Men's Big West Conference Tournament Schedule March 9-11 Of course both the men and women would submit bids to host a first round NIT game, that's called due diligence. It doesn't mean that we are going to the NIT. Why would a team with an RPI near 200 get an invite to the NIT, let alone host a first round game?
He also doesn't mention that the reason we went for the NIT was because we won the regular season title, something that didn't happen this year.