Any doubt we aren't a NCAAT team.

[fishwater99]

We are peaking at right time. Deserved a bid.

 

[MarkDallas]

Came together a month too late.

 

[Dawgzilla]

That's why they call it the NIT Frustrated Four

 

[BELdog]

Except for the fact that we are beating a bunch of other teams that weren't good enough to make the dance either...

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

We are a good enough team to be in the NCAA, but we didn’t have the resume, nonway around it.

 

[signdawg]

I think that a deep run in the NIT will be better in the long run for the program than a one an done in the NCAA.

 

[tired]

I don't think we would have been a one-and-done

 

[Go Budaw]

We are peaking at right time. Deserved a bid.

Nah....the “right time” would have been 2 weeks ago. But, it’s good to see us finish a very good season on a strong note.

 

[Dawgcap]

We are peaking at right time. Deserved a bid.

We had a chance to make a run in the tournament if we made a run in the SEC. Bottom line we are a lot better than we were 1 month ago but we needed to be better 3 months ago! I agree we are a top 30 team right now but we gotta deal with the cards we dealt ourselves.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Live in this moment....not what did not happen.

MSG bound!

 

[Shamoan]

I can objectively say we didn't deserve a bid. Our ooc slate was historically bad for a power 5 school and we lost to the worst teams in the league. If we beat Mizzou, that would have been enough, but we didn't. This little run in the NIT will likely be better in the long run, but the big dance was obviously the better outcome.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Schedule better OOC.... The NCAA places equal emphasis on OOC schedule.

 

[Dawgcap]

Schedule better OOC.... The NCAA places equal emphasis on OOC schedule.

Or finish 11-7 in conference. We were 2-3 games out based on on our ooc. But based on our early play a tougher ooc might have hurt us. Bottom line we were close but we gelled a bit to late. Nothing wrong with that. Jan 1 we were nowhere near a NCAA tournament team. We had to learn how to win. Just a month late based on our conference record

 

[mstateglfr]

We are peaking at right time. Deserved a bid.

Peaking after conference play ends isn't the right time.

Also, the selection committee doesnt weigh recent play over full schedule any more.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Schedule better OOC.... The NCAA places equal emphasis on OOC schedule.

I understand that, but it also punishes younger teams that are trying to learn and DO improve as the season goes along.

We played two tourney teams OOC and had teams tank we were expecting to do better.

 

[Dawgzilla]

Is everyone forgetting our last two games of the regular season? That was not a team worthy of the tournament, and I don't think one road win over Missouri would have made up for it.

 

[L4Dawg]

The teams we are beating didn’t make the NCAA either. Let’s not get carried away.

 

[Go Budaw]

Or finish 11-7 in conference. We were 2-3 games out based on on our ooc. But based on our early play a tougher ooc might have hurt us. Bottom line we were close but we gelled a bit to late. Nothing wrong with that. Jan 1 we were nowhere near a NCAA tournament team. We had to learn how to win. Just a month late based on our conference record

A tougher NC schedule would have only helped us. AGAIN, we could have replaced the teams in the RPI 300’s with teams in the RPI 100’s, and we would have been in the Dance. We didn’t have to add Kansas, North Carolina, and Duke. Just adding some below average mid-majors that weren’t even CBI caliber instead of SWAC teams would have done wonders. Even in a worst case scenario, it has been mathematically proven time and time again that a LOSS to a team in the RPI 100-150 range is better for your RPI than a WIN over a 300+ team.

People need to quit worrying about higher number of losses. The actual record / total number of losses is about the last thing the selection committee looks at, if they even look at it at all. Just look at Alabama this year. The “20 wins and you’re in” mentality is so outdated that it is comical. We never need to schedule how we did this year in MBB ever again, in any sport.

 

[LandArchDawg]

Beat TN once and we are in. Just didn't take care of bidness.

 

[fishwater99]

Beat TN once and we are in. Just didn't take care of bidness.

Or win at Vandy and at Mizzo and we are in too..