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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 2606315, member: 6927"] I commend you for the in-depth presentation, but the committee's stated goal in at-large selection is to "select the 32 best teams to fill the bracket, regardless of conference affiliation." This is the fairest approach. When half the teams in a strong conference are among the best 32 available at-large candidates, some of those teams might have sub-.500 conference records. That's just the way the math works out. Conference representation is already guaranteed through the automatic bid. Teams that fail to earn the automatic bid need to be among the top 32 non-AQ teams, regardless of conference affiliation, to earn an at-large bid. That's the fairest approach and the one that yields the strongest tournament field. [/QUOTE]