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Your 2025 NIT Bracket is set

Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:43 pm
Posted by cardswinagain
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Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:43 pm
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24826 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:45 pm to
Race for the 69th best team in the country!!!
Posted by Jrv2damac
KS (mountain time)
Member since Mar 2004
72322 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 8:49 pm to
I pick either Dayton, George Mason, or UAB

Posted by KCM0Tiger
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Member since Nov 2011
17004 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 9:23 pm to
I think the NIT is cool TBH
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
36976 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 9:24 pm to
That tournament is going the way of the dinosaur. Power 5 schools were racing each other to see who could be the first to decline the bid

I counted 4 power-5 schools. SMU, Stanford, Georgia Tech, and Oklahoma State.
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
23743 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 9:37 pm to
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I counted 4 power-5 schools. SMU, Stanford, Georgia Tech, and Oklahoma State.

LSU, USCe, Indiana, Rutgers, Northwestern, Wake and maybe another I'm forgetting...All declined to play.

Just go ahead and put the NIT out of its misery.
This post was edited on 3/16/25 at 9:37 pm
Posted by rebel of fortune
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2012
3856 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 9:39 pm to
NIT had some great games over the years but they need to move it back to Madison Square Garden.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80047 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 9:47 pm to
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LSU, USCe, Indiana, Rutgers, Northwestern, Wake and maybe another I'm forgetting...All declined to play.

Just go ahead and put the NIT out of its misery.


There is a new tournament this year, College Basketball Crown

USA Today
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24826 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:24 pm to
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LSU, USCe, Indiana, Rutgers, Northwestern, Wake and maybe another I'm forgetting...All declined to play. Just go ahead and put the NIT out of its misery.

South Carolina turned it down too
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24826 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:26 pm to
quote:

There is a new tournament this year, College Basketball Crown USA Today

So we have NCAA tournament, NIT, CBC, and CBI
EDIT: dont forget Black College Invitational Championship (BCIC) too
This post was edited on 3/16/25 at 10:28 pm
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
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Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:27 pm to
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:28 pm to
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Black College Invitational Championship (BCIC) too
you can’t be serious
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:29 pm to
quote:

I think the NIT is cool TBH

Posted by Kinderman
Member since Oct 2023
1159 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:32 pm to
The final list of schools that officially turned down NIT invites:

Butler
Florida State
Georgetown
Indiana
LSU
Nevada
Northwestern
Pitt
Providence
Rutgers
South Carolina
UNLV
Villanova
Wake Forest
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24826 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:33 pm to
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you can’t be serious

LINK
Need more representation of black people in college basketball!
This post was edited on 3/16/25 at 10:34 pm
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
22952 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:38 pm to
quote:

quote:

LSU, USCe, Indiana, Rutgers, Northwestern, Wake and maybe another I'm forgetting...All declined to play. Just go ahead and put the NIT out of its misery.


South Carolina turned it down too
Sadly, it makes perfect sense.

P4 schools pursue NIL-caliber athletes. Those guys are not going to stick around for the NIT, and odds are they won't return the following year either. So there's really no point in forcing them to lie and say they're "injured" etc; it was a business decision that didn't work out.

Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
61920 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:54 pm to
LA Tech is better than half of that field. Curious if they turned down an invite as well.
Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
38262 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 11:54 pm to
You're fricked..
Posted by LSUButt
Lowcountry
Member since Jan 2006
15890 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 12:13 am to
It has to be WAY more

Why is San Jose St in AND hosting a game? They went 7-13 in league and 15-19 overall
Posted by jfan244888
Soda City, SC
Member since Jul 2021
1048 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 1:05 am to
When a whole bunch of bigger schools don't want play this is what you get.
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