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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 4563391, member: 199"] Most of the Mid-Majors really are ONLY one bid conferences - they just don't have the athletes and skills to be competitive in the NCAA as most 1/16 and 2/15 and 3/14 games show - 50+ margins of victory are common as are many games being decided at the end of the first quarter or first half at the latest. No one wants to add a second team from any of those conferences. Of the 13 seeds only one has won a game in the tournament since 2007 and again, you really don't want to add another team from their conferences either. Of the mid-majors only the following have a team in the top 70 of NET C-USA - Middle TN NET 28 AAC - USF NET 30 Summit - SDSU NET 37 ASUN - FGCU NET 38 Ivy - Princeton NET 40 WCC - Gonzaga NET 41 Ivy - Columbia NET 45 Mountain West - UNLV NET 51 MVC - Drake NET 53 (fourth in their conference standings heading into the tournament) A10 - Massachusetts NET 59 WAC - SFA NET 62 MVC - UNI NET 63 (third in their conference) Horizon - Green Bay NET 67 MAC - Toledo NET 69 Horizon - Cleveland State NET 70 NET and RPI and other attempts at measurement always have a bias toward major conferences, but it is hard to get around that. The only thing I think should be used as a 'corrective' is to punish the majors that play really bad OOC and are in bubble territory - smack those resume padding schools down! Most if not all of the at large bids will come from top 50 NET - a team outside of top 50 NET would need a signature win or a stunning resume and the only one I am aware of is St. Johns win against NET 2 Uconn. St Johns is currently NET 55 and that is a better win than anyone in bubble territory except Marquette at NET 43 who has the same win on their resume. The bubble will mostly be teams NET 40-50 because the top 39 already includes 10 or the AQ teams. That means if all top 39 NET make it in (likely) there are only 7 more bids to be filled. Columbia or Princeton will likely be the Ivy AQ so 40-50 leaves 10 teams to fill 7 spaces. I think Gonzaga will make it in. And I think both Ivies will as well, and I think Marquette will too. That would leave 4 bids out of the the 7 remaining NET 50 plus St Johns. So my bubble is: Illinois Nebraska Michigan St Oklahoma St Arkansas Purdue Miami St Johns [/QUOTE]

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