NCAA and NIT

[Rakkis]

What exactly *is* NIT?
And why were a couple teams (Pepperdine and UC Irvine) selected to do that instead of the NCAA tournament?

 

[shopbruin]

because they suck.

hehehe. the NIT is what i call the "runner up tourney." they're the ones that weren't quite good enough to get into the ncaa tourney so they have to play a bunch of lower caliber teams. this is usually where all the snubs wind up.

 

[ToBeMe]

National Invitational Tourney.............and yea, it's widely regarded as the "Runner Up" tourney to "The Big Show".........been there.......done that......

 

[Soccer55]

It used to be that the NIT was the more prestigious tournament and the NCAA tournament was the "runner-up" tournament. But yes, the NIT is the tournament for teams deemed not good enough to make the NCAA tournament or they missed the NCAA tournament for one reason or another (ie: weak non-conference schedule, strong league but finished in lower half, etc), but they had a good season and deserve some sort of postseason play.

-Tom

 

[slipperyslope]

NIT = Not Invited Tournament

My school(Clemson) wasn't even invited to the Not Invited Tournament

Jim

 

[Rakkis]

Bah.
A pox on NCAA politics.
I don't understand why Utah St goes and UCI does not. (UCI won our division which includes Utah St.)

 

[KevinH]

Heh, because it's the winner of the Big West tournament that gets the automatic bid. I was soo pissed off that UC Irvine choked (yeah I'm an anteater alumni) against Pacific. I went to that POS school when we won 1 freaking game. Danged. Stupid NIT scrubs.

 

[Rakkis]

Someone at school told me I was mistaken. We didn't win. We chocked at the last game. One everyone thought would be a for sure win.

 

[RichieZ]

NIT= NO INTEREST TOURNAMENT!

 

[bolomite]

The Richmond Spiders got screwed!

 

[Sluggo]

NIT = Not In Tournament

NIUT = Not In Unreal Tournament