NIT Bracketology

After Marshall was eliminated from the C-USA tournament last night we can start talking NIT Bracketology.

There are two websites that are dedicated to this unusual pursuit, they are:

The Bracket Project – NIT: WWW.bracketproject.50webs.com/nit.html

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Chicago College Basketball: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-college-basketball/

I personally think the Bracket Project does a better job but both are good resources.

With last nights loss Marshall is right on the NIT bubble. The Herd has a few things working for and against them.

Positives: RPI of 54, strength of schedule 69, 1 – 1 record against teams with a top 25 RPI ranking, 7 – 10 record against the RPI top 100, signature wins over WVU and Memphis, and only one bad loss to Chattanooga.

Negatives: Marshall finished 6th in C-USA. With C-USA looking like a one bid NCAA Tournament league four other schools from the same conference will be fighting for NIT spots. Even though Marshall has an impressive resume the NIT selection committee might be hard pressed to select MU over other C-USA schools who finished with superior conference records.

The NIT Tournament selection show will take place this Sunday at 9pm on ESPNU.