Mid-Tier Bowl Win or NIT Champs?- Which is better for a University?

[Storm Surge]

I think people are looking at this from the wrong perspective. So much of the question posed depends on where your football and basketball program is at the time. An NIT championship although nice would be a retrogression of the basketball program from the point it is at. After 4 straight NCAA appearances, anything NIT related would be a step down for Alabama. For that reason, I would choose a mid tier bowl win.

A better question would be between a Final 4 appearance and a BCS Bowl game appearance (not the title game though). That choice would be easy for me. I choose the Final 4 seeing as that is the only major accomplishment in a major sport that we have yet to accomplish. We've been to national championship games in football and have even been deep into a few College Baseball World Series. The only other thing besides that we haven't done is actually win a College World Series. For me, I want Bama to at least say it has been to a Final 4.

 

[Bama-94-00]

Basketabll conf.

Depends on the conference. A basketball oriented conference might have a different outcome on this poll. ..

Maybe. But that wouldn't make the NIT more prominant or pay more relative to an mid-tier bowl.

 

[RTR_NW]

Maybe. But that wouldn't make the NIT more prominant or pay more relative to an mid-tier bowl.

I see your point. Mine is that a bowl game is one game. The NIT would be a three to four game winning streak against comparible competition. To that program, an NIT Tournament Championship would be their mid-tier bowl.

As Storm Surge put it: It's relative.

Roll Tide!!

 

[Bama-94-00]

I see your point. Mine is that a bowl game is one game. The NIT would be a three to four game winning streak against comparible competition. To that program, an NIT Tournament Championship would be their mid-tier bowl.

As Storm Surge put it: It's relative.

Roll Tide!!

Sure. I do think making it to an NIT final is better for the team. It has helped Bama when many of the players were back the next year. Later. :smile: