National Invitation Tournament: Round 1

	#3 South Florida (20-12, 9-9 Big East)
	vs.
	#6 NC State (19-15, 5-11 ACC, Glenn Wilkes Classic CHAMPIONS!!!)
	Tuesday, March 16th, 8:00pm Winner advances to play the winner of UAB/Coastal Carolina TV: ESPNU

3/15/2010 12:00:50 AM

lets get that 20th win

3/15/2010 12:03:26 AM

they look solid

3/15/2010 12:04:06 AM

oh and:

3/15/2010 12:06:09 AM

They got rocked by Louisville, G-town, WV, Villanova, and Syracuse

pretty much every team worth a shit in the Big East

3/15/2010 12:07:47 AM

they did beat gtown and pitt though

this "streak" though was depaul X2 providence. they racked up wins vs the shitty big east teams mostly.

3/15/2010 12:10:29 AM

We'll be lucky to get a home game

3/15/2010 12:11:44 AM

i just can't believe this season where we were picked to be dead last by a long shot in the ACC

is going to be a possible 20 win season


wow. just wow. A+++ guys. good job lowe. i can't wait till next year.

3/15/2010 12:12:40 AM

Mark it down, NC State 20-15

3/15/2010 12:13:06 AM

we could play carolina in the elite 8. that could sorda be a home game.

3/15/2010 12:15:10 AM

Dominique Wilkins vs Xavier Hood will be an interesting match up

3/15/2010 12:16:39 AM

Wow, didn't realize that the game is this Tuesday

4 games in 6 days. Hope we're well rested!

3/15/2010 12:22:12 AM

STFU alias. Carolina isn't winning two games and that wouldn't be the elite 8. (elite 8's are for winners, not NIT teams)

3/15/2010 12:26:59 AM

hopefully unc will lose to w&m.

3/15/2010 12:28:34 AM

60-58 Pack

3/15/2010 12:29:54 AM

Fucking UNC as a four seed. USF is odd, they could be great or could be awful. Just depends on which team shows up

3/15/2010 12:44:38 AM

Quote :

"we could play carolina in the elite 8. that could sorda be a home game."

Not to diminish the possibility, but it's the NIT. There's no elite 8 in the NIT.

3/15/2010 12:48:31 AM

does MSG only get the final 4 teams? i feel like they usually get more than that, but maybe im thinking of the preseason NIT, which still might not be the case

3/15/2010 12:57:17 AM

In the 70s, they switched to the current format.

http://www.nit.org/history/nit-preseason.html

3/15/2010 1:03:02 AM

i'd rather unc win and us have a shot at ending their season. though i'll never be disappointed seeing them lose.

win/win

3/15/2010 1:06:36 AM

Dom Jones is tough and so is Gilchrist... but I think we can beat them.

Just let Jones get his points and work on shutting down the complimentary guys.

3/15/2010 9:16:50 AM

This is a really tough road game. Let's hope this State team doesn't want their season to end!

3/15/2010 9:20:45 AM

we do surprisingly well against super-athletic guys under Lowe's defensive system, so i'm not too worried about Jones

the thing that worries me: they play twin towers. Famous is 6'11" and gets 30 minutes per game and Gilchrist is 6'10" and gets 29 minutes per.

I can see Tracy and Howell getting into foul trouble, possibly early. and we all know what that means

3/15/2010 9:35:41 AM

dont' forget vandenburg? ok nevermind

3/15/2010 9:44:05 AM

that's what the was for


henceforward, Dandy will be known as " "

and if at all possible, please try to use ", mate" after the Dandy-smiley

i.e. Q: Hey, Tim, who is slated to be the starting center in 2011-2012?

A: , mate.

3/15/2010 9:52:20 AM

Looking at their resume, I feel that if they were Cuse, Nova, UCONN or one of the resident Big East big boys, they would have gotten in the tournament or been on the bubble at the very least. Being South Florida relegated them to NIT status, and we'll have our hands full trying to beat them. A team that goes 9-9 in the Big East is nothing to sneeze at.

3/15/2010 10:00:38 AM

Quote :

"A team that goes 9-9 in the Big East is nothing to sneeze at."

They beat Pitt and Georgetown, which is pretty impressive

The rest of their BE wins were against bottom feeders

3/15/2010 10:30:26 AM

Yeah, I guess. But I don't think we'd go .500 in that league even with half our games against the likes of Depaul, Rutgers and St. Johns

3/15/2010 10:44:08 AM

We'd be undefeated if we played in the all Duke league!!!!

3/15/2010 11:08:15 AM

Carolina a higher seed with a breakeven record?

3/15/2010 11:25:22 AM

If we were to ship koalas, dingos and vegimite sandwiches over to NC, do you think THE BIG DANDY VANDY'S play will improve? Thanks.

3/15/2010 11:25:33 AM

Hey guys, NC State is 5-0 in games played in the State of Florida this year.



[Edited on March 15, 2010 at 11:30 AM. Reason : .]

3/15/2010 11:27:37 AM

i sure would appreciate it if somebody could photoshop Dandy's head on a boxing kangaroo

3/15/2010 11:34:38 AM

Quote :

"Carolina a higher seed with a breakeven record?"

That's question #2.

question #1 is how a team without a winning record even gets selected. After miami's run in the ACC tourney, they deserved an NIT bid way more than UNC, who continued to lay eggs left and right.

And then on the topic of seeding, all they have over us is that they beat us twice.

Miami is RPI #46 as of the tourney. NC State is #59 and UNC is #63. unfuckingbelievable.

3/15/2010 11:49:44 AM

money money money

monay

3/15/2010 12:01:49 PM

i really thought Miami was going to be nationally-relevant when they started the season 15-1

3/15/2010 12:09:34 PM

Quote :

"And then on the topic of seeding, all they have over us is that they beat us twice. Miami is RPI #46 as of the tourney. NC State is #59 and UNC is #63. unfuckingbelievable."

Where did you get those numbers?

RealtimeRPI.com has Miami at #99, NC State at #98 and UNC at #92...

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html

3/15/2010 12:37:01 PM

Quote :

"i really thought Miami was going to be nationally-relevant when they started the season 15-1"

Miami is the new Clemson.

3/15/2010 12:38:24 PM

Who wants to go on a road trip?

We beat Marquette, USF lost to Marquette. NCSU>Marquette>USF. Here's hoping transitive properties apply.

[Edited on March 15, 2010 at 1:20 PM. Reason : Their Big East schedule was easier than our ACC schedule]

3/15/2010 1:19:50 PM

3/15/2010 1:44:39 PM

iop1plz2win

3/15/2010 1:45:38 PM

GO WEST VAGINA

3/15/2010 2:08:15 PM

Quote :

" i sure would appreciate it if somebody could photoshop Dandy's head on a boxing kangaroo"

Seconded.

3/15/2010 2:14:16 PM

Quote :

"Hey guys, NC State is 5-0 in games played in the State of Florida this year."

IN STATE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!

3/15/2010 2:50:13 PM

Quote :

"Where did you get those numbers?"

pomeroy

3/15/2010 4:37:22 PM

i like this kenpom thing! too bad the selection committee doesn't

3/15/2010 4:52:17 PM

someone should lock all these NIT threads

3/15/2010 4:57:10 PM

Quote :

"L, 64-62"

http://kenpom.com/team.php?team=North%20Carolina%20St.

didn't know there were pomeroy projections for upcoming games

[Edited on March 15, 2010 at 5:01 PM. Reason : .]

3/15/2010 5:00:37 PM

Quote :

"Where did you get those numbers?" pomeroy"

Pomeroy ratings aren't RPI

In fact, http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/the_rpi_is_dead

3/15/2010 5:13:21 PM

ah well fuck me.

3/15/2010 5:17:53 PM