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Check this out! According to this our buds The Gophers are already in the pre-season NIT:

http://www.bloggingthebracket.com/2013/ ... events-MTE

I went through it real quick, are we not part of any tournament so far?

I ran into a the Indiana basketball strength and condition coach at Nodding Donkey on saturday. He confirmed the game at Indiana next year is part of a small tournament.

2K Sports Classic (12 teams)
Finals at NYC

Committed (4 host teams)
Cal (PAC-12)
Iowa (BIG)
Syracuse (ACC)
Texas (Big 12)
Uncommitted (8 visiting teams)

Coaches vs. Cancer Classic (12 teams)
Finals at Barclays (Brooklyn)

Committed (4 host teams)
Duke (ACC)
Stanford (PAC-12)
Temple (AAC)
UNLV (MW)
Uncommitted (8 visiting teams)

Maui Invitational (12 teams)
Finals in Maui

Arizona (PAC-12)
BYU (WCC)
Chaminade (DII)
Kansas St (Big 12)
Missouri (SEC)
Pitt (ACC)
Purdue (BIG)
San Diego St (MW)
Uncommitted (4 teams)

Legends Classic (8 teams)
Finals at Barclays (Brooklyn)

Committed (4 host teams)
Michigan (BIG)
Oregon (PAC-12)
VCU (A10)
Villanova (BE)
Uncommitted (4 visiting teams)

CBE Hall of Fame Classic (8 teams)
Finals at Kansas City

Committed (4 host teams)
Alabama (SEC)
Arizona St (PAC-12)
Iowa St (Big 12)
Maryland (BIG)
Uncommitted (4 visiting teams)

Cancun Challenge (8 teams)
Finals in Cancun

Committed (3 of 4 host teams)
Northern Iowa (MVC)
Northwestern (BIG)
Virginia Tech (ACC)
Uncommitted (4 visiting teams)

Battle 4 Atlantis (12 teams)
Finals in Bahamas

Committed (8 teams)
UAB (CUSA)
Butler (BE)
Florida (SEC)
Georgetown (BE)
NC St (ACC)
OU (Big 12)
UCLA (PAC-12)
Wisconsin (BIG)
Uncommitted (4 teams)

Preseason NIT
Finals in NYC

Committed (4 host teams)
Georgia (SEC)
Gonzaga (WCC)
Minnesota (BIG)
St John's (BE)
Uncommitted (12 visiting schools)

Would love for us to get a conference challenge going with the Pac-12.

LA_Mustang wrote:Would love for us to get a conference challenge going with the Pac-12.

Bring on the "Big East" instead, let's slap around Georgetown or Nova

Three different opportunities to return to the Big Apple on that list. I know I'd go for one. My guess is that LB would push for it as well. It might actually be to our benefit to have a bit of an open dance card right now.

Are we even participating in one of those?

Not as of now. But if you go to my original link you will see that spots remain to be filled out in all.

What are we thinking? Didn't we learn from this season, we need to schedule more tough games...especially with Louisville leaving our conference.

Why aren't we playing Wichita St on a neutral site like Memphis is doing? Why does Memphis see the light but we don't?

Getting invited to one (or two) of the early season tourneys should serve us far better than scheduling the dog meat we've had in the past. Even though you may not have control over exactly who you see during the course of one of these events they are generally stacked with the mid-range teams (50-150?) that we need to be scheduling. Plus there is far better TV exposure in these events.

MFFL02 wrote:What are we thinking? Didn't we learn from this season, we need to schedule more tough games...especially with Louisville leaving our conference.

Why aren't we playing Wichita St on a neutral site like Memphis is doing? Why does Memphis see the light but we don't?

Why do you think we will not be scheduling better? Have you seen our schedule? If so, could you share it with the rest of us?

SMUSooner wrote:Bring on the "Big East" instead, let's slap around Georgetown or Nova

Two reasons I would prefer the Pac-12 over the BE - 1. I think the Pac-12 is a better conference. 2. I believe we could use more exposure on the west coast. With LB and our conference mates we've already established and identity in the east. Most of the west coast still sees us as lil WAC SMU.

MFFL02 wrote:What are we thinking? Didn't we learn from this season, we need to schedule more tough games...especially with Louisville leaving our conference.

Why aren't we playing Wichita St on a neutral site like Memphis is doing? Why does Memphis see the light but we don't?

The danger with scheduling a team like Wichita state is that if they lose a few conference games, it will scuttle their RPI. They're not going to go 34-0 again and there is even more garbage in the Missouri Valley than the bottom of the AAC.

blackoutpony wrote:The danger with scheduling a team like Wichita state is that if they lose a few conference games, it will scuttle their RPI. They're not going to go 34-0 again and there is even more garbage in the Missouri Valley than the bottom of the AAC.

That's a good point. I would much rather schedule a top 20 ACC or Big 10 school than a top 20 Wichita St.