Here's my take, what's yours?
On Sunday morning CAG and AD Sullivan decided that if we beat VCU they would put off Mili and Elvis' surgery (and any one else we don't know about) until we are eliminated from March Madness. This might be a detriment to these players BUT THE NCAA IS WORTH IT.
If we lose to VCU we will decline the NIT because WE HAVE TO DO WHATS BEST FOR THE ATHLETES.
Put a different way the NIT national TV and game exposure is not worth the risk but the NCAA justifies the risk. I don't think we'll ever know why we declined the NIT. Can't be because of potential injury/surgery because we would have taken a NCAA bid and its risks. With the current mess Blackburn and Frericks are turning over in their graves and Don Donoher has not slept for 3 nights.
We have slapped the NIT in the face......the tourney that got us on the national scene. NCAA owns the NIT. P*ss em off and we might have written of the First 4.
I'm off to AZ spring training for a week and watch grad assistant grandson at Arkansas & Duquense PLAY postseason hoops.
If we lose to VCU we will decline the NIT because WE HAVE TO DO WHATS BEST FOR THE ATHLETES.
Put a different way the NIT national TV and game exposure is not worth the risk but the NCAA justifies the risk. I don't think we'll ever know why we declined the NIT. Can't be because of potential injury/surgery because we would have taken a NCAA bid and its risks. With the current mess Blackburn and Frericks are turning over in their graves and Don Donoher has not slept for 3 nights.
We have slapped the NIT in the face......the tourney that got us on the national scene. NCAA owns the NIT. P*ss em off and we might have written of the First 4.
I'm off to AZ spring training for a week and watch grad assistant grandson at Arkansas & Duquense PLAY postseason hoops.