Say it proud
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It has gotten the appropriate recognition - probably too much considering it is the NIT and that the team that won it is gone. There is little to no relevance between winning the NIT and the 2024/25 season. It's time to let this one fade.
This is an appropriate advertisement for a season that ended well. A billboard such as this one is money well spent.
It's a testament not just to the roster that is now mostly leaving but to the head coach who is coming back.
It's a testament not just to the roster that is now mostly leaving but to the head coach who is coming back.
Players will always come and go. Be proud of your school.
Disagree. Something to celebrate.
Absolutely should celebrate. I'm tired of the glass half empty attitude of some.
Seton Hall basketball wanted to prove the selection committee made a mistake.
Mission accomplished....good for the team and the fans!
Mission accomplished....good for the team and the fans!
It is what is it. The NIT also thought we were the best team not in the NCAA.
We won the NIT to prove them right. It wasnt what we wanted, but if we think we got screwed, winning it all was out best retort.
Way to go Pirates!!
Nobody knows what the NIT really thought. We were the overall #1 seed with a bunch of teams opting out. Could they have though we were the best team not in the tournament, absolutely. Could they have thought we were third, absolutely. We were the #1 seed. We did what we were supposed to do. Nobody can take that away. The tournament just sucks because you have teams and players opting out.
Yet many of the NIT games were actually more enjoyable to watch than the NCAA games. No matter how hard they unintentionally try to destroy CBB it's still wildly entertaining.
All I know is we were the number one seed. And I cannot think of one team that deserved it more than us.
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Indiana St - 29
SJU 32
Pitt 40
Wash 69
Cuse 84
Ole Miss 90
Indiana 98
This. Games were fun to watch and have as a fan. Great for the staff and players that they won, because once you decide to play in a tournament like that you better be all in, otherwise there is no point. None of that needs to be downplayed at all. Where this topic went off the rails, as usual, was folks trying to pump up meaning beyond that, like that it was going to result in this massive uptick in "exposure", which would help with player retention, keep our two best players who had legit transfer options, and have recruits or portal kids begging outside Bunny's to come play for the Hall. Like everything else with message boards, there is never any nuance.
We were the No. 1 overall seed in the NIT. We were the second team out of the NCAA field and Oklahoma opted out.
Part of the reason they now announce the first four teams out is because that turns into those teams being the four No. 1 seeds in the NIT bracket.
Seeing that billboard couldn't help but flash back to "What Trenton makes; the world takes!” Guessing I'm not the only one.
Aw, Shuttle, come on, the teams we beat to W that Tourney weren't garbage, and, truth be told, over the last 40+ yrs we won all of 1 NIT game!That run was a lot of fun!Congrats guys, on a great W for yourselves, the program, and the fans and Alums!
I think it’s nice and deserved . Would be a hard sell to make the case on the return on the investment. But as they say, not everything that counts can be counted.
We were the Number 1 seed regardless of who opted out. They base the seeding upon the order in which teams were left out of the NCAA tournament. We were the second team out behind Indiana State, who we beat in what was basically a home court for ISU.
We were not the 1 seed regardless of who opted out if they based it on the order of the teams who were left out. What you’re saying is if Oklahoma didn’t opt out they would’ve been #1 overall. So who opted out (Oklahoma) mattered.
Who the heck gives a s**t. Can’t you guys enjoy anything?
You know it’s nonsense. If I said Seton Hall did the best job in the portal everyone would point out it’s inaccurate. Why get disturbed that an inaccurate comment was pointed out?
If the team was RU that we were talking about, everyone would acknowledge the teams that opted out. Why do we have to be homers all of the time? We can say we did what we were supposed to do, took care of business, hang a banner but also acknowledge this tournament ranks right up there with the pinstripe bowl.
Who said anyone was a homer. That’s you disparaging anyone you disagree with. The NIT ended three weeks ago. Let it go and just enjoy it if you can. But I doubt you can.
Sorry but it’s a homer opinion when you think seton hall would be the #1 seed regardless of who opted out and saying seton hall was the 2nd team left out of the ncaa which is how the nit picks their seeds. What else would you call that? Is that Just enjoying the moment.
We turned what would have been a sour ending into a positive. We had a great time watching and were entertained ( which is my purpose in attending ).
. We gained a positive spin nationally -- what is not to celebrate ?
. We gained a positive spin nationally -- what is not to celebrate ?
I agree and I was at all the NIT games at Walsh but is now time to move on.
Big difference! People across the country know what the NIT is. I doubt many know or remember what the pinstripe bowl is. Don’t diminish what our guys accomplished.
Let me tell you, being there in person was amazing. It was a championship game and an electric atmosphere in historic Hinkle.
If RU won the NIT, great job for them. Anyone who cant see that is a clown. Regardless of the circumstances.
Yes, let’s just keep up the effort to continually diminish something good we accomplished.
Nobody is diminishing the accomplishment we just can’t say we were the #1 seed regardless of who opted out. Thats just not a fact.
Come on man. People have no clue what the pinstripe bowl except it doubled the number of viewers as the NIT championship. That doesn’t take away what our guys accomplished at all.
Must you poison every thread where you participate?
Give it a rest. You constant whining is not appreciated.
Geesh, some of you guys would complain about a sunny day.
Here's the thing, Seton Hall had the opportunity to play in a postseason tournament and kept playing until there was no one else left. Why wouldn't you celebrate that?
(For what it's worth, Holloway is still a young coach. The first time we began to realize that we had something special in Jim Calhoun was when he won the NIT in 1988.)
Here's the thing, Seton Hall had the opportunity to play in a postseason tournament and kept playing until there was no one else left. Why wouldn't you celebrate that?
(For what it's worth, Holloway is still a young coach. The first time we began to realize that we had something special in Jim Calhoun was when he won the NIT in 1988.)
For the most part, 2 teams won their final game. Us and Uconn.
…and since we split the season series with them, I guess we’re basically co-national champions!
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