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[EllRobersonisInnocent]

5, 10, 15 years down the road, no one remembers if you lost first round or second round, but they certainly will know you made the NCAA's that year. No one cares about winning some exhibition NIT dumpster fire.

  ^
DUMBASS

[420seriouscat69]

I think the women won that one WNIT like 5-6 years ago and the school banned them from playing after that. Atleast, I think that's what happened, cause I haven't heard about them since. 

['taterblast]

The people who would rather win the NIT have the same mentality as those who would rather beat some crappy team in a worthless bowl game than lose to a good team in the Cotton Bowl.

no, not the same

[ksufan44]

5, 10, 15 years down the road, no one remembers if you lost first round or second round, but they certainly will know you made the NCAA's that year. No one cares about winning some exhibition NIT dumpster fire.

  ^
DUMBASS

So 15 years down the road, you're gonna take huge offense to the difference between losing to LaSalle first round or losing to 'Cuse 2nd round? Yeah okay, sure.

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

5, 10, 15 years down the road, no one remembers if you lost first round or second round, but they certainly will know you made the NCAA's that year. No one cares about winning some exhibition NIT dumpster fire.

  ^
DUMBASS

So 15 years down the road, you're gonna take huge offense to the difference between losing to LaSalle first round or losing to 'Cuse 2nd round? Yeah okay, sure.

I won't give a crap 15 years down the road. Right now I'm talking about this season and the immediate future. It would be infinitely better for this team to go win the NIT this year rather than lose in the opening round of the NCAA. If you think otherwise you're a rough ridin' idiot.

[kso_FAN]

There is no correlation that winning the NIT leads to future success for a program.

NCAA appearances are better than the NIT under any circumstance, regardless of success/failure in either tournament. IMHO.

[steve dave]

that's a weird opinion erii

[Stevesie60]

If we win the NIT, it's going to be the most K-STATEO thing in the entire world. Our athletic department would pretend we just won the NCAA tournament. They would make it seem like a bigger deal than winning the Big 12 last year. That's a pretty good reason to never want to win the NIT.

[Rage Against the McKee]

If we win the NIT, it's going to be the most K-STATEO thing in the entire world. Our athletic department would pretend we just won the NCAA tournament. They would make it seem like a bigger deal than winning the Big 12 last year. That's a pretty good reason to never want to win the NIT.

It might be worth going to the NIT just to see our athletic department call us national champs.

[Stevesie60]

Also, can you guys imagine ERII the day that the bracket is announced. Going into the final bracket,
"Please don't say K-State, please don't say K-State, please don't say K-State."
"And number 10, out of Manhattan, KS, THE KANSAS STATE WILDCATS!!"
"ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME!! WE NEVER CATCH ANY BREAKS!""

[kso_FAN]

Here are the past 20 years NIT titles (since no one really remembers). Occasionally programs build off a good showing (Wichita State, Iowa recently), but the majority of teams did nothing of significance after their NIT run.

Year   Champion   Runner-up   MVP
2013   Baylor   Iowa   
2012   Stanford   Minnesota   
2011   Wichita State   Alabama   
2010   Dayton   North Carolina   
2009   Penn State   Baylor   
2008   Ohio State   Massachusetts   
2007   West Virginia   Clemson   
2006   South Carolina   Michigan   
2005   South Carolina   Saint Joseph's   
2004   Michigan   Rutgers   
2003   St. John's  Georgetown   
2002   Memphis   South Carolina   
2001   Tulsa   Alabama   
2000   Wake Forest   Notre Dame
1999   California   Clemson   
1998   Minnesota   Penn State   
1997   Michigan   Florida State   
1996   Nebraska   Saint Joseph's   
1995   Virginia Tech   Marquette   
1994   Villanova   Vanderbilt   

All that said, if this team falls to the NIT, I will follow it closely.

['taterblast]

i'm just, baffled by what is happening here.

Baylor won it last year (had to google, had no rough ridin' clue) and it's not really doing anything for them this year. there, one example, you're wrong.

[Asteriskhead]

5, 10, 15 years down the road, no one remembers if you lost first round or second round, but they certainly will know you made the NCAA's that year. No one cares about winning some exhibition NIT dumpster fire.

  ^
DUMBASS

So 15 years down the road, you're gonna take huge offense to the difference between losing to LaSalle first round or losing to 'Cuse 2nd round? Yeah okay, sure.

Yea, I will. I will never forget what our sleezeball athletic department did to Jamar.

[steve dave]

holy crap, Nebraska won the entire NIT in 1996 but has never won an NCAA game. lol.

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

Also, can you guys imagine ERII the day that the bracket is announced. Going into the final bracket,
"Please don't say K-State, please don't say K-State, please don't say K-State."
"And number 10, out of Manhattan, KS, THE KANSAS STATE WILDCATS!!"
"ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME!! WE NEVER CATCH ANY BREAKS!""

 

[Asteriskhead]

i'm just, baffled by what is happening here.

Baylor won it last year (had to google, had no rough ridin' clue) and it's not really doing anything for them this year. there, one example, you're wrong.

The only reason I remember that Baylor won it last year is because they did exactly what Toolfan60 is describing above and it was a lulzfest. DO NOT WANT.

['taterblast]

Toolfan60

 

[420seriouscat69]

South Carolina won it back-to-back.  Frank took over an NIT monster!

[Asteriskhead]

South Carolina won it back-to-back.  Frank took over an NIT monster!

I was actually agreeing with you for once and you had to go and do this.

[420seriouscat69]

South Carolina won it back-to-back.  Frank took over an NIT monster!

I was actually agreeing with you for once and you had to go and do this.

[The Whale]

Why wouldn't you want to continue building a streak of consecutive NCAA appearances?

[yoga-like_abana]

Also, can you guys imagine ERII the day that the bracket is announced. Going into the final bracket,
"Please don't say K-State, please don't say K-State, please don't say K-State."
"And number 10, out of Manhattan, KS, THE KANSAS STATE WILDCATS!!"
"ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME!! WE NEVER CATCH ANY BREAKS!""

[Dr Rick Daris]

Also, can you guys imagine ERII the day that the bracket is announced. Going into the final bracket,
"Please don't say K-State, please don't say K-State, please don't say K-State."
"And number 10, out of Manhattan, KS, THE KANSAS STATE WILDCATS!!"
"ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME!! WE NEVER CATCH ANY BREAKS!""

 

[michigancat]

don't care

[420seriouscat69]

don't care

shocking