
Utah
Washington

SEC:
LSU
Georgia

(03-17-2024 07:10 PM)Mid-Major Hoops Enthusiast Wrote: [ -> ]That proposed Fox tournament has always been an empty threat without a huge amount of money. With the way the portal is currently I suspect a lot more teams will decline in the future.

100%

March 2023: "The NIT matters less and less every season."

October 2023: "We changed the NIT selection process because FOX might start a competing consolation tournament for the P6 schools and we don't want to lose them."

March 2024: "P6 schools sure don't seem interested in the NIT."

(03-17-2024 07:15 PM)stever20 Wrote: [ -> ]Here is list of P6 conferences teams who winning record and not declined NIT so far:
ACC:
Syracuse
Wake Forest
Florida St
Va Tech
Boston College

Big 12:
Oklahoma
Kansas St
Cincinnati
UCF

Big East:
Seton Hall
Villanova
Providence
Butler

Big Ten:
Iowa
Ohio St
Minnesota

Pac 12
Utah
Washington

SEC:
LSU
Georgia

Thank you sir.

From the Seattle Times reporter:

They should have just left it alone the way it was

The NIT used to be my favorite tourney because the teams were talented and played for something. Wonder what that is going to look like this year.

UCF vs USF will be a good first round matchup!

Ohio State will play Cornell.

(03-17-2024 07:38 PM)dbackjon Wrote: [ -> ]They should have just left it alone the way it was

They should just change it back to the way it was.

(03-17-2024 09:04 PM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-17-2024 07:38 PM)dbackjon Wrote: [ -> ]They should have just left it alone the way it was

They should just change it back to the way it was.

Why did the NCAA cave into changing the format?

Tom Crean just gave an epic speech on ESPN for teams opting out of the NIT.