Hawks #1

[blubberhawk]

In the country, ATS (against the spread) this season.
24-9.
10-0 in their last 10 games.
Pick'em game tonight.
should be a good one.
Baylor is long, lean and athletic.

 

[blkngldFRO]

if the hawks win the NIT game tonight does that mean the hawks are really #69 in the nation since they were snubbed from the big dance?

 

[WindsorHawk]

I hope they extend that streak to 11 in a row because the Hawks are currently 2 to 2.5 point favorites.

 

[STILLBUSTER]

if the hawks win the NIT game tonight does that mean the hawks are really #69 in the nation since they were snubbed from the big dance?

Only one way to settle this ... NIT finalists vs NCAA finalists in a 4-team rounder on April 13th-14th.
NCAA champ = #1, runner-up = #2, NIT champ = #3, runner-up = #4.
#2 vs #3
#1 vs #4
#2 vs #4
#1 vs #3
Best record wins, with tie-breaker being margins of victory - less margins of defeat.

 

[HawkeyeNTexas]

Only one way to settle this ... NIT finalists vs NCAA finalists in a 4-team rounder on April 13th-14th.
NCAA champ = #1, runner-up = #2, NIT champ = #3, runner-up = #4.
#2 vs #3
#1 vs #4
#2 vs #4
#1 vs #3
Best record wins, with tie-breaker being margins of victory - less margins of defeat.

I like where you are headed with this, although obviously it would never happen.

 

[ssckelley]

if the hawks win the NIT game tonight does that mean the hawks are really #69 in the nation since they were snubbed from the big dance?

No, there are 37 at large bids given out and 31 automatic qualifiers. Of those automatic qualifiers not all of those teams would have gotten a bid had they not won their conference tournament. This year a quick scan through the list of automatic qualifiers I counted 19 teams that would not have made the field of 68 had they not won their conference tournament. So IMO, a team that wins the NIT basically proves they are one of the top 50 teams in the country. You cannot tell me that a team like Liberty or even a team like Akron would emerge as the NIT champion if they would not have made the NCAA tournament, Liberty would not have made any of the post season tournaments.

If the NCAA did their selection process by making all 68 teams an at large and did not give any automatic bids to conference tournament champs then you could say the NIT champ was the 69th best team.

 

[ArvadaHawk]

NIT Champ in a "Play-in" game with the lowest seed in the Final Four. It'll never happen. It would totally invalidate the NCAA selection process; which we already know is, at times, invalid process. But this would mean the big honcho's agree it is.

 

[blkngldFRO]

Only one way to settle this ... NIT finalists vs NCAA finalists in a 4-team rounder on April 13th-14th.
NCAA champ = #1, runner-up = #2, NIT champ = #3, runner-up = #4.
#2 vs #3
#1 vs #4
#2 vs #4
#1 vs #3
Best record wins, with tie-breaker being margins of victory - less margins of defeat.

Be careful I got blasted for suggesting something similar.

 

[TwinCitiesHawk]

NIT Champ in a "Play-in" game with the lowest seed in the Final Four. It'll never happen. It would totally invalidate the NCAA selection process; which we already know is, at times, invalid process. But this would mean the big honcho's agree it is.

That is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. I hope you're not serious?