NITology: U-M a 6 seed at Old Dominion
Bracket Matrix has released their first NITology.
Michigan is slotted as a 6 seed and has them heading to 3 seed Old Dominion in the first round
http://www.bracketmatrix.com/PDFS/NIT150213.pdf
Another NITology had Michigan as the last 2 seed in the NIT last week. Now they're the last 3 seed and would be facing 6 seed Creighton in the first round.
February 15th, 2015 at 8:14 PM ^
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February 15th, 2015 at 8:52 PM ^
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February 15th, 2015 at 8:16 PM ^
If it comes down to the CBI, I'll be very annoyed if they don't accept the invite.
More experience will not hurt this team.
February 15th, 2015 at 8:19 PM ^
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February 15th, 2015 at 11:20 PM ^
This year, there's no shame in a CBI bid, either.
February 16th, 2015 at 12:42 AM ^
Yeah, because the NIT is so much higher up the food chain than the CBI. What difference does it make? They need playing experience against D1 competition.
February 15th, 2015 at 9:37 PM ^
February 15th, 2015 at 9:48 PM ^
I'd rather the team play actual basketball, with actual stakes, than this amorphous "weight room" time they'd probably still be involved in whenever they get eliminated. I know there's this idea that athletes get stronger in the offseason, but lots of that is due to simply getting older and spending more time engaged in their sport, and playing officially-sanctioned basketball gives their coaches more and sustained access to these players than some junior assistant watching over them in the weightroom.
February 15th, 2015 at 9:55 PM ^
I'm sure winning the CBI in 2010 didn't help VCU whatsoever the following year when they went to the Final Four.
It's experience. It's playing time. In actual basketball games. Michigan could get a maximum of six extra games if they go to game 3 of the championship series.
February 15th, 2015 at 10:07 PM ^
February 16th, 2015 at 12:15 PM ^
As a fan, I would rather see Michigan play in the CBI or NIT over not going to the postseason, but the argument of "more experience" doesn't hold up to me.
Penn State was in the CBI last year and is a fringe NIT team this year and Minnesota won the NIT last year and is projected go back there again. On the contrary, Indiana declined their CBI bid and are projected as a #7 seed in the NCAA Tournament right now. These are just 3 examples, but go back and look and you will see similar things. There really hasn't been any trend for CBI or NIT postseason success equating to success in the next season.
I don't think more playing time would hurt this team, but as others have pointed out, in the long run, taking time off to heal, hitting the weight room, and scrimmaging our own team might be more productive than games against teams like Old Dominion.
It also could give the staff more time to recruit as well. I know we're not talking about much extra time, but if it means we can reel in a guy like Jaylen Brown, I would take that over any CBI or NIT bid 10 times over.
February 15th, 2015 at 8:17 PM ^
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Wish it were on a weekend...4 hour drive from Howard County :(
February 15th, 2015 at 8:22 PM ^
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In 2010, Michigan went 15-17 and declined a CBI invite.
PSU was 15-17 in the CBI last year.
Also, Michigan is going to win some more games before the regular season is over.
February 15th, 2015 at 11:39 PM ^
Michigan basketball =/= Penn State basketball.
February 16th, 2015 at 12:53 AM ^
He's talking about an invitation, not prestige of the programs
February 16th, 2015 at 2:18 AM ^
Right and I'm saying Michigan has no place in the CBI b/c of prestige and pride (misplaced or not)...
February 16th, 2015 at 7:43 AM ^
The record is what it is. Playing games is what will make the current team better. Sitting at home is no advantage.
February 15th, 2015 at 8:34 PM ^
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February 16th, 2015 at 3:46 PM ^
We likely beat Wisconsin if Kaminsky was out of our game. This makes me not too worried about Rutgers.
February 15th, 2015 at 8:50 PM ^
When we make the NIT, we win it. It's been proven.
February 15th, 2015 at 8:56 PM ^
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February 16th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
a lot to ask from our short bench, to go deep in the B1G Tourney. That's a lot of game minutes in consecutive days on already overworked legs (especially if no/limited Walton).
February 15th, 2015 at 9:04 PM ^
usually gets games on TV right? What about the CBI? I guess if we play ODU that game should be on the Mid Atlantic Sports Network (sorry non-DC folks).
February 15th, 2015 at 9:15 PM ^
AXS TV is the traditional home of the CBI.
Michigan would most likely have their games on there so the network could grab viewers and knowledge of the network's existence.
Michigan actually played two games on that channel a few years ago in 2010-11 in the Legends Classic when it was in Atlantic City. It was THJ's freshman year and Michigan pushed a ranked Syracuse team until the end. Back then the network was known as HDNet.
It's channel 382 in SE Michigan on comcast.
Also: Michigan will play games on AXS TV next year. They will play in the Battle 4 Atlantis early season tournament.
February 16th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
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February 15th, 2015 at 11:05 PM ^
for an NIT invite, but I believe there has never been an invitation offerred to a sub-.500 team.
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February 16th, 2015 at 1:18 PM ^
This site has a 12-13 Florida team as an 8-seed in the Big Dance. This makes no sense to me.