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This from Andy Katz.
"In news pertaining to the selection committee, the NCAA has decided to eliminate from the at-large discussion the results of a team's last 12 games. Starting in the 2009-10 season, the selection committee will no longer take into consideration the results of the last 12 games a team has played when awarding one of the 34 at-large berths. Considering a team's record over its final 12 games was seen as a way to gauge how strongly a team finished the season, but was not meant to carry more weight than other portions of a team's schedule.
"This decision makes sense. Due to imbalanced schedules within most of the power six conferences and the inability of mid-major schools to schedule high-quality games that late in the season, it was difficult to measure and compare the results of a team's final 12 games."
I agree witz Katz. "Body of work" should be the main thing when selecting at-large teams. Results from later in the season should be no more important than results earlier in the season. That's why the quality of your nonconference schedule (combination of who'd you play & who'd you beat?) should (and does) matter. Teams like the Gophers and Arizona got in (as they should have) largely because of quality wins they earned in November and December. For the Gophers it was Louisville, for Arizona it was Kansas and Gonzaga.
"In news pertaining to the selection committee, the NCAA has decided to eliminate from the at-large discussion the results of a team's last 12 games. Starting in the 2009-10 season, the selection committee will no longer take into consideration the results of the last 12 games a team has played when awarding one of the 34 at-large berths. Considering a team's record over its final 12 games was seen as a way to gauge how strongly a team finished the season, but was not meant to carry more weight than other portions of a team's schedule.
"This decision makes sense. Due to imbalanced schedules within most of the power six conferences and the inability of mid-major schools to schedule high-quality games that late in the season, it was difficult to measure and compare the results of a team's final 12 games."
I agree witz Katz. "Body of work" should be the main thing when selecting at-large teams. Results from later in the season should be no more important than results earlier in the season. That's why the quality of your nonconference schedule (combination of who'd you play & who'd you beat?) should (and does) matter. Teams like the Gophers and Arizona got in (as they should have) largely because of quality wins they earned in November and December. For the Gophers it was Louisville, for Arizona it was Kansas and Gonzaga.