meatwad

I wasn't necessarily saying "B.S." to his comment, but to the travesty of this whole situation in general. It's late, i'm pissed, tired, and have too much homework to do tonight.... boooo.

I love this though..... "I'm as flabbergasted as anybody," said Rick Boyages, the MAC's director of basketball operations. "These [NIT selection committee] guys get every piece of material we've got on our teams."This is my job. I don't understand this." B.S.

"It's hard to believe we didn't get in," Dambrot said. "I can't figure it out. Only nine teams in the country had more road/neutral wins than us [13]. This is on the league. I can't blame us. We did what we had to do. If i'm not mistaken, this was said during the Channel 5 interview and he was talking about the NCAA not the NIT. I could be wrong, but i know he said something very similar to that.

lol.

Way to find the silver lining. Even if it is small.

Yeah, it was weird... the reporter went on and on about it after the KD interview was over... which is why I believe it was taped between the NCAA field and the NIT field.

Much appreciated. I cant freaking wait to hear the load of s*** they give for the cold hard shaft we were handed tonight.

It was DEFINITELY taped.They cut it off mid response from Dambrot. it had to be before the NIT was announced... the reporter asked nothing about it.

Here goes... i'm typing as i watch, so it might not all make sense...Starting off with a segment on OSU. Starts with ANOTHER replay of that freaking lucky shot. Dambrot clip from last night and how we dont get any love.The players are all watching for the invites. Dambrot talking about the publicity that came out of the loss last night. Players look devastated when they found out they wont be going to the NCAAs. Dambrot somewhat upbeat about the fact that they didn't get in. Dambrot live:Says that the RPI was something that hurt us but the conference RPI wasnt good enough. Says no doubt that the MAC as a conference has a stigma and give high majors too many bids this year. "Have to move on and handle adversity." Going back to last night... he says that Akron wins 98 out of 100 under those circumstances. With the bank and the timing error, he says it was pure luck. Reporter says that Akron deserved the NCAA and dambrot of course agreed. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about the lack of NIT bid. Initial thought:Dambrot was insanely upbeat. I don't know if this interview was done before the NIT snuff, but it was weird. A lot of press coverage here though, and the sports reporters both said that Akron is on their way to more national exposure. I freaking hate to say this, but let's *shudder* look forward to next year. We should be the class of the MAC with our recruits and the returning players we have. The last 24+ hours have been a painful time for this program, but there is a bright side. I do feel awful for Rome and Dru... they deserved better, but as Dambrot said last night, "Sometimes life just isn't fair." Damn right. this time got a major shaft.

I dont think any of us are thinking clearly tonight. This is truly remarkable.... the bottom line is that no one knows what happened. NO ONE!

will do.

Not that it matters either way... we still got jobbed.

Wrong. If you add Tiffin in we had 27 wins this year. The selection committee would only look at 26. ???I've looked at ESPN and CBS sportsline... both have them at 26 wins including Tiffin.

Keep in mind that one of those 26 wins was against a non-D1 team (Tiffin). So to "committees" it looks like 25 wins.

I'm interested to hear your thoughts.

I know... it's devastating.

I am very interested to hear KD rant on the news tonight. Wow, I'm honestly still in shock from all this... last night and tonight have combined for the second worst sports moment of my life.

While there are so many people here, I might as well throw it out there that all you guests should register. Join in on the posting and make your voice heard.

Nothing yet on the NIT's own web site. What kind of operation is it that can't update their important web site in a timely manner?its there...http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_cho...df/2007-Bracket

Both of them won thier legaue. I've said this about 3 times already now. THEY WERE AUTO BIDS, the NIT HAD to take them. Know what youre talking about before you complain.

AP won their league regular season... they were an auto bid.

Its important to remember that some "bottom feeding" teams are in because they were "locks." If you won you conference regular season you are automatically in (i.e. Toledo, Marist, Vermont, etc.) That took 8 of the possible 32 bids right away. I find it hard to believe that we were not one of the best 24 teams left. It's all about the $$$$$ people.

Possibly, but I dont see any reason to do this.

I'm baffled. We were the lead story of the selection show? What the hell happened?

definitely would rather play WMU. Can't is not better than us by any means, but its hard to beat a team 3 times in a year.