For those who wonder if we would have "made" the CBI

[olshin]

Colorado is 15-17 and hosting.

Playing without their leading scorer, a senior, who just didn't really want to play in the game.

So it's fair to say it really was our choice to go or not.

 

[FeralFelidae]

All the other teams in the field have a winning record, including seven with at least 20 wins. There are always some decent teams that play.

The other tournament, the CIT, is presumably "less expensive" to play in, but as a matter of policy they do not invite any "power conference" teams. NU cannot play in the CIT even if they want to.

I wonder if more "power conference" teams would elect to play in the CIT if they were invited. I believe the only time a sub-.500 team has played in the CIT was the auto-bid to the winner of the (now-defunct) Great West Conference, whose champion did not receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. If the CIT were to offer invitations to "power conference" teams with a record above .500 only, what's the harm in that?
This post was edited on 3/17 3:04 PM by FeralFelidae

 

[olshin]

No "harm" other than as you said, it exists for mid-major and lower-D1 conference teams to have some sort of reward for good seasons.

 

[Secho99]

Colorado is the only power conference team in the CBI. Delaware State and Seattle are hosting games despite being barely above .500 from bad leagues. It's a weak field even by CBI standards, so major conference teams must just be deciding it's not worth it.
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