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Message: [QUOTE="methodology, post: 3040725, member: 3012"] From Wikipedia: [I]The NCAA announced a revamped selection process starting with the 2017 tournament. The main highlights are:[/I] [LIST] [*][I]Teams are no longer required to have .500 or greater records[[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify']clarification needed[/URL]] to receive bids.[/I] [*][I]Similar to the automatic bids the NCAA Tournament grants for all conference tournament champions, all teams that won regular-season conference championships but failed to earn NCAA tournament bids are guaranteed places in the NIT.[/I] [/LIST] [I]In addition, the selection process was changed. ESPN no longer had a hand in the selection of the teams. Instead, a committee of former NCAA head coaches, chaired by Newton, and including [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Keady']Gene Keady[/URL] ([URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_men%27s_basketball']Purdue[/URL]), [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_DeVoe']Don DeVoe[/URL] ([URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers_basketball']Tennessee[/URL]), [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Davalos']Rudy Davalos[/URL], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Robinson']Les Robinson[/URL] ([URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NC_State_Wolfpack_men%27s_basketball']NC State[/URL]), [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Minton']Reggie Minton[/URL] ([URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Falcons']Air Force[/URL]), John Powers, and Carroll Williams among others, prepared a list of potential teams in advance.[/I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Invitation_Tournament#cite_note-50'][I][50][/I][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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