(03-12-2023 09:04 PM)northcoastRocket Wrote:  If anyone seriously still thought UT could get an at-large bid, all you have to do is look at Columbia:

NET 47
Record 23-5
Top 50 wins: 2
Top 100 wins: 7
OOC SOS: 89

And still no bid. Instead they took 4 teams with lower NET's including West Virginia (B12) at NET 60, and St John's (Big East) at NET 55 who had one of the weakest OOC schedules in the country. The only mid-major conference with 2 bids was the WCC, where Gonzaga lost in their title game to Portland - and that is only because, well it's Gonzaga and they are have special P6-adjacent anointed status. No other mid-major will ever get 2 bids in this system.

Heck Middle Tennessee has a NET 28 (should be a 7ish seed) and they got an 11 seed, while Oklahoma had a NET of 38 (should be a 10ish seed) and got a 5 seed. The committee doesn't care.