Shortly after the conclusion of the NIT selection show Sunday night, after the committee had passed on Northwestern, the program announced that it would not be participating in any postseason tournament. The Wildcats surely would have received bids to both the CBI and the Vegas 16, a new third-tier tournament. But they had no interest.
When news of the program's decision broke, Northwestern Twitter caught fire — who knew it even existed? The majority of fans, it seemed, were against the program's decision. Some agreed with it, but not many.