BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Hilltoppers Men’s Ball coach Steve Lutz isn’t one to bashful absent from talking his intellect and he didn’t hold back at this week’s week by week press conference approximately his sentiments towards the changes to the NIT Competition.
This past October, the NIT Board of Supervisors reported that conference standard season champions will not get an programmed offered to the competition, in the event that they do not make the NCAA Competition.
“I do think that it’s exceptionally baffling that the NIT is now not taking the conference winner as a member in their competition. I think that ball is off-base for that, I think the the NIT is wrong for that, and I think it should be changed since you ought to be compensated for getting to the for winning the conference title,” Lutz said. “If we win the association and do not win the tournament or we’re not progressing to the NCAA competition, chances are we’re not getting to the NIT, well we’re not planning to the CBI or the CIT we’re not doing it. The Organization has as of now said that we’re NCAA or we’re NIT and that’s where we’re at.”
The final time WKU was within the NIT was back in 2021 when the Tops won the CUSA East Division title and had the most excellent overall record within the alliance, but fell to North Texas within the C-USA Championship Amusement.
The NIT will ensure the beat two groups, based on the net rankings, from each of six conferences (ACC, Huge East, Huge Ten, Enormous 12, PAC-12 and SEC) that did not make the NCAA Competition. The 12 groups consequently chosen will be ensured the opportunity to have a amusement within the to begin with circular of the NIT.
Once the 12 auto offers have been chosen, the NIT Committee will select the 20 best groups accessible to fill up the rest of the tournament’s 32-team field. Based on the NIT Committee’s assessment, the finest four teams of the 20 at-large groups will circular out the 16 first-round has.
Extra groups from the six conferences with programmed capabilities are qualified to be chosen as at-large groups and can be chosen as has.
On the off chance that you were pondering what the Hilltoppers NET positioning is, it’s 138th. The Tops as of now sit half a diversion out of to begin with put in Conference USA.
“I think the normal season championship ought to have the foremost value,” Lutz said. “That’s the team that won the larger part of the recreations against their peers in their alliance, I put a part of esteem on the conference titles, I think that’s truly difficult to do.”
All of this will be insignificant on the off chance that WKU takes care of trade and win the association and the CUSA Competition, which Lutz and the squad are focused on winning.
“Lets win the alliance title, lets win the competition and lets go to the NCAA Tournament.”
WKU is back on the court on Saturday, when the Tops travel to Murfreesboro to take on Center Tennessee at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN Plus.
