Quote Originally Posted by basedog View Post
You guys are nuts, if you don't think the NIT isn't important to the players and coaches then quit watching and please don't bitch like little babies. If you aren't excited while watching a very young team play some exciting basketball then you aren't real basketball fans much less real Msu fans!

Yeah it pisses me off reading what a few have said, we haven't had much success in men's basketball plus we don't have a bunch of tradition in basketball, please don't post any longer about this team if you aren't fired up!

I love the rules the NIT have applied, it opens up the middle plus moving the 3 point line back, 5 foul per quarter with shooting tow and I love the 20 second shot.
I personally think winning the NIT is a lot more beneficial in the long run than going one and done in the NCAAs. I look at it like the OOC did for our team. We are right now developing as a team for next year's run. Everyone needs to look at the NITs like you would the Gator Bowl. Winning gives us momentum going into the offseason that hopefully translates to next year's team.

Also, this team is the most fun I have had watching Men's basketball in a long time. Just watching Peters develop into a team player is worth the price of admission. The guy was just concentrating on getting to the NBA and the team was suffering for it. Howland sat him down and he finally got his head right. Now we look like we could go toe to toe with anyone in America.