Note: Please see the Current NIT Bracket page for the latest bracket as things develop today, such as Rutgers opting out.
There are so many scenarios remaining because of a few conference tournaments that have a chance to make a big impact on the bracket namely: The Mountain West Championship, The American Athletic Conference (if Memphis loses at any point), The Atlantic 10 (if VCU loses at any point), and The Big West Championship (lot on the line there).
Right now I have Colorado St. projected as the Mountain West champion, which takes another spot in the bracket. It pushed Xavier out of the NCAA Tournament bracket and into the College Basketball Crown, which pushed Butler into the Big East's automatic NIT bid and Georgetown to an at-large.
Also, I'm not sure Iowa, which doesn't even have a coach at the moment would even play in the NIT. Plus the postseason opt outs of teams like Northwestern make it all a confusing proposition.
Pittsburgh and Florida St. are not in this bracket because I'm assuming or have seen reporting that they are not planning to play in the postseason.
Another team I could see definitely opting out is Rutgers with those potentially high NBA Draft picks.
Project NIT Bracket:
1. North Carolina
Saint Joseph's
4. LSU
Rutgers
3. TCU
UNLV
2. Wake Forest
Chattanooga
1. Boise St.
Northern Colorado
4. USC
Santa Clara
3. North Texas
Grand Canyon
2. UC Irvine
Nevada
1. SMU
Stanford
4. Butler
Loyola IL
3. Bradley
Penn St.
2. George Mason
Georgetown
1. San Francisco
CSUN
4. Middle Tennessee
Arkansas St.
3. Dayton
Oregon St.
2. Iowa
Northern Iowa
I'll have another update tomorrow with my final NIT bracket.
Troy is receiving an auto bid from the Sun Belt, correct? And where did my Bonnies go?
ReplyDeleteOh right, Troy is now off to the NCAA Tournament, forgot to update that on my bracket page. St. Bonaventure got cut because I had too many A10 teams and couldn’t make the bracket work. SBU and Loyola are probably competing for one spot if I had to guess (pending opt outs and such and what happens with the title game).
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