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Message: [QUOTE="Dollar Dog, post: 3288981, member: 7597"] I despise the NIT. To me, it is an anachronistic tournament. Let it be an irrelevant playground of plucky mid-majors. P5 schools should take no pleasure in any success there because in most cases it is due to their own underachievement on the big stage. That said... This might be the only SU team since the Big East era where I would somehow treasure a deep NIT run. On overall composition, these guys are not good enough this year. But their heart, character, and ability to beat any given team on any day with their specialized skillset would make them very exciting in a consolation tourney and realistically springboard to something big next year. I never had such a feeling about any other SU NIT team. And yes, I am cognizant of the irony that we made the NIT FF in 2002, then won the NCAA title in 2003. Monsieur McNamara and especially Monsieur Anthony were once-in-a-lifetime factors in such a seismic jump, no? [/QUOTE]