St. John’s won’t be playing in the postseason this year after failing to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament and rejecting a potential invitation to the National Invitation Tournament.
Red Storm coach Rick Pitino discussed his thoughts on the situation not long after learning his team’s fate Sunday evening, lamenting the “fraudulent” NET ranking system before offering some insight into his team’s season.
“We’re 32 in the NET. First of all, I think we should all probably never mention that word again because I think it’s fraudulent,” said Pitino, via SNY. “I think the NET is something that shouldn’t even be mentioned anymore. … We were 26th in KenPom, so I don’t know. We tried to play a tough schedule. We tried to do things the right way, and we didn’t get in.”
