I’m guessing this NIT shift is in a response to this:
I’m fine with that given how much the power conferences have bloated through realignment. Considering the Pac-12 is going away, this is going to result in 10/32 guaranteed spots. That’s fine.
EDIT: They could also just expand the NIT to include all conference champions. It used to be 40 teams.
Which small conference is going to step up and stop giving the autobid to the conference tournament winner? My idea for this was to guarantee the regular-season champion a shot… if they win the conference tournament, great. If someone else wins the conference tournament, then there’s an additional game played against the regular-season champion and that game determines the autobid.
I assume the TV contract for the conference tournament is pretty hefty.
What a horrible idea lol.
The 2023 NIT field with these rules would’ve had:
Villanova
Seton Hall
Oklahoma State
Texas Tech
Florida
Vanderbilt
Rutgers
Ohio State (lol)
Colorado
Oregon
Clemson
Virginia Tech (assuming UNC declines their invite in this world)
Everyone except Ohio State was in it anyway. They should probably institute a .500 or better requirement but otherwise I can’t get that outraged that we’re not bending over backwards to include the champion of the NEC or the MEAC just because. If the reality is that they’re taking last year’s Nebraska over last year’s Southern Miss, then yeah, that’s bad.
https://x.com/trillydonovan/status/1718316852168810773?s=46&t=OMxEAgg62bsLI0mWenDZ7w
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Golden does great work in the portal going after you get guys. Would be interested in him at Michigan
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Pullin doesn’t even start
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I swear to god I wondered on this website where Pullin’s starting spot was on that roster
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FIU was #210 on KenPom last year and I believe lost their best player to Auburn so a blowout makes sense.
Also, Zyon electing to be a depth piece at Florida over starting at Michigan 
15 points on how many shots?
https://x.com/trillydonovan/status/1718365923298472198?s=46&t=vxqiHmHH3K_GJJ07nQThPg
How many minutes were THEIR halves!?
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Kansas players not named Hunter Dickinson shot 2 for 9 from three.
The two makes were from Kevin McCullar.
They will have spacing issues this year
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shocking what’ll happen when a team with KJ Adams, McCullar, Dajuan, and Elmarko will do for spacing
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https://x.com/talkinhawks/status/1718782538267693330?s=46&t=9MMrM6gOVy1pXVWIuEkHnw
Kansas fans meltdown 
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https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/1718809390252179655?s=46&t=OMxEAgg62bsLI0mWenDZ7w
A journalist antagonizing a player is interesting
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This is super weird unless they developed a friendly relationship over the summer or something
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He’s not a Good Man
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Yeah was gonna say do they have like a kind of friendly ribbing type thing going or is this just out of the blue?
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