The NIT bracket is set up quite nicely for AAC teams. Some decent competition, but very winnable early match-ups. Would love to see 3 AAC teams in the Final 4.

Automatic qualifiers (RPI - Conference - Team - Record)
133 - Big Sky Montana 20-12
167 - Big South Charleston Southern 19-11
76 - Big West UC Davis 25-6
95 - Colonial William & Mary 20-12
60 - Conference USA Louisiana Tech 25-8
51 - Metro Atlantic Iona 26-8
75 - Mid-American Central Michigan 23-8
128 - MEAC N.C. Central 25-7
170 - Northeast St. Francis Brooklyn 23-11
64 - Ohio Valley Murray State 27-5
139 - Patriot Bucknell 19-14
93 - Summit South Dakota State 23-10

At Large Selections
84 - Alabama Southeastern 18-14
102 - Arizona State Pac-12 17-15
28 - Colorado State Mountain West 27-6
83 - George Washington Atlantic 10 21-12
56 - Green Bay Horizon 24-8
72 - Illinois Big Ten 19-13
66 - Illinois State Missouri Valley 21-12
62 - Miami (Fla.) Atlantic Coast 21-12
45 - Old Dominion Conference USA 24-7
74 - Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast 19-14
65 - Rhode Island Atlantic 10 22-9
59 - Richmond Atlantic 10 19-13
68 - St. Mary’s (Calif.) West Coast 21-9
61 - Stanford Pac-12 19-13
34 - Temple American Athletic 23-10
68 - Texas A&M Southeastern 20-11
47 - Tulsa American Athletic 22-10
70 - UConn American Athletic 20-14
79 - UTEP Conference USA 22-10
101 - Vanderbilt Southeastern 19-13

Temple should steamroll everyone in that field, except UCONN or Tulsa.

I am shocked they're not in the tournament. The Owls are a very formidable team. I was very impressed with them all year.

(03-16-2015 03:25 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Temple should steamroll everyone in that field, except UCONN or Tulsa.

Agreed -- except that it can be difficult to sustain a team's motivation/focus after they get jerked around by the Selection Committee. I was very impressed by the way Larry Brown kept SMU on-task a year ago in the NIT.

Speaking of being screwed and being left out, I am blown away Yale wasn't an at-large for the NIT. There are ELEVEN at-large teams selected with worse RPIs than Yale.

(03-16-2015 03:39 PM)cmullinsTU Wrote:  Speaking of being screwed and being left out, I am blown away Yale wasn't an at-large for the NIT. There are ELEVEN at-large teams selected with worse RPIs than Yale.

Shocking indeed. Yale should have been selected ahead of UCONN IMO.

Do Ivy League teams participate in NIT?

Yes if invited.

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched, there are some pretty salty teams there. LaTech, Iona, and Murray State can all play really good basketball.

LT is good but we already beat them without Bond, Morgan and Coleman.