Why would Bowling Green(Nate Thurmond and others) refuse an NIT bid?

[whopper]

https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/bgsu/2019/03/17/bgsu-bowling-green-falcons-tournament-mens-basketball/stories/20190317158

[sirthought]

Depending on the location and travel, it can cost a school a good amount of money, for one. Sometimes the rewards of the experience don't fit into the budget.

[X-band '01]

That article didn't say that the NIT invited Bowling Green - I just took that to mean that they didn't want to pay their way into either the CBI or CIT.

[GetUp5]

Bet they didn't get invited to the NIT.

A lot of schools turn down the CBI and CIT.