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NIT Bubble Watch

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IU is listed as a 7 seed in the latest NIT Bracketology. Would love some more basketball this season but seems like the odds of getting bumped as conference tournaments go on are high.
http://www.nycbuckets.com/current-nit-bracketology/
Beating Ohio and Rutgers would of gotten us in. I don't think we have any shot now.

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30 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Would love this for the guys.

Not thinking we deserve it but... would gladly watch.


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If we get an invite let’s not turn down a possible home game for the chance to play in say Atlanta.

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To me, the NIT is almost a no-win situation. Say we get hot and put together 4-5 good games (or whatever it takes) and win the tourney. Yay, we just won the NIT. So what! ... Or say that we lose our first game -- that only adds to the embarrassment of getting smoked by Rutgers. ... I'd just as soon skip it and start thinking about 2018-19. Just my opinion, though. 

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There's no downside to winning the NIT, or winning multiple games in it. However, we're projected as a 7 seed, and that's assuming we even got in. The chances of hosting a game would be extremely low. I can't see this team winning more than one road game against borderline NCAA tournament teams.

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When the regular season conference champ doesn’t get the automatic bid, they automatically go to the NIT.
FWIW, if Illinois State was to win today, Loyola Chicago would fill one of those NIT automatic spots. And, Loyola is very comfortably stomping ISU in the second half.



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Florida Gulf Coast, #1 seed in the Atlantic Sun was a no-show today in their tourney final, getting run out of the gym by Lipscomb. That will be another auto bid to the NIT.

 

When you look at how many smaller conference tourneys there are, that's a lot of potential auto bids. That doesn't make this thread meaningless, but our NIT chances are probably about 1% at this point, if that.

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