Tom Crean GOES OFF on teams opting out of the NIT 🗣️ 'Give your players a chance to keep playing!'

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2 ай бұрын

On the NIT Selection Special, Tom Crean did not hold back on teams declining invites to the NIT.
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@AMart870 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I'm with Coach Crean on this one, some of these young men may never play again, they won't get to the NBA or overseas, sad that competition is dying in the world...

@Artic-wolf77 2 ай бұрын

Very smart and correct statement 👌

@marcus813 2 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more. Some players might have already played their last organized basketball games as a result of these opt-outs.

@Zenigundam 2 ай бұрын

Tom Crean is a grown man's coach. He had Marquette doing incredible things in Conference USA back in the D-Wade, Travis Diener, Robert Jackson, Novak days. Playing in the NIT used to be an honor. Everybody in the 30s and 40s considered the NIT the real championship tournament.

@kenneth7826 2 ай бұрын

Good morning from ny..if the great Walt Frazier can play in the NIT u have no chose..peace

@vietnam1978 2 ай бұрын

Sad that upset coaches don’t want to give players a chance

@Bmore_Eastside_Raised 2 ай бұрын

I never thought about like this. Some of the players may not make it to the NBA. Let em get their last hurrah. I’m with coach

@tigerhoods7927 2 ай бұрын

Facts

@Teddypain20 2 ай бұрын

Didn’t know you could opt out of the NIT. I would’ve let my guys play

@michaeljames4630 2 ай бұрын

lies

@chrismiller755 2 ай бұрын

I didnt know either

@doc8013 2 ай бұрын

You can opt out of anything, even the big tournament.

@wildmouse5888 2 ай бұрын

@@doc8013 Yep. The best team Kentucky ever had (25-0 and just go look at some of the scores) opted out of the NCAA Tournament because their best 3 players were graduate students and thus ineligible to play in the tournament at the time.

@tigerhoods7927 2 ай бұрын

I didn’t know that either

@hazelmoore4754 2 ай бұрын

I think a lot of programs let the players vote on wether or not they want to play in the NIT

@EDunn21 2 ай бұрын

You do? Based on what evidence? How do you know the admin or AD doesn’t make the choice? Or the coach? I agree the coaches and players should come together and decide, but I don’t know if that actually happens.

@AEMoreira81 2 ай бұрын

Especially the Big East teams that were on the bubble. I'm surprised that the Big East got only 3 teams in while the Mountain West got 6, and that Indiana State didn't get in.

@mynumberoneguy2125 2 ай бұрын

The Big East cannibalized itself unfortunately. While the Mountain West had a great non conference schedule against big name teams. Indiana State lost the all important Quad 1 with a 1-5 record so that makes their strength of schedule a wash. Hope that was helpful

@BallCDO 2 ай бұрын

Mountain West deserved 6 and San Diego State making the finals last year helped a lot too

@BallCDO 2 ай бұрын

Wasn't no wrong choice this year. Just to many upsets in the conference tournament.

@BallCDO 2 ай бұрын

Princeton went 24-4 but don't lose to Brown when it matters

@mynumberoneguy2125 2 ай бұрын

@BallCDO The bulk of team's schedule is the league schedule. The Ivy League isn't even a top 10 one. So league wins have no meaning. Compared from a top to bottom like Big12, SEC, B1G10 etc. So they're expected to win the conference tournament as well if you win the regular season. If you lose a weak conference tournament. You're not getting in. Compared to a North Carolina who lost to a weak NC ST.

@KevinJL 2 ай бұрын

Tom Crean should be on a staff

@wildmouse5888 2 ай бұрын

Gotta agree with Coach Crean. Schools are robbing their players of the chance to improve. Game experience is much more valuable than any practice or scrimmage. If you want to improve your team and your individual players you play as many games as you possibly can.

@ugoeze7360 2 ай бұрын

I’d be hard press to believe a coach say that their players did not want to play and so we’re not going. I’m with Crean on this one: basketball does not have the physicality of football and at most 5 players on the team will even sniff the pros- whether it’s the NBA, Euroleague, PBA, ABA, G-league, etc. For many of the players, college is their last ride of organized non-rec league sports. 1-3 or 4, or even none are going to the next level so let’s continue playing the game we love as long as we can. Most importantly, they’re kids and have just come an emotional letdown that it’s being left out of the tourney. The coach has to be the grown up in the room with a cooler head and say “we, the team, are playing”. Give them a few days to regroup and most of them will realize this could be it and the competitive fire will reignite. And if there are starters who still refuse to play, God bless you, you’re still traveling with the team and it’s next man up to take that starting spot opportunity.

@dimitrisbright9807 2 ай бұрын

Actually you would be surprised how many players look down on NIT today. Especially these AAU players. NIT is a waste of time to them. I believe that most coaches leave it to their team to see if they want to play in the NIT or not

@shamarial0ng 2 ай бұрын

Coaches would rather be shopping in the portal

@MrThenonchosenone 2 ай бұрын

Tom acting like he didn't turn down hosting a home game for the NIT Tournament, because he didn't want to devalue Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall lol.

@BigInHarlem 2 ай бұрын

Wow! Coach Crean sure misses the good ole days when free labor had no choices.😂

@alonzolincoln8745 2 ай бұрын

NIL money is key right now and them kids made there money and now there ready to move on and to be honest it's no different that opting out bowl games.

@avantesmith6442 2 ай бұрын

Bingo. I know Tom wanted to make it about the coaches, but I’m pretty sure some of this was players not wanting to play.

@doc8013 2 ай бұрын

@@avantesmith6442then let the players opt out like he said. I guarantee you most kids want to play.

@sriavula 2 ай бұрын

Hi can I borrow this video?! You will be fully credited?!

@courgettee 2 ай бұрын

lol good luck

@Tyrone283 2 ай бұрын

I asked Walt Disney himself .. he said yes . Go crazy bro .

@tylerjerabek5204 2 ай бұрын

You can’t just borrow a full video on KZfaq- congrats lon the copyright strike

@sriavula 2 ай бұрын

its a joke lol@@tylerjerabek5204

@sriavula 2 ай бұрын

no way@@Tyrone283

@quintonchapman1776 2 ай бұрын

😂The NIT is the Basketball equivalent of a mid tier bowl in college football 😂

@brob8204 2 ай бұрын

That is true and that's ok. I'm shocked Memphis opted out. Their program, in my opinion, found its footing a few years back when they played in and won the NIT. It's still a nationally recognized tournament.

@JD-tn5lz 2 ай бұрын

So what. That's not the point. I'd try to explain it to you, but since you didn't play any sports you wouldn't understand anyway.

@kenneth7826 2 ай бұрын

If the great Walt Frazier can play in the NIT the choice has already been made..peace

@audrichvuneo181 2 ай бұрын

You get to play in a win or go home environment and get some experience. Or some kid may have some highlight play to boost his NIL. There could be something that we’re all missing but at face value they’re missing an opportunity. There still is some merit to winning the tourney as well. You’re one of only three teams to end the year on a win.

@wickedwood04 2 ай бұрын

IU fan here. I miss you coach Crean.

@LeeBreece 2 ай бұрын

Boilermaker here. Same. Have always wanted IU, ND, IS, Butler, Valp, Evansville, Ball State, etc. to suceed when not playing Purdue.

@jordanalexander5275 2 ай бұрын

Do you remember creans last season, he turned down a chance to play in the NIT. Kind of a ridiculous take from him

@wickedwood04 2 ай бұрын

@jordanalexander5275 that would be rediculous if it were true. His final year iu actually played in the NIT and lost to Georgia tech in the first round. Maybe you are thinking of someone else.

@jordanalexander5275 2 ай бұрын

@wickedwood04 you're right, I remembered it incorrectly. IU declined to host an NIT game that season because it would "devalue" the program.

@i.m.2bizee569 2 ай бұрын

I would have thought ISU was going to opt out. So I guess it does not change the amount of teams in the bracket they just have to find a replacement for the opt outs.

@wildmouse5888 2 ай бұрын

I am an ISU alum; and that program needs to play in any tournament which invites them. It has been a LONG time since the days of Larry Bird.

@thescatman5029 2 ай бұрын

I'll watch ISU, just to see Avilla.

@tylerjerabek5204 2 ай бұрын

Why would a mid opt out of chances to play major conference teams??

@packerfan655 2 ай бұрын

100% agree

@DvonCarr 2 ай бұрын

The NCAA tournament committee is telling you your TEAM wasn't GOOD enough to play with the BIG boys YET , so in the mean while, so go get some practice in the NIT, and try again NEXT year.😂

@992porter 2 ай бұрын

You can’t make kids play. Some teams ask the team if they wanna play. I don’t want to take a group of guys to the NIT who don’t want to be there

@doc8013 2 ай бұрын

That would fall on the coaching stuff imo. Build a culture where competition is king.

@TonyRealTalk07 2 ай бұрын

I remember growing up, NIT was a big deal… I’m only 30. It wasn’t only the NCAA tournament the only important.

@ljeaniahenderson2135 2 ай бұрын

Coaches are tired of coaching sad players.ijs

@jcsandstorm919 2 ай бұрын

He can say all this but I bet you most of these players vote not to play in it

@aznpikachu215 2 ай бұрын

In the end I think it just leads back to one thing, money.

@TheReginold 2 ай бұрын

Amen!

@tvb1020 2 ай бұрын

I see people posting about letting players VOTE on it. What? This is the problem. Thats like letting prison inmates vote on what food they want. Players....and inmates, should be treated the same in this context. The warden TELLS them what they are gonna eat. And similarly, the coach TELLS them they are gonna play. Its that simple.

@marksullivan6427 2 ай бұрын

Spot on , Coach!

@bobweber4913 2 ай бұрын

100% agree!!! OU was 8-10 in conference. They didn't win the games to be able to complain.

@coloradoken3159 2 ай бұрын

All of these teams that opted out would've been one and done in the big dance.

@shermandudley5548 2 ай бұрын

Most of these decisions are made by the players in a vote. They don't want to play in the NIT

@jamesboisits 2 ай бұрын

If the NCAA wants teams to play in the NIT, then don't put the transfer potal the day after selection sunday.

@jricoc3475 2 ай бұрын

The fact is, the PLAYERS don't want to play, as many of them are already eyeing the Transfer Portal. If some of these schools' A.D.s had accepted a bid, the team likely would have had 6 ro 7 scholarship players available ...

@xrayandy4770 2 ай бұрын

100 percent agree !!!

@ewil6x 2 ай бұрын

It's a shame when options don't matter! It's about 600 players in the league! Everybody can't make it. There's g league there's overseas. They have options. The sensitivity in the world is sickening.

@richardcoreno 2 ай бұрын

When the going gets tough......whine about it and then quit. The new character building.

@frederickconley7934 2 ай бұрын

I agree the coach should give the players the choice if they want to play or not. If I was a player I would want to still play 1. To get better as a player, 2. To extend my season I may never get to play again, 3. Its an honor to play in the National Invitation Tournament it use to be higher to play in the N.I.T. than the NCAA tournament.

@wavesonswim8128 2 ай бұрын

Ole Miss best players had family members sick

@brucesmith1544 2 ай бұрын

lmao

@timewizardking 2 ай бұрын

So they all declined but what happened to syracuse

@BSmokeyGaming 2 ай бұрын

To add insults to injury, this is the same issue with college football. I know players are trying to protect their bodies in order to make to the pros, but what Tom Crean said is spot on.

@bladeneo7420 2 ай бұрын

Football is different though. It's a more physical demanding sport injuries are a lot higher and more susceptible in football than basketball.

@wildmouse5888 2 ай бұрын

Being a pro means you give your best in every game whether you are "UP" for it or not. Opting out shows you don't have what it takes!

@bladeneo7420 2 ай бұрын

@@wildmouse5888 I understand why kids opted out for football remember what happened this past year with FSU QB snap his leg. Football is way different then basketball u have a higher chance of injury.

@wildmouse5888 2 ай бұрын

@@bladeneo7420 This is why the NFL makes players stay in college for 3 years. They want the weak to weed themselves out before they get on the payroll. Is it cynical? Sure! It is also good business.

@rivinius1 2 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@courgettee 2 ай бұрын

sing it

@hustlecrowe9440 2 ай бұрын

"OLD MAN YELLS AT BASKETBALL" The NIT is a joke, they don't even take regular season conference champs any more, good mid major teams bounced for crappy 'Big 6' teams. And its all based on NET rating, not actual performance on the court - wins/loses.

@PelleSenior 2 ай бұрын

I'm with you on the way they select teams. I'd much rather see a mid-major that is good than just giving a bunch of mediocre power conference teams a chance anyway.

@jaysonderrickson9540 2 ай бұрын

Here we go with this nonsense again. If the players don't want to play then so be it. Folks complaining like usual over college players choosing not to risk injury playing for nothing. Get over it.

@wildmouse5888 2 ай бұрын

If the fans really decide to "get over it" there won't be any NIL money or any athletic scholarships. Then what will these one-dimensional young men do? Sling dope on the corner?

@BlimpCityFeeder 2 ай бұрын

Would winning the NIT have saved Coach Howard’s Job at UM? Being the 69th best team if you win out? NIT is no longer at Madison Square Garden, even less incentive for St. John’s to attend.

@CJ87317 2 ай бұрын

The NIT champ is way better than the 69th best team. Nearly every year in the advanced metrics, the NIT champ ends up being about top 40-45.

@BlimpCityFeeder 2 ай бұрын

@@CJ87317NCAA keeps weakening NIT with expansion, as some want to go from 68 to 80.

@gangstajake6455 2 ай бұрын

A lot of players don't want to play in the NIT... maybe its a team decision

@jc4418 2 ай бұрын

Dwight’s right guys

@JayPee25 2 ай бұрын

It’s not about playing it’s about money. Playing games is not important to today’s players it’s a job period.

@Salesman 2 ай бұрын

But that only applies to the ones who know are going to make it to the NBA level. The majority of players at the college level will never see that side of things and it should be about competition for them. If I had a team and I got invited to the NIT I would 100% make it my business to tell the players they are going..and if they refuse, they can go find somewhere else to play. But unfortunately, this is one of those things where neither side is right or wrong on their stances.

@firstroundsonme472 2 ай бұрын

Why play and risk bring injured for a consolation tourneyment, especially if you plan to transfer or if the coach plans on rebuilding the team in the portal? This aint the old days when rosters were fluid. If you got enough players that wanna play, sure. But if not, start planning for next season.

@TannerMcAlister 2 ай бұрын

Not In the Tournament They need to do away with the NIT and CBI anyway

@CJ87317 2 ай бұрын

There are over 350 schools that play D1 basketball. In all but about 8 conferences there's only one bid to the the Big Dance. I'd say the NIT serves its purpose just fine - even counting all of the NIT participants less than one third of teams are in the postseason. That's a lower percentage than all the major pro leagues.

@chrismiller755 2 ай бұрын

I think those teams are pissed they didnt get chosen

@tylerjerabek5204 2 ай бұрын

Then go win more

@jl416300 2 ай бұрын

Personal brands > team or school. NIL > championships. Thanks to the NCAA for instilling these values, which will serve these young men and women well when applying for a job, leading a community or acting as an informed citizen. #CollegeSports

@fsshue8657 2 ай бұрын

Who broadcasts the NIT? ESPN your employer. Mmm… I would rather see teams who want to play in the NIT, than teams that don’t want to be there.

@jordanalexander5275 2 ай бұрын

That's rich Tom, you remember your last year at IU? You turned down the NIT against the wishes of the school, the team, the fans, because you thought we were below it. So full of it crean

@Jazz313 2 ай бұрын

Used car lot tournament NIT in 2024

@brettt141 2 ай бұрын

Those coaches should be fired. Not only for how they coached this year, but how they handled the NIT. They did a disservice to every person on that roster.

@02nupe 2 ай бұрын

I disagree with they should be fired, they coached their teams to be in a position to make the ncaa tournament and for whatever reason the committee chose to leave them out. They out their teams in a position to make it and got hosed. With that clear, I do want the players to have a chance to play even if it’s in a lesser tournament that was not the goal.

@thescatman5029 2 ай бұрын

This could be the ADs call...!

@rickiebradshaw3695 2 ай бұрын

Tom Crean makes a good point. This is some of these guys last chance playing collegiate basketball. Some of these guys aren't going to the NBA. So for one last hurrah, let him go out on their own terms. But coaches that don't get select it for the NCAA tournament, like Rick Pitino for example get all in a hissy fit and decline. Stop being big babies coaches. 😕

@jamesmelcher9355 2 ай бұрын

1 100% agree with him.

@assassssasa 2 ай бұрын

Syracuse and St. John's staying out of the NIT because it's not at MSG

@eg7949 2 ай бұрын

Rick Pitino u complain public that your team not good enough. They have a chance to get better. But u decline cuz its about you reputation as a coach.. Pitt. You decline a chance for Ish, Bub and JLowe to get better as a three guard young group.Lame. Coaches dont even want to coach anymore why..transfer portal. I dont wanna waste time to develop them anymore i will wait by the transfer portal door and get someone whom i perceive is better. Never mind development of inhouse talent.. this is sorry. Hoopers wanna hoop. NIT,NCAA. Mens league rec ball. Anywhere let them play..

@joelma1109 2 ай бұрын

That is modern college sports, everything is a business decision, some people tend to forget only a very small percentage of college athletes get to go pro.

@briankleinschmidt3664 2 ай бұрын

It doesn't make sense, and it doesn't make dollars. Don't those schools get income from playing? People don't turn down work unless they're already rich.

@robbyx6846 2 ай бұрын

Tom crean or Tom Arnold ?

@doc8013 2 ай бұрын

What?

@robbyx6846 2 ай бұрын

@@doc8013 they look alike

@doc8013 2 ай бұрын

@@robbyx6846 eh, I would've never thought so but now that you've said it I can't unsee it.

@robbyx6846 2 ай бұрын

@@doc8013 if you see different instances of Tom crean he resembles Tom Arnold . Imagine Tom Arnold walking up and down the court the would resemble Tom crean

@TheOusooner56 2 ай бұрын

Crean does look like Arnold

@ryanduffy3343 2 ай бұрын

Isn't the NIT on ESPN? ESPN has ruined college sports so if it hurts their ratings, good, fck em.

@bt-rl4mh 2 ай бұрын

Well that’s life

@zacharyhead7906 2 ай бұрын

Nit isn't worth anything.

@Mark-xl1ze 2 ай бұрын

Good for OU on opting out. Won't watch one second of the "Tournament".

@user-vu7hg1sq4y 2 ай бұрын

NCAA men's basketball game HAS NO NBA players in college. What happened to the draft

@02nupe 2 ай бұрын

That’s not true. Smh. Players in the ncaa get drafted every year.

@PedroSanchez-zy8bw 2 ай бұрын

First

@steventaylor2072 2 ай бұрын

Teams should be happy to play into any tournament. The big show or the NIT

@KennardSloan-um5do 2 ай бұрын

The nobody nit tournament. 😂😂😂😂 who cares it be dead for years

@jeffgutterson881 2 ай бұрын

Wake Forest will lose to App State in the !st Round

@KHN.RVA.28 2 ай бұрын

Wait why is it an option? "We didnt make the ncaa season over." But theres the NIT? "Meh its just another tournament" excuse me what?

@user-ux3id9us9i 2 ай бұрын

Why would they want to play it’s the loser tournament

@JD-tn5lz 2 ай бұрын

Why wouldn't you want to play? It's still college ball.

@ausm5569 2 ай бұрын

Well at least they play play on a D1 team unlike you

@dimitrisbright9807 2 ай бұрын

Most coaches leave it to the team to play in the NIT or not. Most of these AAU players don’t want to waste their time in NIT. And no, this is nothing like college football bowl games where a football team can handle a few players opting out of a bowl game. There’s only 15 or so players on a basketball team, remember?

@02nupe 2 ай бұрын

He said field 7. He has a point.

@gavinboggs5787 2 ай бұрын

It’s pathetic because the teams opting out are mid basketball programs what a joke the route ALL college sports are taking….

@christopherhoffman2515 2 ай бұрын

Coach Crean is fantastic! He is absolutely right!

@thescatman5029 2 ай бұрын

I'm for playing. But with big name schools opting out, plus Micah Handlogten's injury in the SEC title game, it's time to start paying these kids for the postseason. This proposal will definitely save the NIT. And, I'll go here and take it further: You better start thinking about paying players for the NCAA. A lottery prospect from a lower-seeded Tournament squad (particularly a major program that's low-seeded) will measure his chances of getting to the Final Four versus being drafted in the NBA. Don't laugh! That's a real thought!

@jsembler1 2 ай бұрын

“You win tournaments by winning tournments” - Tom Izzo.

@randallmadison9910 2 ай бұрын

68 teams. You weren't good enough. NIT is outdated.

@user-vu7hg1sq4y 2 ай бұрын

1980 teams were represented by every conference in college. Today NCAA draft has zero prospects that would challenge LeBron James. Len, Bias, Dominique Wilkins, John Stockton, Mark Price, Rolando Blackmon, Eric Floyd,

@user-wh4dq2cw4r 2 ай бұрын

I agree with all opinions here. Who wants to play in the CBI or the CIT? These tournaments nobody cares about. Give me the NIT on any given day

@jdheelfan 2 ай бұрын

AMEN!!!

@hincuant417 2 ай бұрын

Uhm... what's worse... an overnight player? Or... an unwillingness to succumb to one's own position? Thanks btw... READ BETWEEN THE LINE. THE BRIDGE IS OVER. I LOVE WINNING THIS GAME.

@freegamegriff7313 2 ай бұрын

A BUNCH OF COACH POTATO FANS ACTING LIKE THEY COULD EVER MAKE THE NIT AS A PLAYER OR COACH. LMFAO tourney not competitive af

@spinning_data2974 2 ай бұрын

Purely coach’s ego. Whoever refuse make them ineligible for main tournament the next year.

@DoodleMomNC 2 ай бұрын

I agree. So selfish. Don’t coach college then!! If you’re too good for NIT let someone else coach!

@toddseales8222 2 ай бұрын

Because coaches like Pitino are butthurt.

@victorabreu0825 2 ай бұрын

Don't short change! Great saying they're mad cause they didn't do good enough in conference games. That's wack

@Asscheek124 2 ай бұрын

Crean who ever see a coach go up and down sideline sweating like he playing . Typical d monstrous coach . High school is where you typical see this type