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How is this even a question?

Based on the information we have from the NIT updated for 2025, they use the following to determine their "KNIT" rankings.

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Exempt teams will include the top two teams not selected to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship from both the Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference. In addition, the top team not selected to the NCAA championship from the top 12 conferences (based on the Ken Pomeroy Rating) will receive an exempt bid to the NIT. The top teams from each conference will be determined based on the average of the teams’ ESPN Basketball Power Index (BPI), Kevin Pauga Index (KPI), NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET), Ken Pomeroy Rating (KenPom), Strength of Record (SOR), Torvik ranking and Wins Above Bubble (WAB) ranking. All rankings are already included in the “Team Sheets” used by the NIT Committee during the selection process.

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This does not specify if any of the individual rankings are weighted in any format. If not, below is how the average rankings shake out for the SEC. From this, LSU is ahead of SC in this criteria. All data is updated as of this morning.

Most NCAA projections show a minimum of 12 teams making the tournament from the SEC. Texas is square on right on the bubble so a win today vs Tenn would be huge. Lunardi does have them as one of the "Last Four In", giving the SEC 13 teams.



Team Avg BPI KPI NET KenPom SOR Torvik WAB
1 Auburn 1.86 3 1 2 2 1 3 1
2 Florida 3.86 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
3 Alabama 4.43 5 2 6 6 2 5 5
4 Tennessee 4.86 6 4 5 5 5 7 2
5 Kentucky 12.57 16 8 13 15 11 17 8
6 Texas A&M 17.71 22 11 19 20 18 24 10
7 Missouri 22.43 29 25 17 17 30 15 24
8 Ole Miss 22.57 31 15 27 26 20 28 11
9 Mississippi St. 32.14 35 27 34 32 34 33 30
10 Georgia 34.57 38 37 33 34 36 29 35
11 Oklahoma 40.86 45 41 44 37 39 49 31
12 Arkansas 41.71 44 40 39 40 45 44 40
13 Texas 43.57 32 50 38 42 50 48 45
14 Vanderbilt 45.29 56 44 47 48 41 43 38
15 LSU 85.43 74 102 89 88 87 84 74
16 South Carolina 89.86 80 105 87 70 110 75 102

EDIT- Sorry, formatting is a mess. I tried to post it as an image but it didn't post.

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with 1 NCAA and 1 NIT. One was fired and the other was forced to resign. McMahon is currently 44-47 (with more L's coming), no NCAA, no NIT, no clue, and he gets a vote of confidence from Woodward. WTF?

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McMahon and LSU went to the NIT last year

100%. It does not get as much attention as it deserves.

Their traditional Italian dishes are excellent.

Really good pizzas and sandwiches too.

Picked up 2 early fouls. Same with Cam.

Update—
I played the course in late July and it was a great golfing experience. Excellent condition and the greens rolled perfect. I really enjoyed the layout as well.

Definitely worth the play if you can.

Skenes confirmed for Monday on MLB.

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Gibson’s is one of my go-to steakhouses in Chicago. I take a bunch of my clients there and always have a great meal.

They also have an excellent wedge salad.

We go to Broken Bow often and have played Cedar Creek Golf Course a handful of times. Pretty basic layout and decent shape for the money. They have a few holes on the back nine that run along Broken Bow lake, which provides some nice scenery. It is worth a play if you have time.

Idabel Country Club is also in the area but I haven’t played it yet. It is on the list for next trip.

I will be at the game - home or away, so it’s not a matter of supporting the team. I think the disappointment (from my perspective) is that this is a team we have already played. I think some of the excitement of postseason play is the chance to play teams from other conferences after a long conference season. It is what it is and I’m still excited for any additional LSU basketball at this point.