Seems like a lot of NIT performance is how much the players want to keep playing, and I’m not sure now any of us would know that at this point.
I remember back in 2006, the last time we were in the NIT, we were coming off a hugely disappointing season, but an inspiring run in the ACCT. I think a lot of folks expected that run to act as a springboard into the NIT and for Justin Gray, Big E and Co to make a strong push in the NIT….and instead the played perhaps the most listless game of the Skip Prosser era against Minnesota and got bounced in the first round.
So, I have no idea how well we’ll do, but hopefully these guys want to go out on a happy note after what was, up until the very last game, an extremely fun season.
I don’t expect seniors to go all out in the NIT. I hope we will see plenty of the freshmen.
Why wouldn't the seniors go all out? What would be the opportunity they would be holding back for? For all of the non-returning seniors, except for Alondes, this is likely their last basketball game of significance in the United States. For Alondes, he's being scouted. Perhaps, I am being naive, but I would expect everyone to play hard after the last effort in Brooklyn.
especially after flaming out.
LolThis wasn't an awesome season. We had a ton of talent on this team and got a 2 seed in the NIT out of it. For the record no ACC team with the talent equivalent of our team has ever had a worse season.
I would rather be miserable than LOWF
I hope we will see plenty of the freshmen.
Hildreth seems to have worked his way back into the rotation, but other than blowouts or an injury, don't see any other freshman getting time, except for 3rd year frosh Monsanto.
Seems like human nature not to go all out for a consolation prize especially after not going all out for the main goal.
Of course the Seniors would play all out. To suggest otherwise is amateurish.
Really?? Have you noticed the ever growing Srs that back out of bowl games that are meaningless to protect their health and value??? And you don’t think that same mindset could be prevalent for a sr bball player with pro ball aspirations??? That’s how this generation rolls whether amateurish or not….