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Some of the schools listed received an automatic bid for being their regular season conference champ and not making the NCAA tournament.

Good find Capt'n! Nice to see the $120M figure for the total project. The campus continues to make fantastic improvements. I can't wait for the project to be complete.

Here is the website that I just quoted:http://tcaa.puretecmo.com/nit06.html

Here are some comments from one of the pundits out there who picks the NCAA tournament and NIT tournament.

Lets see what the idiot committee members felt was worthy of an NIT bid.#1 Seed Mississippi Stthe committee guy stated RPI and Sagarin were factors-Akron is higher in both pollsthe committe guy stated road record-Mississippi was 3-9 on the road with a conference record of 8-8. Akron was 11-5 on the road and 13-3 in conference. I guess I can look at the numbers over and over and it will never make sense. They gave jobs to idiots who just express their opinions without the help of facts.

1) The NCAA selected their is no sliver of hope2) No way KD turned down the bid because of the MAC Championship game. It sucked but would not cause KD to do that.3) It was not because of the road or expenses. The NCAA picks up the tab for NCAA events(NIT is now owned by the NCAA).The simple truth is we were not selected. It sucks and their no logical reason why weren't selected. That selection committe for the NIT should be replaced.

Here is contact info for the NITNATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT60 East 42nd Street, Suite 660New York, NY 10165-0015Phone: (212) 425-6510Fax: (212) 785-0594Here is the selection committee:NIT Selection Committee Rudy DavalosDon DeVoeGene KeadyReggie MintonC.M. Newton (Chair)John J. PowersDean SmithCarroll Williams This group has lost all respect from me. Absolutely deplorable!

I am blown away that we weren't selected! I look at the teams invited and have no clue how anyone came to this conclusion. It makes no sense! The NCAA invite was a stretch but we were listed as a bubble team and the fifth team not selected. How did this committee select NIT teams? The one guy said they used RPI and Sagarin/computer models, which clearly means Akron would be in. He also referenced who they would not want to play if they were coaching. Well, if you are going to go with something so subjective and arbitrary- they can put all of their friends in the NIT. This selection process is a joke. They need some accountability for who they chose.

No! I don't think their is any way to spin this as a positive. In terms of national exposure, everyone follows the tournament and those in the NIT follow the NIT. I think our odds of making the sweet sixteen are equal or better than winning the NIT. In a one and done tournament anything can happen.

I totally agree about supporting Miami and the conference. I would root for any MAC team in the tournament. I am willing to accept that Akron should accept the majority of blame in the loss; however, I still feel that the conference needs to look at officiating and timekeeping problems. The end of the game was a distster for both teams. Miami won the game and should have been able to celebrate and not wait for ten minutes. Akron finishes a game with huge questions about the timekeeping that are justified. These are problems that should not occur at the college level.

If an NCAA bubble team misses the NIT something is wrong. I have no doubt we will receive a bid. Here is a link on the NIT bubble. I feel like were are just missing on the NCAA tournament but should be a 1 or 2 seed for the NIT. This thing has us listed as a 7 http://tcaa.puretecmo.com/nit06.html

Way to go Zips! Bring on the Redhawks. The Zips should be ready as we only had to play strong for one half. I would have preferred it be the first half but I will take it.

Let's go Dru-hit these!

Huge turnover-Zips ball!

Wood named player of the game. Well deserved!

I would love to see Quade put one down!

WOW!! What a great game so far!! Finish Strong!!!

and the Zips take the lead!!

Momentum-All Akron!!!

They announced that their is over 13K attending tonights semi-final.

We are now within four! What a shot by Dials!

We are back within 6. Come on Zips!! Keep it up!!!

It is hard to say much about the crowd. The camera angle has shot each teams cheering sections at various points but the game angle doesn't show that much of the crowd. When it does pan the crowd, it does look like a lot of people. They are showing more Can't fans lately, but that will change in the second half.

11% from 3pt land, 28% from the field. Come on Zips!! We need to hit some shots!

Here is the link:http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/scoreboard?confId=14Hit watch live-it costs $6.00.