ZachTheZip Posted March 16, 2014 Report Posted March 16, 2014 You think the players want to play in the CBI?I hope so. If they don't enjoy playing more basketball, they shouldn't be on scholarship.I'd like to see the team win one of these small tournaments and send Q out with a win. Quote
skip-zip Posted March 16, 2014 Report Posted March 16, 2014 Speaking of winning one of these "other" tournaments, what would it mean to us to win the CBI ?? We have discussed the value of going to the Final 4 of the NIT or winning the NIT many times over the years, but never the CBI. Quote
UAZip0510 Posted March 16, 2014 Report Posted March 16, 2014 With everyone but Diggs back next year, I can't see how more games against solid competition could possibly be a bad thing. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted March 16, 2014 Report Posted March 16, 2014 Speaking of winning one of these "other" tournaments, what would it mean to us to win the CBI ??We have discussed the value of going to the Final 4 of the NIT or winning the NIT many times over the years, but never the CBI.It means extra practices, to make up for the ones that several players had to miss during the season, and more development of the redshirt players. For a young team, it means that the team is heading in a positive direction. It won't help with recruiting, and it won't sell tickets. But it will help the players, and it lets Q go out on a positive note. Quote
GJGood Posted March 16, 2014 Author Report Posted March 16, 2014 I actually disagree with teams #100- 351 being in the CBI and CiT. The "old boys club" NIT selection committee emphasizes the power (BCS) conferences and fringe power conferences like the A-10 and MWC and will likely put in a few teams from those type programs even when there are a generous handful of true mid-majors that are as good or better available. So yes the CBI and CiT fight for teams starting at pick #100 but rarely, if ever, is the best rated team in a tourney like the CBI worse than #100 in reality.My 'test teams' this year to see how the selection committees are doing are UW-Green Bay and Southern Miss. I really think they should both be NCAA at-large teams. USM has a legit shot but I think UWGB not only will get snubbed by the NCAA but will also be seeded in the bottom half of the NIT, Toledo isn't terribly far off from UWGB so it will also be interesting to see where the Rockets end up. Quote
Dave in Green Posted March 16, 2014 Report Posted March 16, 2014 @GJGood, I didn't mean the NCAA and NIT tournaments got the best 100 teams. I meant they got to pick the first 100 of the 351 available D-I teams before the CBI and CIT get to pick theirs. There will be teams in the CBI and CIT that could beat up on some of the NCAA and NIT teams.As for whether the players want to compete in the CBI or CIT, I can't believe there are any prima donnas on the team who think playing in a lesser tournament is beneath them. In the unlikely case there is, let them stay home and just take the players who want to play basketball anywhere, anytime, against any competition. Those are the only kind of players I want to watch anyway. Quote
Dave in Green Posted March 16, 2014 Report Posted March 16, 2014 I didn't know that a team as experienced asnours was still getting to know each other. Seems strange to take a quote about one thing and apply it to another. But then again, you struggle with statistical analysis as well so this shouldn't be a surprise.How did I know you wouldn't get it. Surprised you didn't spring the ultimate GP1 insult -- 1950s thinking. Quote
Big Zip Posted March 16, 2014 Report Posted March 16, 2014 CBI and CIT start on Wednesday so we've got to know pretty soon if we're playing right? Quote
Dave in Green Posted March 16, 2014 Report Posted March 16, 2014 CBI and CIT start locking in teams as soon as the NCAA and NIT fields are announced. Quote
GJGood Posted March 16, 2014 Author Report Posted March 16, 2014 I believe I read that our arch rivals already accepted a bid to the CIT. If they got in after finishing 9th in the MAC, I'd think it looks good for us. I still kind of hope what I read was wrong, not because it is our rival but because somebody more desrving will certainly not get in. Quote
GJGood Posted March 16, 2014 Author Report Posted March 16, 2014 Now the statement above I made seems not to be the case. You can't trust everything you read on the internet. Quote
akronzips71 Posted March 16, 2014 Report Posted March 16, 2014 https://twitter.com/RobDemovsky/statuses/10500857589 Quote
Big Zip Posted March 17, 2014 Report Posted March 17, 2014 UWGB is a huge test. The NCAA show couldn't stop talking about them on their show....how they should have been in the dance. Quote
mrelegazna Posted March 17, 2014 Report Posted March 17, 2014 UWGB is a huge test. The NCAA show couldn't stop talking about them on their show....how they should have been in the dance.That tweet was from 2010 when we played them. Not sure akronzips71 is pranking or didn't notice. As regular season conference champ, UWGB is automatically in the NIT. Quote
Dave in Green Posted March 17, 2014 Report Posted March 17, 2014 Several teams have already accepted bids to this year's CBI and CIT. You can see them by searching over the past 24 hours. Just make sure any mention of Akron says 2014 before posting here. Quote
GoZips Posted March 17, 2014 Report Posted March 17, 2014 Several teams have already accepted bids to this year's CBI and CIT. You can see them by searching over the past 24 hours. Just make sure any mention of Akron says 2014 before posting here. Sources? Quote
tpsjugglerdude Posted March 17, 2014 Report Posted March 17, 2014 Sources? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_CollegeInsider.com_Postseason_TournamentAnd for anyone who is saying that players will be up for these tournaments probably didn't go to the Green Bay game a few years ago when we were in the CBI. The players were pretty open in saying they didn't want to play in it and they lost to a bad team. Quote
OZoner Posted March 17, 2014 Report Posted March 17, 2014 Sources?http://www.nycbuckets.com/cbicit-tracking/ Quote
skip-zip Posted March 17, 2014 Report Posted March 17, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_CollegeInsider.com_Postseason_TournamentAnd for anyone who is saying that players will be up for these tournaments probably didn't go to the Green Bay game a few years ago when we were in the CBI. The players were pretty open in saying they didn't want to play in it and they lost to a bad team. That's exactly what I was referring to. Quote
mrelegazna Posted March 17, 2014 Report Posted March 17, 2014 Would anyone here, if they had their druthers, turn down a CIT/CBI bid? I'm wondering if, if what TSPjugglerdude says is true, it would be better if they fostered an all-or-nothing, NCAA-or-bust attitude in regards to postseason tournaments. Quote
mrelegazna Posted March 17, 2014 Report Posted March 17, 2014 Akron @ IPFW Wednesday.http://gozips.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/releases/201403161wvkq1 Quote
skip-zip Posted March 17, 2014 Report Posted March 17, 2014 Akron @ IPFW Wednesday.http://gozips.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/releases/201403161wvkq1I just saw it. WOW. I'm getting excited already. Quote
Big Zip Posted March 17, 2014 Report Posted March 17, 2014 Looking at the teams in the tournament I love it. Great group of teams. Wish this was an in season tournament. Quote
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