(03-13-2017 07:17 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(03-13-2017 06:34 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(03-13-2017 05:20 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Thankfully, the committee doesn't care about rivalry games except as a slight blip on the radar.

Yup. It would suck if they did their job instead of giving handouts to nobodies who schedule nobodies.

Omitting Syracuse and their 199 NC SOS, 2-11 r/n record, 84 RPI, losing record against RPI top 200, and 5 RPI101+ losses was the lone silver lining of yesterday. Including them would've been the ultimate self-parody by the selection committee.

1. Those are cherry-picked stats. The better the conference, the worse the OOC. And that doesn't take into account the circumstances of the StJ game, the UConn game, and the Georgetown game.
2. Omitting SU is bad for the game - why would any school schedule big name OOC games if they're going to get punished for it.
3. Ask yourself who you think the last team in was (or at least the weakest team). Then ask yourself if you can honestly and truthfully see them winning the tourney. SU beat 3 T10 teams and went to overtime against a 4th. SU can clearly hang w/ anybody and beat anybody on any given day. DU could realistically win the tourney.
4. And on that note, your stats ignore the top-heaviness of SU's schedule. Its harder to look good against real competition w/ weak competition sprinkled in than against a bunch of mediocre teams.