Would you prefer to lose in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA or win the NIT?

[GBOplayer]

This season's basketball team was the most enjoyable to watch and probably one of the best teams in UT's history (#1 for longest time period), most wins ever, etc. However, with all these accomplishments, there will not be any banner to hang in the rafters (we missed a shot at the regular season SEC, and SEC tournament) as well as the early season tournaments. So my question is, assuming that we were in the NIT and won the tournament, then there would at least be a banner to hang. Would you rather lose in the NCAA or win the NIT tournament?

 

[golfballs]

ಠ_ಠ

 

[wmcovol]

Losing in the first round is better than winning the #65 best title. Sweet 16 is a no brainer

 

[vols 30]

I'd rather lose a play in game in Dayton than win the NIT.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Losing in the first round is better than winning the #65 best title. Sweet 16 is a no brainer

* #69

 

[BowlBrother85]

I'd rather lose a play in game in Dayton than win the NIT.

... and think about how many games you have to lose before Selection Sunday now to miss the NCAA Tournament - at least 15 if you're in the SEC and playing a quality out of conference schedule as Tennessee usually does. Florida had 15 losses on Selection Sunday and they were a 10 seed. The NIT sucks... like having a beauty pageant in a women's prison.

 

[illinoisvolfan1]

Little David Lipscomb is in the NIT final.

Good for them.

 

[JoAllan]

I’m with everyone else. I mean heck the high seeds have “real” home games vs teams no one has ever heard of or teams that had bad seasons.

 

[supersmo18]

I prefer to just never lose. At all. But that’s just me.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Winning the NIT is the only time where 69 is not a good thing...

 

[wmcovol]

I prefer to just never lose. At all. But that’s just me.

Well, there’s a league for people like you. It’s just not the big boy league.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

CBI champs.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

 

[SDV]

 

[LoudOrange]

Little David Lipscomb is in the NIT final.

Good for them.

What happened? I quit watching when they were down 61-50.

 

[Volfaninfl2]

What happened? I quit watching when they were down 61-50.

They came back. Lipscomb won 71-67

 

[Dudleys87]

I sincerely hope the day never comes when we celebrate a Not Invited Title.

 

[BigOrangeLoyalist]

Would you rather be Miss Universe or Dumplin? Sweet 16.

 

[Pappy]

Winning the NIT is the only time where 69 is not a good thing...

unless you are dating Roseanne Barr

 

[The Original Fade]

I prefer to just never lose. At all. But that’s just me.

You’ve always been quirky that way

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

CBI champs.

CIT Champions

 

[1985Vols]

NIT= Not In the Tournament . I'd take a first roundNCAAT loss over an NIT championship any day. It's embarrassing to have an NIT banner in our arena

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

I prefer to just never lose. At all. But that’s just me.

You do know that if UT was in the NIT, they would have already lost 14 or 15 games that season....

 

[supersmo18]

You’ve always been quirky that way

 

[supersmo18]

Well, there’s a league for people like you. It’s just not the big boy league.

I think you may have taken what I said just a shade bit too seriously… I’ll put it in blue font next time, “for people like you”