Personally, when I pick my bracket for next week, I just want to see Akron's name there. To me, the NIT is good for the schools who go screwed out of the tournament, but it is in nowhere at the level of the Big Dance.
Northcutt stays if they don't signs Jurevicius/Troy Brown. I can also see them drafting a WR in the later rounds. Northcutt is a decent PR, but he his a liability as a WR.