St. John’s says no to NIT after March Madness 2024 snub
The Johnnies are taking their ball and going home.
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St. Johns says NO to the NIT
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I thought teams were contractually obligated to play in the NIT if they miss the tournament?St. John’s says no to NIT after March Madness 2024 snub
The Johnnies are taking their ball and going home.
Pulled out quick . Abort mission.
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Fifteeno strikes again. Ended that scenario quicker than his dates at Porcinis used to be.
Yeah so if he really cared about building the program he’d want every game possible…..
The NIT is going to die. The portal opens the day after the NCAA Selection. These coaches are going to be locked in on the portal and the importance of that vs preparing for an NIT game.
I don't understand why the portal does t open until after the tournament. That still gives players a lot of time to make a decision, unlike football where you are running into spring enrollments.
But yeah, I see a lot of P4 teams going forward declining due to the portal, although I think many coaches are also leaving the decision to players.
I think another reason St. John's declined is the NIT no longer doing its Final 4 in MSG. I know there were sore feelings about that on the NYC area.
He probably wanted to concentrate on helping his son instead of his team.
That's actually where he plays his home games at. They told him bring in all he wanted and said they'd set the "shot" clock on 15 seconds.
IU has nobody coming in so he has to hit the recruiting trail and portal lmfao.
Good. Eff this sport trying to squeeze every dollar it can. It's a useless tournament.
St. John’s should have gotten in over Virginia
That or the team doesn’t want to play another game for him after his petulant tantrum.
Sucks for the seniors on these teams that maybe wanted to play a little bit more ball.
I really hate what this sport is becoming/has become
I really hate what this sport is becoming/has become
I'd say there is value if you have a young team and want experience. For mid majors it's also still postseason basketball. It was fun to see WKU make the NIT final 4 in 2018 and beat Boston College, USC, and Oklahoma State to get there.
They changed the rule about 4 or 5 years ago. I don’t know why, because it will die so fast…
They only play part of their games in MSG, not all home games.
Agree on the date and I wonder if you’ll see a change. I didn’t realize the NIT moved to Hinkle.
Like I said, the only thing I would do it for would be my seniors to give them a shot a ending on a high note. Imagine you suffer a gut wrenching loss in your conference tourney and that's your last game of basketball.....ever.
Sucks.
Mid majors I'm totally fine with, and agree with you.
Power conferences though, not so sure.
Honestly, I'd bet that's who voted against it. I don't think seniors give a shit about the NIT when it's a bigger program. They are looking towards the end of the season, transferring, Graduating, pro ball somewhere, etc.
The only way the NIT becomes relevant again would be if they turned into a play in tournament where the champion gets into the main NCAA Tournament bracket. You could expand the NCAA Tournament to 96 teams, but 32 play in the NIT with the champion getting in the main tournament. Since the NCAA owns the NIT now, I wouldn't be surprised if they tried this down the road.
I think you forget that a great majority of seniors don't have the option to transfer (COVID year is about over), and most will never play pro ball.
I wish there was like a senior game where if your team didn't make it and isn't playing you could have a fun game. Maybe there is. Just don't see much about one.
You know the NIT isn’t as glamorous as the NCAA tournament but it’s still a chance to win a trophy and some games. The college game isn’t dying folks, it’s dead.
True. But they don't play very many at Carnasecca Arena though. It seems like MSG is the place they play the most of them at.
I don't think guys care like they once did. Sure, once in awhile one of them probably struggles to take off the jersey for the last time but it just feels different from when guys like a Gerald Fitch or Erik Daniels played or a Patrick Sparks type guy. It killed those guys and you could tell. Now, I can't tell if guys are sad, mad, happy or just don't give a shit but it's different.
That was one of the things that was so heartbreaking watching march madness growing up was seeing Seniors lose that didn't want it to end. Now you have to beg guys to play. Guys may be more talented these days but they don't have the heart guys had back in the day.
