We Are the Champions

You 2008 NIT National Champions: THE Ohio State Buckeyes!!!

Is a national champion still a national champion even if they won the consolation tournament? Last night Ohio State proved that they are the best of what's left by winning the NIT title. I would be excited by this, but really, who cares about the NIT? On one hand, it is a title, and Ohio State may hang a banner in their arena, but on the other hand, there are basically 65 teams that the powers that be thought were better than the Buckeyes. Otherwise, wouldn't they have been invited to the NCAA Tournament? Screw that! We are the Champoins! WOO HOO. We Buckeye fans need SOMETHING to hang our hat on after all of the big games we have lost in the past few years. In reality, if they had gone to the 'Big Dance' they would most likely have been bounced out by the second round.

You would think that the NIT champ would then go on to better things, but out of the last four NIT champs, only one has gone to the NCAA tourney, one went back to the NIT, and the other two (including M*ch*g*n) did not go to any tournament. I doubt that will be the case, seeing as how OSU is getting a seven footer that would go to the NBA, if not for the new rule requiring all NBA players to go to their first year of college.