Or maybe the coaching staff have more important things to do than travel to Florida to play in the Discount Tire tournament. But hey, if the god like former coach does it, it must be the right thing to do.
I appreciated when Bobby Hurley said or maybe it was Oats, after losing in the MAC tournament, that his team's goal was to play in the NCAA and if not that the NIT. Therefore, he wasn't accepting any invite to a lesser tournament.