NIT bound!!!

[CokerGuy29]

Yeah, so I know no one is excited. But lets give it some conversation and support the team. They are still in a postseason tournament. We are the #5 seed and I believe we have to travel to Massachusetts to play. After that if we pull out a win we have to play the winner of #1 seed West Virginia and #8 seed Delaware State. I don't expect much, and doubt the team will be very excited. But does anyone think we have a shot? Heres a link to the bracket for anyone interested.
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nit/sports/m-nit/auto_pdf/2007-Bracket.pdf

 

[MasterShake]

That bracket is blank. Who does South Alabama play?

 

[CokerGuy29]

Hmmm its not blank for me...I guess you could try going to the site, www.nit.org. South Alabama gets the lucky first round draw of traveling to Syracuse.

 

[MasterShake]

Well its not blank but the document only has the brackets not the teams listed. This is a bracket thats meant to be filled out.

 

[Bama-94-00]

The teams show up for me in CokerGuy29's link. Must be your settings or something..

 

[wastedmason]

If we could meet West Virginia then that would stir a little interest but not much. Probably don't have anything to look forward to anyhow, doubt we get past UMass. Is it spring football season yet?

 

[shakerguy]

Roll Tide i will be their tues

 

[MasterShake]

The teams show up for me in CokerGuy29's link. Must be your settings or something..

or the fact Adobe Acrobat Reader blows. :biggrin:

 

[Bama 3:16]

Will be difficult to win at UMass, they'll be all excited & pumped, but reality is we need to play on the road in this tournament and not at home for it to be beneficial.

IMO, don't play Steele, nothing but more bad injuries could occur, but this should be Torrence's show to run this week and go as far as he can lead us, whether its one and done or longer.

 

[Tide Rev]

I do not know how the team will respond...hopefully positively. If we beat UMass, I would pray for a monumental upset of WVa...but since that is unlikely to happen...look at the scenario if we win...

Bama travelling to WVa...think RR will show up for the game???

If the guys get motivated like the first 10-12 games, maybe we can make some noise...

RTR

 

[lorange]

This is a tough draw for Bama. Miss St should make it to NYC.

 

[NorthernTide]

Gotta think they'll fly into Hartford. I hope to find out when and be there to greet them! I'll be there for the game. I know it stinks we didn't get a NCAA bid, but for me this is awesome! I can see them play and hopefully ( Hey, "I'm just too full of Alabama", as Mr. Lewis said) they'll make it back to the Garden and I'll be there too. Roll Tide and we will try and get them over the hump up here!

 

[CornBiscuit]

Ha, LSU didnt get an invite.

Their are some really good teams for the NIT this year.

 

[CokerGuy29]

I saw an interview on the news with Mark Gottfried concerning the bid. It seems he finally backed off the coachspeak saying Bama is a NCAA team. He basically said, "we have no complaints, we are just happy to still be playing, we have made our bed and we have to lie in it". I guess it looks bad at the end of the season if the coach does not still pretend to think there is an NCAA possibility

 

[The Duke]

That bracket is blank. Who does South Alabama play?

Syracuse Orangemen. :eek2:

Good luck, Jags..

 

[LCN]

:frown: The N.I.T. makes me narcoleptic .

 

[TIDEFAN17]

Ever seen a team go from #4 in the Nation to #5 seed in the NIT? Ouch.

 

[Bama Reb]

I guess there are good sides and bad sides to missing the NCAA and going to the NIT. The good news is that there are some good teams playing in the NIT, and that MAYBE, if Bama decides to get off it's duff and play, it could go fairly deep into the tourney.
The bad news is that I've spent the weekend watching some really great games in not only the SEC, but other conference tourneys as well. All of these teams put in a lot of effort. Every player on every team showed what they were made of, and every one of them surely make their schools and fans proud.
That brings about a sad realization and truth, that being that it's good and fitting that the Crimson Tide didn't make it to the NCAA. That truth reveals that this year, the Tide doesn't even belong in the same area code as the NCAA bound teams. JMHO

 

[BocaLance]

UMass is a buzz saw.
They won a share of their league and have won something like 10 of their last 11 or 12. They are hitting their stride.

 

[BigBama]

Dont know much about UMASS but even if Bama beats them they will most likely have West Virginia and we don't match up well with them. Either way it doesn't look good.