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Post by LIONS90045 on Mar 22, 2024 15:34:31 GMT -5
Folks in charge have been using the NIT to dry run potential rule changes to NCAA basketball.
This year they are trying a 12 foot wide lane versus the current 8 foot standard. The wider lane is the size used in the NBA.
I don't recall what other changes they may be trying this year.
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Post by boothlion on Oct 23, 2024 0:12:44 GMT -5
The NIT announced their new qualifications for this upcoming season. Greatly improved over last years in my opinion. The way I read it; appears to be going back to the older ways vs the money grab that was last season.
16 auto qualifying teams which get to host the first round. Top 2 from the ACC and SEC not selected to the NCAA tournament (guess B12 and B10 didn’t want in?) plus the top team not selected to the NCAA tournament from the top 12 conferences (based on the Ken Pomeroy Rating).
Using last year’s conference rank this would be:
B12, B10, SEC, ACC, Big East, Pac-12, MW, A10, American, Missouri Valley, WCC, Ivy (with the Pac-12 gone the Southern conference was #13 last season)
I guess this guarantees 3 ACC and 3 SEC teams every year? Only difference for the WCC would have been San Francisco hosting vs last year traveling to Cincinnati.
It’s also nice the NIT has returned to; if you win your regular season conference but don’t win your conference tournament you get the AQ. They have added the caveat of the team needing a 125 average among BPI, KPI, NET, KenPom, SOR, Torvik and WAB rankings. But a good reward for those one bid conferences.
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