SuperiorBuff
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Do we know what night the game is scheduled for?
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2019 NIT thread
- Thread starter Darth Snow
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Boulder Baby! Way to go Norfolk St!
Not unusual to see teams like Alabama play poorly in the NIT.
They come from a high profile conference (even if it isn't known for great basketball) and were good enough that they think they should have been in the NCAA tourney. They show up but the players are not highly motivated or excited to be there.
Team like Dayton uses it to their advantage. They believe that they don't get respect because of their conference and want to show everyone that they should have been looked at for the big tourney. Not saying they should have been but in their minds they have been disrespected.
OUBuff
American
Well if they weren't before they are now
brettden
Well-Known Member
Clearly you have not watched Ja Moran play basketball. He is maybe a top 5 pick, probable top 10. He may be better than any player in Buffs history sans maybe Billups. And I'm pretty sure I didn't mention Belmont, although to be fair their best player is a more complete player than anyone on our team, and as a team we aren't in their league as a three point shooting team. But like I also said this team could be very good over the next two seasons .
Technically it's not a home game. The Buffs are the host site for a tournament game they're playing in. So don't let her try to tell you that you weren't right or that it has any bearing on your attendance.
Damn straight. If it's not on your season tickets it's not a home game. Sad to miss it
Yeah k thanks. I am perfectly fine justifying ****. Really just need to know when, so I can maneuver.
Great job of evaluating by Murray State. But we're talking about a guy from nowhere South Carolina who had zero offers and was unrated on all sites. Would you have expected CU to recruit him?
brettden
Well-Known Member
That is a great point. What would White have been if went to CU for 3-4 years?
Probably the same. He didn't really start coming into his own until 2/3. He wasn't an instant star at UCCS
I'd have been apoplectic if Tad had recruited D White out of high school. I just wish he'd gotten to CU a year earlier (or the NCAA had waived the requirement for him to sit out a year instead of screwing him over).
I don't get the point you are trying to say here. Are you saying we should recruit more diamond in the rough?
Hey. You're the one who brought it up as if it was an issue.
He'd be who he is now, probably.
Back to the NIT...
Sam Houston is another 8-1 potential upset to watch. Playing TCU, so not much travel and this is a program that's been winning a ton of games against a TCU that has to feel crazy disappointed & frustrated to not be in the Dance.
Sam Houston is another 8-1 potential upset to watch. Playing TCU, so not much travel and this is a program that's been winning a ton of games against a TCU that has to feel crazy disappointed & frustrated to not be in the Dance.
brettden
Well-Known Member
There are several mid majors every year, in my opinion, that are at the elite level bc they have a group of good players and one elite player. I think CU has been close on the good players, just have not had the elite one since Din and unfortunately he got injured. I don't think we have the elite guy on the roster, which will make it tough to compete with blue bloods or those hot mid majors that pop up every year.
Dude, he'd be MJ himself.
NiTownBuff
Club Member
So pumped for another home game!! KenPom has us as a 15-point favorite and 91% chance of winning vs Norfolk State in Boulder
The game is not tomorrow
Earliest the game will be is Saturday. Last year’s NIT had one second round game Saturday, a couple on Sunday and more on the following Monday. I’d assume that’s consistent with what this year will be.
brettden
Well-Known Member
Fair point, but wouldn't you agree that you put a number of factors on a sliding scale. Elite basketball talent, only a few get that. Elite athletes that play basketball a few more get those. We have Bey, Florida State has several of guys just like him. And they are bringing in Patrick Williams from West Charlotte next year. If you care and have time take a look at him and compare him to the Columbine kid we are getting the following year. Just not even close to the same player. I saw Williams, who is 6'8" reject Kofi Cochburn from Oak Hill Academy. Cochburn is going to Illinois I think and he is like 6'10" 290#, an absolute beast. Furthermore, Williams led a team with one other legit NCAA player to the state championship game in NC. That is a significant accomplishment.
I am pulling for CU of course, and Tad seems like a great guy. And I think his recruiting system works to a degree. He just needs to get that diamond in the rough to hit more regularly, or he needs to find higher profile players.
NIT 2nd round is 3/21 - 3/25. There will be overlap with the NCAA Tournament. Good news for NIT is they will have zero competition on ESPN, since the NCAA is all on CBS/TNT/TBS/TruTV