I wish our coach would have turned down playing in a tournament game that NONE of his players acted or played like they wanted to be there, instead of taking another L against some team called Bobby Morris or some crap like that.
St. Johns says NO to the NIT
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Actually what he’s doing is just getting a head start on portal recruiting. I don’t blame him even though it’s fun to poke at the guy. That tournament is a waste of time, at his age with the time he has left, the NIT would be counter productive.
Wish UK would have declined in 2013 but whatever. I don’t watch NIT basketball anyway. Stands for Not In Tournament!!!
Georgia slid in because of Ole Miss opting out. I’ll take it. Glad our guys will get another chance at competition. Don’t think any harm can come from any kind of post season experience.
To be honest, I wish we would've done that. You know that 1 time at Robert Morris.
St. John’s says no to NIT after March Madness 2024 snub
The Johnnies are taking their ball and going home.nypost.com
Good take.
You never see a player of Barkley 's stature shed a tear like he did when Sky hit the last second shot to beat them in the SEC tourney.
Also remember Chris Carrawell breaking down after fouling out in a Duke loss.
Kids used to cry when they announced they were leaving early for the NBA, now it's a tweet.
Yeah, Barkley fell to the ground and sit underneath the basket and cried. That's one of Cawoods best calls ever. That was just a yr or so before I was old enough to know what was going on in the world lol. CB is a good example of guys who didn't want it to end. I don't usually feel as bad for a freshman who loses in the tournament and just going pro early as I do if it's SR or a guy like PPatterson. I feel more sorry for guys like the Unforgettables and that type of player. I understand why they go though for sure.
Did Beard give a reason? I guess the NIT really is done because of the transfer portal.
Playing the other side, would it be better really to lose in the NIT? Only one NIT team will go out with a W.
Whether Cal declined or accepted, he would get ripped by this board either for not adding to our W's or for not focusing on the portal. I don't know if a coach can win either way.
I wish I had more computer skills. And I’m going to hate myself for saying this but I agree with Tom Crean. 🤬. If someone could post it he more or less said put your team in if the kid doesn’t want to play opt out like the bowl games . If the coach doesn’t want to do his job let the assistant do it
NIT is in it's dying days. The portal has killed it, like it is killing everything in college sports.
With how many power conference teams said "no thanks" to the NIT.. it kind of tells you that if this isn't THE tournament (NCAAT), coaches kind of don't seem to value it. And I think that includes conference tournaments a bit as well.
Pitino ain't the only one to decline the NIT.
Pitino ain't the only one to decline the NIT.
Pitino should’ve said NO to a few other things in his life and would’ve been much better off. But this wasn’t one of them.
Tom Crean is pretty mad at those eight teams turning the NIT down. He said that they can work on their team by playing so no excuse.
They should get rid of the NIT, expand the NCAA tournament and have multi-tiered byes like the SEC does.
I think with as many teams as there are in division 1, honestly a team like St. John's is good and entertaining enough to warrant being offered a slim chance.
I think with as many teams as there are in division 1, honestly a team like St. John's is good and entertaining enough to warrant being offered a slim chance.
Damn, folks fuss when individual players pass on toilet bowls in football...whole teams and coaches just saying "nah, we're done..."
This is wild.
Unfortunately, I think it's been inevitable as the modern landscape of college sports evolves. Players and even coaches are losing interest.
Probably won't be long before football teams just start pissing on lower tier bowls.
I will say this, I do think the NIT and about a 3rd of bowl games should be moved to start of season. OOC puffs to kick off both BB and FB are getting to be unwatchable. Need a little bit more excitement/drama and higher stakes to kick off/tip off both seasons.
This is wild.
Unfortunately, I think it's been inevitable as the modern landscape of college sports evolves. Players and even coaches are losing interest.
Probably won't be long before football teams just start pissing on lower tier bowls.
I will say this, I do think the NIT and about a 3rd of bowl games should be moved to start of season. OOC puffs to kick off both BB and FB are getting to be unwatchable. Need a little bit more excitement/drama and higher stakes to kick off/tip off both seasons.
That’s why I like PitinoSt. John’s says no to NIT after March Madness 2024 snub
The Johnnies are taking their ball and going home.
Considering how little time Calipari invests in game planning I seriously doubt playing in the NIT would be a big hit to his portal efforts.
We've had a lot of fun laughing at tom crean on here, but I couldn't agree more. I didn't realize when my kid played his last game, it was really his last game until some time later. Let your seniors play again.
Pitino is upset that St John’s didn’t make it to the Big Dance. I get it. But why wouldn’t his team still want to keep playing together in the NIT? (He claims it is because they need to recruit 8 more players).
Here’s a notable quote, “I think we all should probably never mention that word [NET] again because it’s fraudulent,” Pitino said. “I think the NET is something that shouldn’t even be mentioned anymore. I think we had a good strength of schedule [in] KenPom [rankings]. Why mention him? We tried to play a tough schedule, we tried to do things the right way, and we didn’t get in. But I never make excuses.”
nypost.com
Here’s a notable quote, “I think we all should probably never mention that word [NET] again because it’s fraudulent,” Pitino said. “I think the NET is something that shouldn’t even be mentioned anymore. I think we had a good strength of schedule [in] KenPom [rankings]. Why mention him? We tried to play a tough schedule, we tried to do things the right way, and we didn’t get in. But I never make excuses.”
Rick Pitino rails on ‘fraudulent’ March Madness metrics with St. John’s not as close as believed
More than just being left out of the 68-team bracket, St. John’s was not even among the first four teams left out of the NCAA Tournament, the selection committee revealed.
nypost.com
The NIT is like non playoff bowl games...................meaningless lol.
I understand all the narratives but if it's a total team decision I have no problem with not accepting a bid. It's up to the kids. If they want to play, you should play. If they don't, then don't. No need to spend lots of money and risk injury to play a game no one wants.
I think the correct criticism is the lack of culture and leadership involved around a school that has a team that doesn't want to play. They all should want to finish strong.
I think the correct criticism is the lack of culture and leadership involved around a school that has a team that doesn't want to play. They all should want to finish strong.
This is very interesting and I’d be curious to know have this many teams declined it in the past?
This could be the beginning foundation cracks that could see this event eventually come to an end.
You’ve already got the argument now that with the portal, draft, dramatic roster changeover every year that there is no point to this event. The old argument to participate was show the committee how wrong they were and win this event and also use it to help next years team. But if you’re gonna lose most of your roster anyway, then what is the point?
Then you throw in the “butt hurt factor” with our society now, and the teams that just barely missed the NCAA Tournament are going to be so pissed off they’re just gonna thumb their nose at the NIT.
It seems like a few teams do it every year.
I mean I don't like "quitting" but I also understand that the NIT tournament means zilch. And these programs are probably just ready to move on, start the transfer portal, etc etc.
Had he effectively pulled out he wouldn’t have needed to abort mission…
The Pitino lovers on this board are nauseating. The guy can do no wrong to them. Leaves UK with a crap recruiting class overall for Boston, then goes full Benedict arnold/judas and goes to UL. Aborts a child from his mistress and hires hookers to get recruits. Wins a title by cheating and has it vacated. Goes to Iona and now to st johns and people on our board that claim to be UK fans seem more upset about Ricky p not making the ncaa than about talking UK.
It's been almost 30 years old timers. 1996 isn't coming back.
And we are allowed to hate pitino and also hate cal. I've said cal needs fired asap and won't ever win another sec regular season, sec title, final four or natty title here. He's done.
It's been almost 30 years old timers. 1996 isn't coming back.
And we are allowed to hate pitino and also hate cal. I've said cal needs fired asap and won't ever win another sec regular season, sec title, final four or natty title here. He's done.
How is that supposed to work logistically? Everyone sits around for an extra week while 32 teams battle it out for 1 bid? I just don't think that would work.
I actually enjoy watching the NIT because sometimes it gives you insight into teams for the next year and does build postseason experience. I'll be rooting for you all and LSU to do some damage!
