(01-15-2013 05:52 PM)3601 Wrote: It seems like teams are penalized more for not having a great win than teams are penalized for having bad losses.
While the tourney really doesn't get the "best" 68, for the greater part, the top 50 teams are in the tourney.
I think the committee wants to know whether there is a chance the at-large selection in question has demonstrated any ability to beat one of the 50 best.
Using Utah State or Murray State as examples, both of those teams showed in the regular season last year they were capable of beating top-50 teams. because of the FACT they HAD beaten a good team, it is conceivable they
could win a game in the tourney.
Memphis this year will not be able to factually prove to the committee they
could beat a Top 50 team because there is no team they beat that is top-50 quality.
I think bad losses are helpful when pairing down final decisions. Say Memphis is an at-large matched up with Middle TN. MTSU has a win vs. Ole Miss (good, not great team) and some "tough" losses. BUT, they also lost to Arkansas State.
If it came down to it, is the win vs. an at-large team (OM) better than Memphis' resume (assuming no at-large wins on schedule) vs. Memphis not having RPI 100+ loss like MTSU has vs. ASU?