(06-01-2021 07:18 PM)bhutchcraft89 Wrote:  How the Big 12 can have 3 national seeds, majority of talking heads call it 2nd best conference this year, and only get 4 teams in, is beyond me.

Well, the Big 12 was kind of top-heavy. Going by RPI, the best team left out was Baylor, at #34. That's solid bubble territory. LSU, e.g., had to sweat out the bubble and their RPI was #28.

FWIW, Baylor is the "first alternate" if a team drops out because of the virus, as long as the cancelation occurs outside of 24 hours before the scheduled start time of the team's game.