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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 2626743, member: 1329"] Quadrant system is not new. It was RPI Top 50, 100, etc. wins before. By valuing road wins of less than top 50 teams, it theoretically helps mid majors have more ability to get those wins. This was why it was recommended by the larger coaching group. Hard and fast rules like this are dumb. They don't allow for nuance and complex ideas. The entire point of a committee is to avoid these hard and fast rules. Why are there more Major 7 schools getting in now? Because there are more Major 7 schools than there used to be. Why else? Because the committee has started using more advanced metrics, which recognize better teams more clearly. They are not able to be "gamed" as easily as the RPI was, so you don't end up with situations like the Missouri Valley in 2006. The major conferences have a higher number of better teams, and sometimes it makes situations like B12 this year where teams finish with less than .500 records in conference play. [/QUOTE]