College Basketball Invitational (CBI)

[Jason G]

Has anybody been following this new postseason tournament? If so, what are your opinions of it? Anybody looking forward to the best of three championship series between Tulsa and Bradley? Any predictions or thoughts?

I actually like the idea and concept of this tournament because of the lack of intelligence that has been displayed by the NIT selection commitee in the past both with selection of teams and especially with seeding. I am concerned, however, that the CBI reseeds teams that make it to their semifinal round. This year Bradley was one of four #1 seeds in the tourney but when they made the semifinals they suddenly were #4 of 4 despite the fact that two of the other teams that made it that far were a #2 and a #3 seed in the first two rounds. I don't understand the logic of that. How could the Braves be good enough to earn a top seed originally, win two games, and fall to a lower ranking than they originally had?
For this reason I will be pulling for Bradley to win the inaugural CBI title, but to do so in three highly contested games as I also like the Golden Hurricane.

[RazorHawk]

Have not followed it at all, and probably the only way I would follow it, would be if either Iowa or Arkansas were playing in it. NCAA March Madness is enough basketball for me.

[GoBoilers]

Never heard of this. However, like razor I have seen enough Bball.

[RazorHawk]

Never heard of this. However, like razor I have seen enough Bball.

Don't ever say you are like me!

[GoBoilers]

I am jealous! Have ALWAYS admired you. My feelings are hurt.

[Eric]

I have heard of the tournament and I guess Bradley won, didn't they?

I don't mind the re-seeding at all. As a matter of fact, I'd like it if the NCAA tournament had some kind of re-seeding (although I know it could be a problem because of the location of the games). That way, we don't have a game between Western Kentucky and San Diego deciding who gets a ticket to the Sweet 16.

[BYUfan1]

I have heard of the tournament and I guess Bradley won, didn't they?

I don't mind the re-seeding at all. As a matter of fact, I'd like it if the NCAA tournament had some kind of re-seeding (although I know it could be a problem because of the location of the games). That way, we don't have a game between Western Kentucky and San Diego deciding who gets a ticket to the Sweet 16.

I saw one game of the CBI, Rider at Old Dominion. I did tape some other games but have not watched them yet. However, that one game is one more than the number of games of the NIT I have seen. By the way, Tulsa won the tournament, not Bradley.

I think re-seeding is wrong. It just seems vindictive to me to make the upset winners always play the best teams remaining. It would make it seem like the committee is punishing teams for making them look bad. To me, you take over the seed of the team you beat. That day, Western Kentucky won because they were better than Drake, and San Diego won because they were better than UCONN.

[Jason G]

I have heard of the tournament and I guess Bradley won, didn't they?

I don't mind the re-seeding at all. As a matter of fact, I'd like it if the NCAA tournament had some kind of re-seeding (although I know it could be a problem because of the location of the games). That way, we don't have a game between Western Kentucky and San Diego deciding who gets a ticket to the Sweet 16.

For someone like me who more or less roots for everybody except the traditional powers games like WKU and San Diego are both good and bad. It can be looked at two ways. It's true that eliminates the possibility of them both getting to the sweet 16, but it also guarantees that one of them will make it and they won't both lose in that round.

I'd rather not see the truly exceptional mid- and low-majors (i.e. Drake-WKU or Gonzaga-Davidson) matched up against each other an overwhelming number of times in the first round because it takes away some of the big upset potential in the tournament, but I don't mind it as much in the other rounds because it always guarantees one will continue to advance to levels that nobody expected they would.