nothing to see here...Mooney is doing wonderfully...he's got 1 NCAA in 14. Amazing. At little ol' Richmond.
Around the A-10: 2024–25 Edition
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A 10 seed VCU versus a 7 seed Louisville would be one of the most insane 1st round matchups ever ...
Reminder Lunardi stinks. Had Texas & UNC as 3rd & 4th teams out. Had WVU with a bye.
Granted everyone missed on WVU. I think in every single bracket on the matrix.
Big brands of Texas and UNC win out. Of course UNC AD is committee chair but that had nothing to do with it…if u believe that…no nothing at all…they even put out Keith Gill to explain why not.
Keith Gill gets some crap on here but can anyone imagine John Hardt filling that role as vice chair and TV time. Hell no.
VCU a little under seeded too
Granted everyone missed on WVU. I think in every single bracket on the matrix.
Big brands of Texas and UNC win out. Of course UNC AD is committee chair but that had nothing to do with it…if u believe that…no nothing at all…they even put out Keith Gill to explain why not.
Keith Gill gets some crap on here but can anyone imagine John Hardt filling that role as vice chair and TV time. Hell no.
VCU a little under seeded too
UC Riverside is in the CBI and the NIT.
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It looks like they had accepted an invite to the CBI, thinking they weren't going to make the NIT. But so many other teams declined NIT bids that Riverside eventually got the call.
Riverside had a press release earlier about the CBI invite, but they pulled it:
Wichita State had also told media earlier in the day that their season was done, and then they got an NIT bid too.
Riverside had a press release earlier about the CBI invite, but they pulled it:
Wichita State had also told media earlier in the day that their season was done, and then they got an NIT bid too.
BTW, what a crazy-looking bracket that is for the CBI...lol. They could only get 12 teams (and one has already pulled out) and it's not bracketed logically to feed first-round winners into quarterfinal games against bye teams.
Also, I see almost half the field is 240 or worse in the NET...we'd fit right in as a replacement for Riverside, and the event is run by Mooney's agent buddies at Gazelle. Pick up the phone!
Crown and CBI are completely separate....Crown is a heavy-hitter backed by Fox Sports, while CBI is a third-rate Gazelle Group event.
Also, I see almost half the field is 240 or worse in the NET...we'd fit right in as a replacement for Riverside, and the event is run by Mooney's agent buddies at Gazelle. Pick up the phone!
Crown and CBI are completely separate....Crown is a heavy-hitter backed by Fox Sports, while CBI is a third-rate Gazelle Group event.
Everyone can see that there are 2 tiers, it just isn’t overtly stated. The only question is how long the SEC and Big 10 are going to allow the autobids from the small leagues to participate in “their tournament”.
Surprising since they tried to make it a p5 tournament with the recent rule changes. Did they even ask the P5 schools if they wanted all those free bids? Haha! It is actually pretty embarrassing for the NCAA
I love this "Update: UC Riverside to Compete in the 2025 NIT." 🤣
CBI is going to roll with 11 teams...tweeted out an updated bracket late night.
Update: UC Riverside to Compete in the 2025 NIT - UC Riverside Athletics
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The UC Riverside men's basketball team has officially accepted an invitation to the 2025 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), marking the program's
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CBI is going to roll with 11 teams...tweeted out an updated bracket late night.
A-10 getting destroyed in the NIT so far...Kent State blew things open in the second half to take down Bona 75–56, while Arkansas State is looking like triple digits is a strong possibility, up 86–60 on SLU with 8 minutes still to play.
We’ll see how other A10 teams do in NIT, but right now shows why we have been relegated to a 1 bid conference kind of like Patriot League in football.
Mountain West not looking too good either so far, no mention of the specific team needed 😀😃😃
