MVC in Postseason Basketball

[MeOW!]

How many Valley teams will play postseason basketball this year?

When we sweep the MVC Tourney, that only leaves us representing the conference in the Big Dance.

Wichita State will play in the NIT.

Does Illinois State have a chance to be invited to the NIT or CBI? The Redbirds have 20 wins, but beat a bunch of nobodies to get there. They did beat Wichita State once and Utah, but other than that - no one.

What about Missouri State? The Bears haven't had a great conference season, but they beat St. Louis and Nevada in the non-conference and had a pretty high RPI towards the start of conference play.

No one else from the Valley will even be considered.

[joecooll6]

Re: MVC in Postseason Basketball

How many Valley teams will play postseason basketball this year?

When we sweep the MVC Tourney, that only leaves us representing the conference in the Big Dance.

Wichita State will play in the NIT.

Does Illinois State have a chance to be invited to the NIT or CBI? The Redbirds have 20 wins, but beat a bunch of nobodies to get there. They did beat Wichita State once and Utah, but other than that - no one.

What about Missouri State? The Bears haven't had a great conference season, but they beat St. Louis and Nevada in the non-conference and had a pretty high RPI towards the start of conference play.

No one else from the Valley will even be considered.

I disagree. The Valley had a remarkable 7 teams make the postseason last year due to the CBI and CIT.

Provided none of these teams wins the MVC Tourney

-Wichita will be in the NIT

-Illinois State will be on the NIT bubble. Especially if they beat us, they should be in the little dance.

-Missouri State should play some sort of postseason basketball with their record, probably the CBI or CIT.

-I wouldnt be surprised to see SIU or InSU get considered for the CBI or CIT. They are 3 and 4 games above .500 respectively. Last year Bradley (18-14), Evansville (17-13), Wichita State (16-16) and Drake (17-15) all got invites to the CBI or CIT.

-Bradley (currently 1 above) and Creighton (currently .500) could get a bid to one of the lower tier tournaments as well if they can finish at least .500. Their high average attendances would be very attractive to these tournaments.

The only teams that are definitely out of postseason contention are Drake (13-16) and Evansville (7-20).

[06panther10]

Re: MVC in Postseason Basketball

Bradley dominates the CIT and CBI.