Well, the NIT (NCAA) held them off for a year.
Only guaranteed bids are for the best two non-dancers in Big East, Big Ten and Big XII (sorry Atlantic Coast and Southeastern, you will have to "earn" your bids)...
Pretty altruistic of the current president to place blame on those in-charge FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, and now desperately asking for NIL contributions at the eleventh hour. One would tend to think any coach, as a condition of staying, would want increased funding for staff in addition to more NIL...
Devil's advocate: perhaps (?) HCRP is using this approach as a differentiating factor when compared to other programs (let's face it, we are not currently swimming in NIL or prestige). Preach and practice team, stability and "family".
I have no issue with that (in theory), but he is banking...
and here Bilas has been expounding on how Pitt got short-changed (last year was Clemson, both ACC schools (as is his alma-mater)). If Virginia is indicative of the conference, then no.
I think a football buy game and H/H basketball series with Air Force would be alright. Getting the 'birds (and fans) back out to Colorado would be nice.
There was a time when an overall 19-14 would have been reflective of a lot of dents and dings; these days it can get certain ones an at-large nine seed (Michigan State).
Last year ...
High Point and Quinnipiac would be in the NIT (as regular season champions) instead of playing to play the CBI
Arkansas-Little Rock, California-Irvine, Central Connecticut State, Eastern Washington, Sam Houston State and Toledo would be in the NIT (as regular season champions)...
BYU and UCF have now blocked our numbers. They moved on up ... to that deluxe apartment in the sky.
Having said that, I would like to see us go after some AAC, A10, MWC and WCC schools. At least some potential games amongst our (theoretical) conference peers.
He was a latter day HCDM prototype - athletic but not necessarily basketball savvy (at leas for the D-I level). Had Dan still been at the helm he may have had more development and opportunities, but he did not appear to be the type of project that HCRP wants to take on.
Wishing him the best...