An embarrassing 8-22 season

[spiderstudent17]

Mooney won’t be let go by the university this year. The only other option is him retiring, which we would likely know by now or next week, but that isn’t happening either. That most recent JOC article of Mooney revisiting strategy suggests he’s coming back. His job is likely safe next year too unless we have another season of 10 or fewer wins then maybe more pressure in NIL era. But most likely he will do good enough where his job is safe for another 2 years. If we stink 3 years in a row after the 2027-2028 season would be the “we’re mutually parting ways” from our department.

 

[Eight Legger]

Are there any scandals going on in the basketball program???

 

[spider23]

Are there any scandals going on in the basketball program???

Lets hope so.

 

[whampas]

Are there any scandals going on in the basketball program???

Theft of millions of $$.

 

[GKiller]

Now they’re not even waiting until Sunday.

Memo SpiderTrap

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Wake declines NIT.

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[wr70beh]

Theft of millions of $$.

Steal of the century.

 

[wr70beh]

Wake declines NIT.

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With the professional like stature of college hoops now I can see the NIT being just a mid-major tournament like the CBI became. The power 5 teams are NCAA or bust at this point.

 

[MrTbone]

Still, it’s a bit of a slap to the fans who might enjoy seeing their team continue to play.

But it increasingly feels like it’s less about the fans than it is for other stakeholders.

 

[72Spider]

Wake declines NIT.

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still waiting to see what announcement about post season play UR puts out

 

[MrTbone]

still waiting to see what announcement about post season play UR puts out

“Hey everybody, we weren’t invited to any postseason play so we’re gonna take a break and work on our fluidity.”

Insert spelling/grammatical error where appropriate.

 

[urmite]

Still, it’s a bit of a slap to the fans who might enjoy seeing their team continue to play.

But it increasingly feels like it’s less about the fans than it is for other stakeholders.

Is the Vegas NIL tournament an alternative to the NIT? If so P5 may opt for that…

 

[SFspidur]

Only a handful of P5s in the NIT field, so yeah, they're heading for the Crown NIL payday or sitting out entirely.

 

[spider23]

Only a handful of P5s in the NIT field, so yeah, they're heading for the Crown NIL payday or sitting out entirely.

Yep makes sense to get any and all NIL dollars u can. Extra couple hundred grand could help buy that player that could make your season.

 

[GKiller]

NOW - it has changed and as usual - is skewed to the P5 programs. For this year - two top Non NCAA teams from the ACC and SEC get auto bids. Then the top remaining team from the next 12 conferences (rated by KenPon). So I don't see P5 teams backing out this year because they have agreed to this setup. But you could see players opt out for their teams. If your a kid looking to transfer - why play in the NIT, get in the portal - get the process started and move on.

There’s 4 p5 teams total in the entire NIT. Opt outs all over. There’s 6 A10 teams. Lol.

How is this skewed to the P5?

Memo SpiderTrap

 

[urmite]

There’s 4 p5 teams total in the entire NIT. Opt outs all over. There’s 6 A10 teams. Lol.

How is this skewed to the P5?

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Maybe the NIT made the changes to TRY to skew it to the P5…

 

[GKiller]

Only a handful of P5s in the NIT field, so yeah, they're heading for the Crown NIL payday or sitting out entirely.

Yep makes sense to get any and all NIL dollars u can. Extra couple hundred grand could help buy that player that could make your season.

Idk who is going to play in that thing either. It starts in 2 weeks. Can’t see any way they get a 16 team field. most have said not playing or in NIT. There was supposedly some NIL $ just for final 4 teams. May have to throw a lot more $ out there or they’ll have 4 teams total. Will be interesting. Or they double up on teams remember there r no rules anymore. UC Riverside is in both the CBI and NIT.

 

[GKiller]

Maybe the NIT made the changes to TRY to skew it to the P5…

Explained/posted already. As they should they r in survival mode. Doing whatever they can due to all opt outs and this other Crown tourney while having some selection criteria. Might as well remove all criteria & say back to picking who we want.

The point is none of it is preventing opt outs and SpiderTrap continues to die on that hill 2 years running.