Talk:2008 National Invitation Tournament

Clarification

Teams that win their conference after the reg season and fail to make the NCAA Tournament are automatically invited to the NIT. ...But what about teams that own a share/tie of the conference title after the reg season and fail to make the NCAA Tournament... Do they to automatically make the NIT? (e.g. Rider in 2008 who tied with Siena). 172.129.221.16 (talk) 01:32, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I believe the NIT uses the tiebreakers for each conference to determine who they will take if the winner does not win the conference tournament. So if the #1 seed loses, then they're in the NIT. A #2 seed that has the same record as the #1 seed but does not win the conference tourney is not automatically invited to the NIT. — X96lee15 (talk) 01:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I see. That makes sense. Thanks for the info. 63.3.19.129 (talk) 22:52, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Bracket

The bracket doesn't show which regions will meet in the semifinals --Latish redone (formerly All in) (talk) 01:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I added that info now from the official NIT bracket. --Mtjaws (talk) 16:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Bolding of team names

Currently, it appears that the winners of each game have their team name bolded. Since the score and appearance in the next round say the same info, wouldn't it be better to have the home team written in bold? Especially because the NIT features teams playing at home up until the finals. Nowhere does it say where the games are played, and I can't say for sure if the higher seeded team always gets to play at home. Any thoughts on making the change, or adding a note about locations? Thanks. --Mtjaws (talk) 16:39, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

The first second and third rounds are played on home court of the higher seed with the final four at MSG. That can easily be mentioned in the text. The article on last year's tournament had an exhaustive table giving the site of each game. If anyone's up for replicating that, it might not be a bad idea. 69.7.37.69 (talk) 03:08, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

No Mtjaws, I think the higher seeded team is always the home team in the earlier rounds. I say leave things like they are with this fact explained in the intro text and the seeds shown in the brackets to determine location. Hoof Hearted (talk) 15:14, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I think in the past there has been a few exceptions, but those were probably due to some extenuating circumstances. The info in the intro is fine now, and I'm sure the NCAA has likely improved the tournament's organization since taking over last year. --74.236.90.215 (talk) 10:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC) Mtjaws (talk) 11:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

The only exceptions would have been when a team's particular regular home floor was in use for a concert or something, and they had to switch to another site in the same city. Doesn't change the fact that the better seed has a home game for rounds 1, 2, and 3 (keep in mind that this is only the third year that the tournament has even been seeded). 69.7.37.69 (talk) 23:29, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

North, East, South, West

These bracket names aren't actually used by this year's NIT. I am removing them (the only reason they stayed up previously is to indicate which bracket played which in the semis; this is now apparent). 69.7.37.69 (talk) 02:31, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

And the only names the selection show gave them were "top-left," "bottom-left," and so on. So there's really nothing to call them, at all. 69.7.37.69 (talk) 03:01, 26 March 2008 (UTC)