Former college basketball coach Tom Crean criticized teams for declining invitations to the NIT, emphasizing the importance of players and coaches having the opportunity to continue competing. Crean expressed frustration over the increased number of spots available for teams that opt out of the tournament, highlighting changes in the selection process. He suggested delaying the transfer portal opening to encourage more teams to participate in the NIT.
I have seen the Tom Crean/NIT thing going around a lot today, implying that he's a hypocrite because his Indiana team declined an NIT bid once upon a time, and now he's saying it's wrong to decline a bid. I think that is his point! https://t.co/7k7IbHnUmU
Tom Crean was HEATED at programs electing to skip the NIT 😡 (via @espn) https://t.co/tgMMvXWC3L
Didn’t Tom Crean and IU decline an invite to the NIT when he was coach or am I misremembering it…..I may have it wrong but I don’t think I do. https://t.co/6IdlvB6h9w
Tom Crean nailed it with his impassioned rant against teams declining NIT invitations https://t.co/SUkeDhY0Ut https://t.co/1NDbEoRs4B
Ex-college basketball coach Tom Crean scolds teams for skipping NIT https://t.co/kdVNy8jLd1
Furious Tom Crean goes off on teams declining NIT invite https://t.co/9PxjASN9DU https://t.co/TCbtkEr4DW
Tom Crean is very angry at teams for declining NIT bids. He thinks spending time and energy on a meaningless tournament instead of overhauling rosters and attacking the transfer portal is a better use of resources. READ: https://t.co/DEjX0XGKUR https://t.co/ECQQcMeWwB
ESPN’s Tom Crean: It’s ‘absolutely ridiculous’ teams decline NIT bids https://t.co/1CYcRTteWR https://t.co/V7uip5Ikp9
Do you think teams should decline invitations to the NIT? 🤔⤵️ (🎥: @espn) https://t.co/lWmoE4ylro
Tom Cream is not a fan of teams declining an invitation to the NIT 😳 Thoughts? (via @espn) https://t.co/pXBHmEc5c9
Tom Crean sounded off on teams declining invites to the NIT 👀 https://t.co/VYgBoCDxBz
Tom Crean goes off about college basketball teams declining invitations to the NIT. 🏀🔥 (h/t: @Matt_Fortuna) https://t.co/0O9SpdO1GT
Remember: protocol was changed this year. Regular season conference champions who don’t make the NCAA Tournament are no longer guaranteed a spot in the NIT. They made room for more teams that don’t want to be there. https://t.co/3B2IXIBq3t
If you want teams to enter the NIT, move back the portal. Opening the portal the day after Selection Sunday is really dumb. It's like NBA free agency during the NBA playoffs.
"Give your players and coaches a chance to keep coaching and playing." Tom Crean did not hold back on teams declining invites to the NIT. https://t.co/sBbUG9stxU
“If a guy doesn’t wanna play, go sit down. If a coach doesn’t wanna coach, go recruit. But there’s gotta be enough people to put 5 on the floor and go play.” Tom Crean went off on teams declining their NIT invites https://t.co/5DJVsnseXh
Tom Crean went off about schools declining an NIT invite https://t.co/oYbVr0x9CD
Tom Crean (@TomCrean) just went in on teams electing not to play in the NIT. And he’s spot on. https://t.co/FOk1cUJ81i