2019 NIT Champions!

[Vic Mackey 47039]

It's not the big dance but oh well.

Hook Em! Good job Horns. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

We’re number 69!

[Juke_Em 47]

Top-10 NIT Champion of all time?

[HtownHorn 14683]

This thread fucking sucks.

[Red Five 40859]

Hahaha we won the NIT. 

[Brian Fantana 6689]

kong rats

[TexasTroll 454]

Way to go

hook em!!

[Braff Zacklin 13575]

3 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

kong rats

Shut up.

Now go out and win the real tournament, ya rat bastard.

And fuck Baylor.

[Laxtonto 12080]

Not the tournament I wanted to see us in, but winning the NIT isn’t a bad consolation prize. 

Thank you to all those that are moving on and see the rest of you next year!

[CycleTex87 2970]

Yea Horns.

So what’s the protocol?  Hang a banner?  Buy a t-shirt at the Co-op?  Forget this season ever happened?

[satyanash 14486]

[Machinator 32099]

Happy for the players, especially DO and Roach.

If Shaka does indeed return for next year (which is likely), I hope he takes something from this run other than our athletes being better than their athletes. Because while we benefited from physically overmatching most of the teams we faced, there was an energy and purpose to much of our play that simply wasn't there this season. Bottle that up and get the team to play like that in the games that really matter.

[mdmost 43002]

Get em while they're hot, bitches

https://www.universitycoop.com/Texas-Longhorns-Mens-Basketball-2019-NIT-Champions-T-Shirt

[Fire Jack Chevigny 938]

Texas won the Big Dance

[dbecks 442]

Woo-hoo! It feels like i just got upgraded to first class on Spirit Airlines (if that's a thing).

[The_Great_Hornsby 3236]

Now I know what it's like to be a Villanova fan

[mdmost 43002]

1 minute ago, CycleTex87 said:

Yea Horns.

So what’s the protocol?  Hang a banner?  Buy a t-shirt at the Co-op?  Forget this season ever happened?

Isn't there a banner for the 1978 NIT Championship hanging in the FEC?

I mean, it's better than losing in the NIT. Maybe it's something they can build on. 

[Underdog 28654]

4 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Get em while they're hot, bitches

https://www.universitycoop.com/Texas-Longhorns-Mens-Basketball-2019-NIT-Champions-T-Shirt

Ordered. 

[EuroHorn 3265]

[LTtxfan 49188]

Just now, EuroHorn said:

 

[formermav43 4606]

14 minutes ago, Dr. Beeper said:

Meh

 

15 minutes ago, Dr. Beeper said:

Fuck Shaka

Couldn’t get all that insight into just one post?

[C-Man 27230]

1 minute ago, mdmost said:

Isn't there a banner for the 1978 NIT Championship hanging in the FEC?

I mean, it's better than losing in the NIT. Maybe it's something they can build on. 

The '78 champs were #33, though.

[Deej 76796]

Edited April 5, 2019 by Deej

[Js1 85342]

Texas joins an elite group of schools with 2 championships including BYU, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,  Long Island, Ohio State, Penn State, Providence, South Carolina, temple, Tulsa, Virginia, Virginia Tech and WV. 

We can only dream of joining the next tier of blue blood elite NIT schools like Stanford and Dayton who have 3

[El Diablo 4232]

Ya don't get to dance if ya don't get invited. 

 

[Goo Punch 4275]

[Bojack 2081]

We could go aggy with a banner and have NATIONAL and CHAMPIONS in big letters with invitational and tournament in fine print.

[Radical Larry 28622]

[realgreggym 835]

Congrats guys. Ignore the jerks. Enjoy the victory, work hard in the offseason and come ready to start next year. 

[Valmy77 13226]

I think I can take some credit for this one guys. I found a monkey paw during the offseason and while holding it I wished that Shaka Smart would be cutting down the nets in April.

But seriously congrats to the team. It was nice to see them put that many winning performances in a row and win a tournament. It is always nice to add something to the trophy case.

[Machinator 32099]

[Valmy77 13226]

Awesome!

[phdhorn 6224]

We might be champions of this tournament:



But hey, we're champions!  Good 5 game run, well, not really, expected wins.  However beating TCU was sweet and they played great.

Anyway, hang that banner in Milton's downstairs office and be proud of it!

[Valmy77 13226]

We already have a NIT championship banner, we can just add another year to it.

[Sgt Hulk 13716]

Give the man an extension!!!

[Js1 85342]

1 minute ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Give the man an extension!!!

Perrin would be drafting the 10 year guaranteed as we speak

[TxTower 652]

I’m just so very thankful they weren’t an embarrassment.

[J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. 1084]

For those making the "We're number 65/69!" comments, Marshall just beat Green Bay for the CIT championship.  What the hell number are they?

Edited April 5, 2019 by J.R. Juniors Junior Jr.

[TrashMaster G 17557]

Yay us.  Whatevs.

The 69 thing is stupid.  The last at-large in the big dance went in on the what?  11 line? 12 line? Not the 16 line.

[TreatyOak 16334]

[NowThis 931]

winning a tournament isn't easy.  We want to mock this shit, but some pretty decent programs in the 32 couldn't get it done. So it's a big deal regardless of Surly.

The huge positive was the team played well without Hayes. Good sign for next year. 

[gecko 1104]

Winning it is better than losing it....to Lipscomb

[GHOSTUSER 361]

1 hour ago, Fire Jack Chevigny said:

Texas won the Big Dance






 

I loved watching Soul Train growing up. Don Cornelius was a badass

[That Guy 955]

I had fun watching the game. I’m happy they won. I hope the kids enjoyed it. 

[Brothahorn 10087]

[Beau Vine 54230]

"If you're going to be in the NIT, you might as well fucking win it." -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

[DeadArmadillo 907]

Woo-hoo! It feels like i just got upgraded to first class on Spirit Airlines (if that's a thing).

Underrated

[Chopper 17235]

This thread would've been better if nobody had posted in it. But glad they won.

 

Edited April 5, 2019 by Chopper

[Disco Missile 456]

The mighty Lipscomb dynasty has finally come to an end.

I'm happy we won something. Mostly happy we kept TCU from winning anything. And I'm sad that Shaka got retained after this shitty season for this consolation prize. It's like two consolation prizes.

[atomheartbevo 89674]

7 minutes ago, Disco Missile said:

The mighty Lipscomb dynasty has finally come to an end.

I'm happy we won something. Mostly happy we kept TCU from winning anything. And I'm sad that Shaka got retained after this shitty season for this consolation prize. It's like two consolation prizes.

We’re a swimming school.  The occasional NIT championship is nice, even if Shaka hangs around.