WNIT SNUB POLL

[MADHAT1]

The team didn't make the NCAA tourney, but was invited to the WNIT .
That WNIT invite was declined .

I feel it was a bad move and a good WNIT showing might have helped take away some of the stench of how the regular season ended and ( right or wrong) no NCAA invite.

 

[oldtimer67]

USC also turned down their WNIT bid. What an awful decision by them.

 

[ea_1]

Would all the games have been on the road? RU was a poor road team this year.

 

[RUTrack94]

Let the assistants coach the game ... Stringers choice or the teams?

 

[APKnight]

Would all the games have been on the road? RU was a poor road team this year.

No, we probably would have had a #1 ranking, meaning all home game.

 

[Doctor Worm]

USC also turned down their WNIT bid. What an awful decision by them.

Agreed.

 

[RC66]

Kim Barnes Arico took Michigan to the NIT in 2015, 2016, and 2017, winning it last year.

It's all part of building a powerhouse. For example, she has 4 top-100 recruits for 2018; while we have 1.

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

No, we probably would have had a #1 ranking, meaning all home game.

wow....and good chance to get 1000 there and then? yikes.
now really thinking this was really about telling the ncaa go pound fish.. (and they really don't care)...this is one we can't win either way.

 

[RUClassof67]

wow....and good chance to get 1000 there and then? yikes.
now really thinking this was really about telling the ncaa go pound fish.. (and they really don't care)...this is one we can't win either way.

Exactly my point.

 

[RC66]

Looking at the WNIT bracket, a good guess is that we would have been where Fordham is on this bracket, would play all games at the RAC, and with a good chance of winning it all.

https://www.womensnit.com/bracket.html

 

[Knight Time Fan]

Looking at the WNIT bracket, a good guess is that we would have been where Fordham is on this bracket, would play all games at the RAC, and with a good chance of winning it all.

https://www.womensnit.com/bracket.html

Unless things have changed, it doesn't work that way. Home / Away are determined on a game by game basis, based on bids. Essentially, if 2 teams want it, the better attendance will win it.

When RU won the WNIT in 2014, most games were not at home, including the final in a sold out arena.

 

[scarlettb]

This may not be a popular opinion, but I think accepting the WNIT bid would have been a lose/lose situation for Vivian and the team unless we won the tournament. I support the decision.

 

[RUClassof67]

Unless things have changed, it doesn't work that way. Home / Away are determined on a game by game basis, based on bids. Essentially, if 2 teams want it, the better attendance will win it.

When RU won the WNIT in 2014, most games were not at home, including the final in a sold out arena.

In 2014 we played 3 home games and the final 3 games on the road at Bowling Green, USF and El PAso.

 

[bcb96]

This may not be a popular opinion, but I think accepting the WNIT bid would have been a lose/lose situation for Vivian and the team unless we won the tournament. I support the decision.

Agreed. Rutgers would have also wasted too much money and resources hosting the WNIT tournament at the RAC from severe lack of attendance.

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

The team didn't make the NCAA tourney, but was invited to the WNIT .
That WNIT invite was declined .

I feel it was a bad move and a good WNIT showing might have helped take away some of the stench of how the regular season ended and ( right or wrong) no NCAA invite.

this is like election night in NJ with 2% of the vote in. You can call it now...landslide.

 

[wngarbarini]

Selfish not to take part in the NIT if the reason was not wanting to win her 1000 game in that. Disgrace. Competition makes you better but she obviously hasn't learned that lesson. No wonder why they stick it to RU women whenever they can.

 

[nirrad]

Have you guys looked at the teams that are in the NCAA Tournament? She was right to turn it down. We had a stronger SOS and their resume was far more impressive than some of those teams in the tournament

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

Have you guys looked at the teams that are in the NCAA Tournament? She was right to turn it down. We had a stronger SOS and their resume was far more impressive than some of those teams in the tournament

Yes.
Tons of discuss on this in the other threads,

 

[RUNVA]

Very selfish and we are not in the position to turn down any post season invitation.

 

[ea_1]

No, we probably would have had a #1 ranking, meaning all home game.

Have to bid for the home games, I think. There was an article somewhere about Purdue saying a decision about submitting a bid had to be made by mid-February. At that time, the Boilermakers felt like they would be invited to the NCAAT. The Scarlet Knights, in all likelihood, believed they were going to the NCAAT.