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whiteandblue77 wrote:

NJRedman wrote:One benefit from the split we are seeing is that only one team per conference is allowed in an exempt tournament. So for us C7 we are getting invites to tournys we never had a chance at before because of the Cuse, Pitt, Louisvilles and UConns of the previous incarnation of the Big East. I'm sure for our friends from the MVC, Horizon and A-10 the tournys that want to invite you guys have gotten better as well.

We headlined the Guardians Classic in 2002 with top-10 Notre Dame (and beat them), and are headlining it again next year (in KC)--
15 years after Kyle Korver and we're back to the same tournament and maybe the same situation, only now, as you aptly point out, we will be traveling the same distance to the tourney FROM what seems like a different UNIVERSE.

While we won that Guardians Classic in 2002, we were hardly the headliners. Notre Dame (as you mentioned), but also Mizzou and Ohio State (I think it was Matta's first year). I believe the "organizers" would have expected a Notre Dame/MIzzou final...of course, the Jays ran Missouri out of the gym and then beat ND.

If this year goes as planned, we would be a headliner next year.

While NJRedman makes a good point, IMO creighton has not received a bump yet for its non/conference early season tourneys. Jays have played in and won the Guardian's/CBE both times entered (2002 over ND, 2004 over THE Ohio St.). Perhaps we shall see an uptick in 2018? For those who have gotten better draws-well deserved.

PS: Whatever became of Notre Dame? Are they still playing ANY sport? Hardly ever hear anything about them since they deserted the BE.

gtmoBlue wrote:While NJRedman makes a good point, IMO creighton has not received a bump yet for its non/conference early season tourneys. Jays have played in and won the Guardian's/CBE both times entered (2002 over ND, 2004 over THE Ohio St.). Perhaps we shall see an uptick in 2018? For those who have gotten better draws-well deserved.

PS: Whatever became of Notre Dame? Are they still playing ANY sport? Hardly ever hear anything about them since they deserted the BE.

yeah, Notre Dame only made the elite 8 back to back years for the first time going to it at all since 1979. First sweet 16's for the program even since 2003. Kind of crazy to even say that.

It's an interesting point on the early season tourneys. I think 1 point on that is that there are a LOT more early season tournaments now than ever before.

I think Creighton was already committed to the Wooden Legacy tournament DM3's senior year by the time the BE move came, and my guess is the last couple of years Coach probably didn't want to get in over their heads given the need to rebuild the squad into a Big East caliber team, so picked tournaments that we might have a shot at staying in the winner's bracket. I am hopeful that we are building to the point where we do regularly get into tournaments with multiple other top-tier P5 teams (defined as top half finishes in their respective leagues).

Savannah Jay wrote:

whiteandblue77 wrote:

NJRedman wrote:One benefit from the split we are seeing is that only one team per conference is allowed in an exempt tournament. So for us C7 we are getting invites to tournys we never had a chance at before because of the Cuse, Pitt, Louisvilles and UConns of the previous incarnation of the Big East. I'm sure for our friends from the MVC, Horizon and A-10 the tournys that want to invite you guys have gotten better as well.

We headlined the Guardians Classic in 2002 with top-10 Notre Dame (and beat them), and are headlining it again next year (in KC)--
15 years after Kyle Korver and we're back to the same tournament and maybe the same situation, only now, as you aptly point out, we will be traveling the same distance to the tourney FROM what seems like a different UNIVERSE.

While we won that Guardians Classic in 2002, we were hardly the headliners. Notre Dame (as you mentioned), but also Mizzou and Ohio State (I think it was Matta's first year). I believe the "organizers" would have expected a Notre Dame/MIzzou final...of course, the Jays ran Missouri out of the gym and then beat ND.

If this year goes as planned, we would be a headliner next year.

Apology to whiteandblue...I was "co-mingling" my Guardians classic memories, which seems to happen a lot these days. Running Mizzou out of the gym and beating Ohio State was not 2002 but 2004. Go Jays.

Just announced SJU will play in the Advocare Invitational in 2017. Other participants are WVU, Oregon St, Nebraska, Mizzou, Long Beach St, UCF and Mairst.

We will definitely be on the opposite side of the bracket as Long Beach seeing as how we play them in a OOC game next year.

http://www.rumbleinthegarden.com/2016/1 ... rginia-cbb

with the 2 Phil Knight tournaments some tourneys are going to be really down next year....

Advocare 1 of them as Redman just posted.....

but also look at Puerto Rico-
The Iowa State Cyclones, Florida State Seminoles, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, UTEP Miners, Illinois State Red Birds, Boise State Broncos, and Western Michigan Broncos will highlight the field

Virginia, Seton Hall, Vanderbilt and Rhode Island headline 2017 Preseason NIT

http://www.todaysu.com/u-news/virginia- ... eason-nit/

DePaul is the only Big East team without a leaked/announced exempt tourney for 2017-18 season now.

Just saw the 2k classic field is now Va Tech, Providence, Washington, and Saint Louis(not Indiana).

bleh. Va Tech should be good but the other 2 are a bunch of meh if you ask me.