I suppose we get our share of these kinds of fans because we skew so much in our culture toward being a football school, but these kinds of comments below about the NIT always make me want to throw up. Playing a couple of games in the NIT is completely stupid and pointless. Would you really rather have us taking CSU's place in the bracket below? Because that's pretty much what it would have looked like. This team had a lot of issues which led to not winning last night, but if you care about the longterm health of the program, getting over some of our problems and making it into the real tournament is a lot better than wasting time in the Not Important Tournament even if it means another night or two for our fans to go cheer at the Marriott Center. The players we're trying to recruit don't give a rat's behind about playing for a team or fanbase that is just happy to go to the NIT.
http://www.cougarboard.com/board/mes...ml?id=13855153
http://i.turner.ncaa.com/dr/ncaa/nca...it-bracket.pdf