We know that some people will be looking for this Monday morning, so here it is… your 2010 NIT bracket.
Pretty compelling evidence that Illinois, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Virginia Tech were the last four out of the NCAAs, eh?
Keep in mind that if the NCAA Tournament expands to 96 teams, all of the above would have been added to our field. This means that fourteen additional BCS teams would have been added to the Big Dance, making it a grand total of 46 total teams from the super six conferences. Of the 73 schools in those leagues, that would represent 63% making the expanded tournament (vs. 49% now). Do we really need teams like Texas Tech, St. John’s and UNC in the field this year? Of course not.
One other interesting note is that the NIT shows the depth of some of these leagues by how many additional bids they receive. The Big East (+5) has 13 teams going to either the NCAA or NIT, while the ACC (+3) has nine. The SEC (+2), Big Ten (+2), Big 12 (+1) and Pac-10 (+1) make up the rest. What’s amazing is just how poor the Pac-10 was this year, with only three teams among the top 96 in America.
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What, no CBI bracket?
NIT selection committee is different than the NCAA. Doesn't necessarily mean that the top 4 seeds were the last four out.
Just look at some of the seeds. Cincinnati a 2? should be lower. ASU a 1? Lower. Seton Hall a 4? Higher. UNC a 4? Lower. UAB a 2? Lower. Etc.
Different committee, but same criteria, right? I think all that this proves is that you put two sets of people in different rooms using the same criteria and you'll end up with two significantly different results.
Does Jacksonville's win over Arizona State legitimize putting in lower-conference regular-season title winners in the NIT?