Guys on Fox are saying Boise State are the best team on that side of the bracket

Then he (John Fanta) picked them to win the whole thing

I'm glad to see they're doing this tournament.  We have six A-10 teams in the NIT, and while it's clearly not the big dance, I feel like this is good for the team and our program.

 

Great news! 

Boise St gonna be tough.   There’s only 4 P4 teams in the NiT this year, so seems like a lot opted for the Crown over the NIT. Plus Boise St was first four out and would have been a 1 seed in the NIT.

Beyond pleasantly surprised by this development.  GW truly lucked out in that the NIT bids came first.  This Fox tournament was conceived so that majors would have a tournament to play in, largely amongst themselves, as opposed to feeling bitter over missing the Dance and having to settle on the NIT. After doing the math, the organizers likely concluded that it would make more sense to have a GW in the field than say an NC State.

And as a bonus, we get a nice 5:30 start time to our first game while Georgetown fans will be staying up until 1:00 to watch their team.

Last edited by Gwmayhem (3/17/2025 11:03 am)

I had never even heard of the Crown tournament until yesterday, but I would take any opportunity to play a game against a quality opponent. Boise State has a NET ranking of 44 and a KenPom of 50. Its a great opportunity for our team to play a quality opponent in a single elimination tournament. I hope they decide to just have fun with it an play loose.

Blue Foggy wrote:

Confused as to why Bonnies (tied in conference and lost to GW) got into NIT ahead of GW?

Hate to see our first game against Boise St....  I hope its not one and done....

There should not be any confusion about this.  GW and SBU each played 12 OOC games against Division 1 opponents.  Against schools in the top 200 of the Net rankings, GW played 2 (of 12) games while SBU played 6.  Against the top 280, GW played 4 games while the Bonnies played 8.  Against the top 100, the Bonnies went 2-1 while GW went 0-1.  The Bonnies also went 4-0 in true road games while GW went 1-1.

Back in October, I raised issues about the schedule (as I seemingly do every year) and the overwhelming sentiment was that this year's team wasn't going to be receiving an at large bid anyway so the schedule really didn't matter.  I guess it doesn't matter until it does.  I guess NIT consideration isn't important until we're good enough to be left out of the field and have legitimate concerns. We are fortunate to have found a landing spot in Vegas so good for us.  However, without this event, this schedule would have completely burned us.  It was the worst OOC schedule in the country which is not a hyperbolic statement but rather a factual one.

With respect to scheduling, this has to start changing.  Don't be surprised about getting burned when we're playing so close to fire.

Last edited by Gwmayhem (3/17/2025 1:51 pm)

Oh goody, Will there be a banner-raising ceremony next season at the first home game? Are there slot machines at the seats? Will Elvis impersonators singe (or sing, stupid typo) the national anthem?
Actually a little surprised a team from a non-Fox property (like an A10 team) would be invited to the made-for-TV programing filler event. Notice ACC teams Stanford, SMU and GA Tech all went to the NIT. And interesting that the Pac12(minus10) sent both its teams to Vegas, although I guess they are on the Fox dole.
So this team gets a road trip to Vegas and a game (or more) extra to play. Fine. Am I excused if I do not get too excited? (OK, if they play those twats from That School Down the Street I will get very interested, but otherwise...)

Last edited by GW Alum Abroad (3/17/2025 11:30 am)

Is the Crown tournament your good news, Rising?

BC wrote:

Is the Crown tournament your good news, Rising?

Yes