Somehow Kent remains ahead of us despite us being 3-0 against them which should probably show that it is flawed as a metric
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Thatâs the year the MAC was trending toward three or four bids until they redid the RPI calculation mid-season. My rant âBob Bowlsby: Crony Capitalistâ is buried under the rubble of the old site, but I stand by the sentiment.
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Bob Bowlsby⌠similar to this year with UNC, âOh look, Iowa just managed to snag a bid when its AD is leading the committee. What are the chances???â
https://x.com/WACsports/status/1901438944975167552
Seems like the first team confirmed
Is that a real team? The unis look like something from an Eighties teen comedy.
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I honestly had to look up which WAC team has Wolverines as its mascot. If I initially noticed the logo on the shorts, I could have figured it out. But still, weâve reached the point in which an NIT announcement is met with the reaction of âwait, which team is this?â
https://x.com/NITMBB/status/1901439392209633494
Hopefully a good sign for more mid majors and less power conference teams
Van surfing is a homecoming tradition out there
The WAB column in the NET rating is very interesting and more correct in my eyes. It has Akron and Miami much higher. Miami is 20 spots or so above Kent (hey, that makes sense!) and close to Troy.
Under current rules, every conference in the top 14 is guaranteed at least one autobid to the NIT, regardless of whether they won the regular season championship. That includes the Big West, Ivy League, Missouri Valley, and WAC this year.
The MAC was 23rd this year, behind conferences like the Big South, Horizon League, Big Sky, and Southland.
Looks like Chattanooga and Northern Colorado will also get autobids due to being regular season champs in the top 125.
NIU canât leave soon enough
Dropping NIU and adding UMass still only gets us to 20th. Weâd need to drop NIU, add UMass, and improve the conferenceâs average ranking by 20 spots before weâd get a guaranteed NIT spot.
=>Miami will be in the NIT field once this block gets in the hole.
8 mins till we find out
Toledo women were rewarded Minnesota at home in the WNIT for losing the MAC championship
Going up 3 spots is actually bigger than I thought because UMass wasnt good this year
If Miami isnât in the field, itâs a kick in the teeth at 9:30 for the second consecutive night.
https://x.com/BradyH_216/status/1901445502501040605
If we arenât in now I will throw a fit
As I said above, the NIT isnât watching game tape or even looking up teams. They are sorting by NET ranking. And Kent was 30 spots better than us.