Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Adriacus, post: 3712410, member: 10787"] Historically, the NCAA Tour year Selection Committee has done a less than stellar job of creating a balanced and fair “true S curve”. Some conferences were over represented, some under represented. Some teams over seeded, some under seeded. Some quadrants cake walks, some quadrants death marches. And, notably to some programs, some #1 seeds basically playing an “away” game in the backyard of #2 seeds. Yes, there were reasons: economics, attendance, etc. But, in all fairness there were also unqualified members on the Committee and poor decisions made. COVID is making everything difficult. With the tiny sample size of OOC games to gauge the comparative strength of teams and conferences, to compare the merits [and weaknesses] of the top teams, and to balance out one time “oddball” game outcomes, what will the impact be on the Committee? Will their job be easier with less data to crunch? Will they submit their standard D- to C+ bracket? How heavily will historical reputations be a fallback decider? If the top teams from the ACC, BE, B10, and B12 play one another but the top teams from the PAC-12 do not play top OOC competition, how does/should that failure get factored into the decision making? [/QUOTE]