While we're still several days away from the NCAA Tournament, the college basketball season kick-offs tonight with the start of the NIT, CBI and CIT tournaments. Some of the teams are thrilled to be playing, while others will have a bitter taste in their mouths after being snubbed by the NCAA selection committee.
It's always a bit of a risk to play teams that just missed the NCAA Tournament, as they can approach the minor tournaments in one of two ways. They can set out to prove the selection committee wrong by blowing out the opposition or they can just go through the motions and play uninterested. Teams like Illinois and Mississippi State are good examples this year.
Remember some of the smaller schools playing in the smaller tournaments will have some impressive statistics, but the level of opposition played is extremely weak and they can really struggle against a team with average stats who played the top teams in the country on a regular basis.
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Photo: Larry Drew II and the North Carolina Tar Heels are one of the big names in the NIT. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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