Question ....

[wbrpanther]

Will there be an NIT tournament this year?

 

[Pittnerski]

Doubtful. No one is going to want to play more than they have to.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

There has been nothing official from the NCAA yet, but I would guess that there will not be.

 

[BFo8]

Did not see anything about the NIT, but did see something about the CBI being cancelled the other day. On another note Las Vegas is scheduled to host 5 conference tournaments this year:

PAC
MWC
Big West
WCC
WAC

Presumably I will not be permitted to attend any of them.

 

[TheLogicalTake]

Had they planned a one site bubble similar to how the NCAA tournament will be conducted, it probably could’ve happened but I can’t see many schools wanting their kids to hop around the country any more than they have to. It’s a shame if it doesn’t happen, as it’s a wonderful developmental tool for teams on the cusp of breaking thru to the NCAA tourney or for low majors to get a taste of meaningful basketball against bigger schools

 

[levance2]

Had they planned a one site bubble similar to how the NCAA tournament will be conducted, it probably could’ve happened

The NIT is run directly by the NCAA

 

[TheLogicalTake]

The NIT is run directly by the NCAA

Yes but, to my knowledge, they have not put in place a proposed single site model for an NIT tournament. My point was that, for the NIT to work, you’d have to adopt a similar format so teams aren’t traveling all over the country

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Yes. There will be an NIT. 16 teams. All being played in NYC.

 

[JD1976]

I saw a note a week or two ago that Dan Gavitt, head of NCAA basketball, said that the plan is to still hold the NIT, but that the final 4 may not be at MSG.

EDIT: Posted this after Recruits’ above tweet.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Yes. There will be an NIT. 16 teams. All being played in NYC.

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Then that can only mean the next question is will there be a CBI.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Yes. There will be an NIT. 16 teams. All being played in NYC.

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I'd love to see Pitt play in this. We probably have to go at least 3-2 the rest of the way so it doesn't look good.

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

I'd love to see Pitt play in this. We probably have to go at least 3-2 the rest of the way so it doesn't look good.

I think we can do 3-2.

 

[levance2]

I'd love to see Pitt play in this. We probably have to go at least 3-2 the rest of the way so it doesn't look good.

One thing in Pitt's favor is that there may be several programs with better resumes than ours who have zero interest in this event.

Having said that, I also don't think Pitt should play in it, even if we somehow manage to enter the discussion.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Yes. There will be an NIT. 16 teams. All being played in NYC.

If they are going to do it that is the way to do it.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I think we can do 3-2.

Sure we can, but we won't

 

[caleco's]

Did not see anything about the NIT, but did see something about the CBI being cancelled the other day. On another note Las Vegas is scheduled to host 5 conference tournaments this year:

PAC
MWC
Big West
WCC
WAC

Presumably I will not be permitted to attend any of them.

those conferences should have picked smaller towns in their footprints or heaven forbid , play it in one schools campus (ooh the horror of one team having a non existent advanatge) how does having all those tourneys here in lv "address" the covid issue

 

[BFo8]

those conferences should have picked smaller towns in their footprints or heaven forbid , play it in one schools campus (ooh the horror of one team having a non existent advanatge) how does having all those tourneys here in lv "address" the covid issue

Not sure if you saw the article in the RJ, but Mark Few wouldn’t commit to Gonzaga playing in the WCC tournament. He kind of tried to talk his way around the subject and said they‘d “like” to be there, but didn’t really indicate that they would.