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Message: [QUOTE="Orangutan, post: 2610077, member: 4946"] There are, in fact, many selection criteria: [I]In no specific priority order, the committee considers the following criteria in the selections process: Ability to elevate Availability of talent Bad losses Common opponents Competitive in losses Conference record Early competition versus late competition Head to head Non-conference record Overall record Regional rankings Relative strength of schedule RPI Significant wins Strength of conference Winnability [/I] I could see Baylor getting a #1 and I wouldn't be outraged if it happens. But in the past it seems that the committee has chosen to reward beating good teams rather than not losing but playing a less-impressive schedule. We are only a year removed from 30-2 Maryland getting a 3-seed with the chair of the committee stating, [I]“It was tough because we felt Maryland didn’t test themselves in the same manner as [other] teams we were considering at the time.”[/I] [/QUOTE]