Wednesday, March 14
Cal Poly @ Washington
Northern Colorado @ Colorado Thursday, March 15
Drexel @ Fairfield
UC Davis @ Oregon State
UNLV @ Saint Mary’s
Utah State @ Utah
Eastern Illinois @ Texas Tech
Mississippi Valley State @ Tulane
Central Michigan @ Illinois State
American @ Villanova
Drake @ South Dakota
UMKC @ Missouri State
Chattanooga @ Memphis
Quinnipiac @ Temple
Harvard @ Hofstra
VCU @ Bowling Green
Boston University @ Saint Joseph’s High Point @ NC State Appalachian State @ UNC Wilmington
Miami-Ohio @ Richmond
Howard @ Virginia Davidson @ James Madison Wake Forest @ Charlotte
Stetson @ Florida International
Florida Atlantic @ South Florida Friday, March 16
Arizona State @ Pacific
CS Northridge @ San Diego
Oral Roberts @ Wichita State
Central Arkansas @ Oklahoma State
Syracuse @ Hartford
Detroit @ Toledo Duquesne @ Cincinnati
We may have received the bid that Chapel Hill declined. Not only did they fail to make the NCAA field, they weren’t even in the last 4 out, which the NCAA publicly revealed for some reason.
They actually declined a bid? How do you know this? I ask because I hear people here say such things and I can never bring myself to believe that some HC or AD could be so stupidly selfish. It’s not as if players would vote to throw in the towel, right?
I’m ignorant. I need evidence. Do you have a link?
[quote=“anipalcraig, post:4, topic:26531”]They actually declined a bid? How do you know this? I ask because I hear people here say such things and I can never bring myself to believe that some HC or AD could be so stupidly selfish. It’s not as if players would vote to throw in the towel, right?
I’m ignorant. I need evidence. Do you have a link?[/quote]
These say Chapel Hill declined the bid.
I’ve been a Niners fan for a long time. Been through a lot, and I’ve never considered bailing. But if we ever bailed like that… I don’t know. Someone would have to get fired or something.
[quote=“anipalcraig, post:4, topic:26531”]They actually declined a bid? How do you know this? I ask because I hear people here say such things and I can never bring myself to believe that some HC or AD could be so stupidly selfish. It’s not as if players would vote to throw in the towel, right?
I’m ignorant. I need evidence. Do you have a link?[/quote]
Lefty Driesell declined a Maryland NIT bid while my mother was a student there. She really had no reason to make that up when she told me.
I believe her, but I do recognize it’s not the evidence you’re looking for - just more heresay.
[quote=“stonecoldken, post:8, topic:26531”]We didn’t get CH’s bid. We’re a home team. That means we got in over ALL away teams that are At-Large bids.
And it is bad for the CH players to decline a bid.[/quote] That ain’t how it works. I’m not looking it up, but I’d bet that Wake has a higher rpi than us. $$$$$$. The reason I know Chapel Hill got a Nit bid is that the highest finishing team not making the NCAA field gets an automatic bid. Having the first round of the NCAA on their home floor may have something to do with them declining, since it may interfere with them having a home Nit game. We know how they think they should never be subjected to playing on the road. I hope they enjoy watching Ga Tech play in the NCAA in Carmichael. ;D ;D ;D P.S. I know that the official line from Chapel Hill is that having to play on the road was no factor in their decision. I also know they have been known to lie.
Roasty, I remember Lefty declining that bid because it made headlines. This may have happened in '74, when Maryland had the 2nd or 3rd best team in the country and lost the ACC Championship Game in triple overtime to eventual National Champion NC State.
[quote=“49r9r, post:14, topic:26531”]Roasty, I remember Lefty declining that bid because it made headlines. This may have happened in '74, when Maryland had the 2nd or 3rd best team in the country and lost the ACC Championship Game in triple overtime to eventual National Champion NC State.[/quote] Ah, the good old days of one bid per league.
[quote=“4ever niner, post:15, topic:26531”][quote=“49r9r, post:14, topic:26531”]Roasty, I remember Lefty declining that bid because it made headlines. This may have happened in '74, when Maryland had the 2nd or 3rd best team in the country and lost the ACC Championship Game in triple overtime to eventual National Champion NC State.[/quote] Ah, the good old days of one bid per league.[/quote]If you are in the CAA or SoCon, these are still the good old days.