'THE' Ohio State mens basketball team took home the NIT trophy last night.  That's exactly what they did, took it home.  The trophy wasn't necessarily won, since the NIT Champion is now officially the 66th best team in the country and will crow, "See, we should have been in March Madness." 

It was like watching Bowling on ESPN Classic...why?

Apparently the Buckeyes defeated a UMASS team that was depleted by graduation and Ivy League candidates.  Congratulations on your 'trophy', Buckeyes.  Don't hate on me.  My guys won it in '96, yet I felt empty and happy to have seen a few more games on ESPN7.

The NIT tourney winner receives the equivalent of a 4th grader's participation trophy and an Eric Cartman doll.  Why is there a NIT tournament anyway?  One fourth of all NCAA Division I teams are in the tourney, so why dumb it down. (ok more exist, but are really bad.)

Even worse is an unnamed tournament that picks teams AFTER the NIT field.  Yes sports fans, this bottom feeding tournament exists.

113 teams play in post-season tournaments.

Unfortunately college basketball is too watered down to enjoy anything but March Madness.  There's greed and then there's the 66th seed.  Stop the insanity.  The NIT has been a non-event since the NCAA tourney expanded to 64+ teams.

Hey Ohio State, there better not be a parade or t-shirts celebrating this great achievement.  I hope your mamas come up and slap you for embarrassing them on semi-national-regional-PBS television. "My baby plays point guard for Syracuse...oh, your child won the NIT.  I'm so sorry for you.  Oh, the shame!"   The kid who dots the 'i' has more to be proud of than this big win.

I do have a suggestion; put that NIT trophy in a dark, athletic department closet, right next to Tom Cruise.