Wufan wrote:mvcfan wrote:Yes, the pressure to a 500 team must be suffocating and probably the stress could shorten lives.
I will say that if the entire team doesn't enter the tournament with the resolve to win it, playing is a waste of time. The year, we won the NIT, Marshall had a talk with the team. He reminded them about his disappointment in their performance in the NIT the previous year, when they had just shown up and threw in the towel early, probably prior to the first round game against Nevada. He told them if that was the plan, he didn't want to accept the invitation to the tournament and be a part of it. The team became excited about the NIT and went to MSG and won it. We've gone to the last two NCAA tournaments and this year will make three in a row. The NIT Championship could have been the spring board (or at least part of it) to raise our level of play. Good Luck to whoever enters the post season.
Yes, but the NIT, while second fiddle, is significantly different than the other two tourneys.
That goes without saying. My point was that any tournament can be beneficial and improve a program but only if the entire team is on board that they believe, and are on board to go and win it (and that takes sacrifice for all). Otherwise, it is a waste of time.
