Louisville fires David Padgett / hires Chris Mack

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Is there some reason there's still a post season NIT? I think they should put that out of it's misery and concentrate on making the pre-season NIT the biggest, best early season tournament. I would propose inviting the top 16 catholic schools from the previous year with all the games in MSG.

I think the NIT is still a nice prize for those Power 5 programs that don't traditionally have the success that we do but are building, for the mid-majors and also those teams who won their regular season but not the conference tourney. But for programs like ours, yes it seems like a waste of time to many.

Yes, the NCAA and not the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Committee runs the NIT now. IMO it's primarily kept alive , as you point out, so that the regular season champions of the one-bid conferences get to play post-season games if they lose their tournaments. Inviting the Power 5 teams is a secondary consideration.

 

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Gross