The House of Blue

agreed. Plus why take a chance on letting anyone else get injured when it does not matter in the least?

Not sure they will ask. Even they have standards

That would be kind of a douchebag move of pure arrogance. If we "earn" an NIT berth, we need to take the medicine and deal with it

There would be no reason to play in it. The guys that will return next season I don't expect to see get many minutes next year (except Wiltjer and maybe Polson), and the guys leaving aren't going to get pro ready playing against NIT competition. But, if they get the invite they will play in it.

We can still make the tourney, but today was awful. The obvious takeaway is the fact that we have to go gimmick the rest the way. We simply cannot defend teams in a man to man. We cannot creat individually on offense. We do not rebound in traditional offensive sets. We need to run our entire offense in the outer perimeter area and run the clock down. We take out chances using the three point shot as a weapon, and hope to rebound out of it with long rebounds. We still have 5-6 guys that can make outside shots. But, we will need to average 30 attempts a game. On D, play a soft zone, and hope that open jumpers don't go down, and that we can get a few loose balls. That's all we can do with this personnel. They can win three in a row at home and erase this debacle if they change the game plan drastically. As far as going to Fayetteville and Athens, who knows

How do you know most of our players will be gone? Is that wishful thinking?

The above "VIP only" posts, is a prime example of why previous and potential members are turned off and turn away from this site... those "blocked out" interruptions are frustrating for those who have kept up with thread discussions. No one wants to join a site where they are so disrespected.

How can people decide whether or not they want to join, if they can't read through any "NON-VIP" OP Threads? Most people prefer to surf these kinds of sites for a while, before deciding to become a subscriber or not..... they read/post in NON-VIP threads to see what board member discussion, participation, attitude, maturity levels, etc. are like. How can they compare 247/CP to other rival sites, if they have nothing to go on... or worse... made to feel so damn unwelcome, disrespected and ignored?

This is also a primary reason why separate football and basketball forums are necessary... if anyone is serious about growing this site.

FYI... it's exactly why (after being a member for almost 2 years), I canceled my VIP membership status. I sided with the NON-VIP'ers who, potentially, could have been paying VIP'ers in the future... I didn't (and still don't) appreciate how they were (and still are) being treated on this site.

Change your ways and you might win some of us back.... not to mention, the possibility of attracting many other new members.

Btw (to strengthen my argument with another example)... I have two brothers, who have made several attempts to participate on this site (at my request and due to all the great things I had to say about it), but quickly got turned off, disgusted and turned away every damn time. They finally had enough of the BS and chose to stop visiting... and opted to stay with Rivals. How sad is that? Two years ago, I couldn't imagine anyone choosing Rivals over this site... thanks for making a liar out of me.