I just relayed that message from Kentucky Sports Radio. They reported that Kentucky would have to play their first two NIT games on the road due to staffing issues from hosting the NCAA tournament at Rupp Arena.Originally Posted by RealityCheck
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I just relayed that message from Kentucky Sports Radio. They reported that Kentucky would have to play their first two NIT games on the road due to staffing issues from hosting the NCAA tournament at Rupp Arena.
NIT Bracket Project
NIT Auto Bids
29. Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt) <= NCAA bubble
54. Louisiana Tech (WAC)
65. Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
81. Stony Brook (America East)
114. Long Beach State (Big West)
124. Niagara (MAAC)
132. Robert Morris (NEC)
137. Mercer (A-Sun)
160. Northeastern (CAA)
178. Norfolk State (MEAC)
189. Charleston Southern (Big South)
There will be either 21 or 22 NIT at-large bids depending on whether or not Middle Tennessee receives an NCAA bid.
Must be directly related to the NCAA running the NIT now or something that happened in 2009. But with 3 of the 8 NIT second round games not until next Monday (plus two others on Sunday), I still can't believe Kentucky would be on the road in the second round if it is a top 2 seed in its NIT region with the NCAA being finished at Rupp on Saturday unless there is an additional arena conflict. The arena website doesn't list anything else until mid-April after Saturday's NCAA games.
MTSU got a NCAA bid.
Projected NIT Field (based solely on RPI)
31. Southern Miss
53. Louisiana Tech (WAC)
56. Kentucky
57. UMass
59. Tennessee
60. Alabama
63. Detroit
64. Denver
65. Stephen F. Austin (Southland)
67. Ohio
68. Charlotte
69. BYU
70. Eastern Kentucky
71. Baylor
72. North Dakota State
73. Maryland
74. Indiana State
75. Wyoming
76. Virginia
77. Stanford
79. Iowa
80. Air Force
81. Stony Brook (America East)
82. Saint Joseph's
83. Northern Iowa
114. Long Beach State (Big West)
123. Niagara (MAAC)
132. Robert Morris (NEC)
137. Mercer (A-Sun)
159. Northeastern (CAA)
178. Norfolk State (MEAC)
189. Charleston Southern (Big South)
Top teams that should be left out
84. Weber State
85. Florida State
86. LSU
87. Xavier
88. Washington
89. Arkansas
90. Arizona State
91. Providence
92. Richmond
95. UTEP
96. St. John's
97. Pacific
99. Loyola (Maryland)
100. East Carolina
101. Santa Clara
102. Texas A&M
Last edited by Dawg06; 03-17-2013 at 06:38 PM.
I can see Air Force (15-13 D-I) and Northern Iowa (17-14 D-I) being left out and Florida State and LSU being in.
So, when's the NIT announcement?
8:00-8:30 on E$PNU.
What's the criteria for saying certain teams should be left out of the NIT?
Same criteria as Belmont being #20 RPI and an 11 seed while #52 RPI Villanova is a 9 seed (RPIs before today's games).
E$PN fatheads
NIT Match-Ups
1 Kentucky vs. 8 Robert Morris (in Pittsburgh)
4 Providence vs. 5 Charlotte
3 Arizona State vs. 6 Detroit
2 Baylor vs. 7 Long Beach State
1 Southern Miss vs. 8. Charleston Southern
4 Florida State vs. 5 Louisiana Tech
3 BYU vs. 6 Washington
2 Tennessee vs. 7 Mercer
1 Alabama vs. 8 Northeastern
4 Stanford vs. 5 Stephen F. Austin
3 Denver vs. 6 Ohio
2 Maryland vs. 7 Niagara
1 Virginia vs. 8 Norfolk State
4 Saint Joe's vs. 5 St. John's
3 Iowa vs. 6 Indiana State
2 UMass vs. 7 Stony Brook
Last edited by Dawg06; 03-17-2013 at 08:17 PM.
Absolute travesty....unjustified to make Tech lower than a #3 seed. Even more so with Denver in a #3 seed spot.
Plus one of the 5 non-televised games...huge slap in the face.
Awful.
#5 is not good, but it is what we got
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