Considering the 14 years in the wilderness and irrelevance, I'm going to celebrate the accomplishments of the program this year. If that includes an invitation to the NIT, so be it.
The NIT is not where any of us want the program to be, we all want to dance. But I would certainly take top 4, NIT, and a Saturday appearance as many steps in the right direction.
Lunardi currently has Mason "Next 4 out"
There's little any team can do now about its chances, so take a look at the final projected NCAA tournament field for 2025. Watch the men's bracket reveal starting at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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Barking Crow and Draft Kings have Mason as an NIT 2nd and 3rd seed respectively.
NIT Bracketology from the one and only Joe Stunardi, with a full statistical model plus explanations of exempt bids and automatic bids for 2025.
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Our Bracketology for 2025! We list projections for all of NCAA Basketball tournament seeds as well as the NIT tournament in March.
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Seeded teams are usually on the the bubble..just outside looking in..Mason is in the conversation!!
The difference is between vcu and Mason is the rams are decisively beating opponents and Mason's just getting by. You wanna move the NET needle..start beating the dregs of the league(fordham,Richmond, Lasalle) by 10 points or more...blowouts are part of the kenpom and net equations...bottom line better offense
Also..look at the NIT...there's a bunch of solid power conference and high performing mid majors listed.
UNC, Georgia, LSU, Ohio State, UCF, Georgetown, Oregon State and more are all potential opponents in the NIT..that sure as h$ll beats Mason OOC schedule this year..you dont think Mason fans would be storming the court for beating Ohio state, Georgetown or say Texas??!! You gotta be kidding me!! Most of us here would need "Depends"...from peeing in our pants with excitement..
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