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Another postseason tournament to compete with CBI

TheAsianSensation said:
Random sidenote: I could see the .500 rule repealed for some of the lesser tournaments. And by lesser, I mean NIT.

Think about: Who's more deserving, a 15-17 (7-9) Georgia Tech out of the #1 conferece, or Southern Miss 19-14 (9-7) out of a much weaker conference? I'd almost argue that GT has the better resume, at least in this shallow analysis. RPI includes SoS, and notice how GT has an RPI way, way up there in the 60s.

While it's blasphemy to say this on a mid-major message board, I'd rather reward a 7-9 ACC record that includes unbalanced league scheduling than a, say, 9-9 MVC record. But it's close.

With all the lesser tournaments, the NIT is more freer to not worry about snubbing 20-win mid major teams.
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Watch it. You're sounding a lot like the ESPN pundits when they talk up their BCS teams over mid-major teams! ;) But I see your point and it would make sense to help strengthen the field. We all know that Southern Miss had one of the worst non-conference schedules that I have ever seen, and this year LSU's is just as awful as well. Any record close to .500 and LSU should be banished to the CI.com tournament this year, IF they're lucky!

The good thing about a fourth postseason tournament though is that some of these under .500 BCS teams could see action, as well as a team like IUPUI that got snubbed last year with 26 wins. I don't care how weak their schedule was, but leaving a team with 26 wins out of postseason is terrible. I thought they were offered a CBI spot but they didn't want to pay the entrance fee. With the CI.com tournament sponsors will foot the bill, so that would be good for teams like IUPUI that have great records but can't draw the fans that would help them make money.
 
Da Coach said:
Think of these tournaments as similar to the Coaches vs. Cancer, Las Vegas Classic, or the South Padre Island tournaments.

They are not meant to compete with the NCAA or even the NIT tournaments, and nobody is suggesting that the winner of the CBI or this CollegeInsider.com tournament has any claim to national prominence.

It is simply a means for programs from smaller conferences to play games against other opponents, maybe some from big conferences, and get recognized a little.

Bradley would otherwise never be given a chance to play a Big East school like Cincinnati at home, or have a chance to play an ACC school like Virginia at all. As long as midmajor schools are willing to risk losing money, it is a good thing for them. However, I wouldn't be surprised to see conference like the Big East and the ACC tell their members to stay out of them, for fear of being embarrassed by a Bradley.
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"Recognized a little" is exactly right. Nobody outside of alumni and a small group of niche fans watch such games. Mediocre vs. mediocre isn't good for anybody....to quote Dan Bernstein: Bad, bad, bad.
 
Good news, is ... if we get relegated to another second rate tourney ... we can claim these wins again to pad our win total up to 20 ... gotta keep that streak alive somehow. :D

I really hope we're not in a position again this year (or any year in the near future), wondering if we are going to play in the CBI or CIT tourney ... let's just play well enough to make the NCAA or NIT. Please!
 
BUBraves2006 said:
Good news, is ... if we get relegated to another second rate tourney ... we can claim these wins again to pad our win total up to 20 ... gotta keep that streak alive somehow. :D

I really hope we're not in a position again this year (or any year in the near future), wondering if we are going to play in the CBI or CIT tourney ... let's just play well enough to make the NCAA or NIT. Please!
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I think we can and WILL get to 20 (+) wins cause of the post-season.

That'll drive some people just bonkers.

Maybe we should turn down a post-season bid to a 2nd-rate Tourney so some other program can get to 20 (+) wins and then those people can put it in Bradley Fan's face sometime down the road on how they have more wins than Bradley... blah, blah, blah....

We're never happy. :roll:

;)
 
Personally, I don't think the 20 win mark means nearly as much as it did even 5 years ago. With all the extra in-season tournaments bumping the number of regular-season games up to the 29-30 range plus these new extra postseason tourneys, it's suddenly much easier to reach 20 wins. These days, you've got to reach around 23 wins for it to mean what 20 wins used to.
 
BUBraves2006 said:
Good news, is ... if we get relegated to another second rate tourney ... we can claim these wins again to pad our win total up to 20 ... gotta keep that streak alive somehow. :D

I really hope we're not in a position again this year (or any year in the near future), wondering if we are going to play in the CBI or CIT tourney ... let's just play well enough to make the NCAA or NIT. Please!
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Don't worry. I think we should be able to finish in the top 3 or 4 which should be good enough for the NIT. :)
 
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