Watching the game and the way it played out with Jimmy Chitwood hitting the last shot to win the game will make this win our version of that movie. Great job by the staff and the players and it confirmed we should have been in the big dance.
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You could also make the argument that Oklahoma was the only team who declined that was above us anyway based on regular season performance. Many on that decline list weren’t good teams either bc this year the selection process for the NIT changed. The PAC 10 teams? Maryland? Indiana? Woof.Yep. Also wonder if St Johns players and other schools that declined the NIT had second thoughts after seeing the fun our team had. Hinkle is our house lol. Made it more special to win in such iconic venue.
And this NIT Championship Game itself was a GREAT college basketball game. It had buzz bc it was exactly what the NIT is there for - to allow the teams just out to show something. NCAA Tournament worthy caliber game and competitiveness for sure; that level of energy. Great crowd too even if partial.Watching the game and the way it played out with Jimmy Chitwood hitting the last shot to win the game will make this win our version of that movie. Great job by the staff and the players and it confirmed we should have been in the big dance.
The Johnnies fans are too busy admiring all that they are.Yep. Also wonder if St Johns players and other schools that declined the NIT had second thoughts after seeing the fun our team had. Hinkle is our house lol. Made it more special to win in such iconic venue.
Leave them alone. They have a lot to look forward to when they spend 750k on Cliff and he goes for 10pts, 6RPG and they miss the tournament againThe Johnnies fans are too busy admiring all that they are.
I’m sure Dylan had a hell of a lot more fun on this side of the border than with his old school! Just saying!Yep. Also wonder if St Johns players and other schools that declined the NIT had second thoughts after seeing the fun our team had. Hinkle is our house lol. Made it more special to win in such iconic venue.
Think of the exposure pitino potentially took from his players Well the hall got that as at least this NIT final had more juice than any in recent memory.Yep. Also wonder if St Johns players and other schools that declined the NIT had second thoughts after seeing the fun our team had. Hinkle is our house lol. Made it more special to win in such iconic venue.
I think Virginia declined.You could also make the argument that Oklahoma was the only team who declined that was above us anyway based on regular season performance. Many on that decline list weren’t good teams either bc this year the selection process for the NIT changed. The PAC 10 teams? Maryland? Indiana? Woof.
As Hoops Weiss says today, hope the NCAA semis are as exciting as our game.And this NIT Championship Game itself was a GREAT college basketball game. It had buzz bc it was exactly what the NIT is there for - to allow the teams just out to show something. NCAA Tournament worthy caliber game and competitiveness for sure; that level of energy. Great crowd too even if partial.
Not only that, but winning it meant more to me than I ever would have expected. I was surprisingly emotional about it, and no, I don't usually do more than channel-surf to the NIT final in other years. That was unexpected - how much I wanted to win it, and how much it meant.Did not think I'd enjoy watching the NIT as much as I did.