The Committee doesn’t seed directly based on NET either. UConn could very well end up a four seed if the tournament was tomorrow. To think polls don’t influence the opinion of committee members is naive imo.
Minor influence? Sure. Direct influence? No
A quibble? Uh it’s quantitatively inaccurate but ok.
Actually, I heard all 3 of them were upset!
Do you have any evidence for your claim that the committee members (contrary to their stated criteria) are influenced by the polls?
Well, they are human.
They are humans.
Dropping a team 9 spots in the NET to their seed isn’t unheard of. UConn was 2 last year and was the ranked 7ths in the S Curve. LSU finished 3rd in NET last year and was given a 3 seed. A 4 seed wouldn’t be shocking to me considering the rankings and where people clearly have us based on the eye test.
I want to apologize to all boneyard members and guests for asking everyone to give Emily Adams a chance to demonstrate professional objectivity when writing about UConn wbb. Well, she had her chance and blew it. IMHO her ranking UConn as #18 is insulting to all Wbb fans and has an adverse affect on her objectivity/professionalism as a sports writer. Her rankings could be construed as nothing more than ranking the teams based solely on their number of losses.
Yes, I was aware that the committee members are a subset of human beings.
I wouldn't have them ranked myself, but Marquette was #18 prior to playing UConn and thus had a bit of a “cushion” to play with, and multiple teams ranked below them and in the receiving votes category also lost during that period.
