(02-15-2018 11:58 AM)Wedge Wrote:  

(02-14-2018 11:49 PM)jdgaucho Wrote:  

(02-14-2018 06:09 PM)Wedge Wrote:  So the "complaint" of this article is that teams like these that "no longer stink" are now trying to win at basketball, and that the internet and recruiting services make it easier for any coach to discover players that might have been ignored by power-conference teams in the past.

Those are not just men's basketball issues -- one could easily make the same observations about women's basketball, baseball, softball, and other sports.

Big West baseball in 2017 - two bids. three in 2016. two in 2015. four in 2014. three in 2013

men's soccer is usually a multibid league. women's volleyball earned two bids this year. we're doing okay

The trend is toward the athletic departments with the most revenue spending enough of it to take up more of the NCAA tournament places in various sports.

2017 NCAA baseball tournament: 26 at-large bids to teams in a P5 conference. 7 at-large bids to teams not in a P5 conference.

2017 NCAA men's basketball tournament: 26 at-large bids to teams in a P5 conference. 10 at-large bids to teams not in a P5 conference, and the Big East had 6 of those.

2017 NCAA women's basketball tournament: 27 at-large bids to teams in a P5 conference. 5 at-large bids to teams not in a P5 conference.

The P5 teams who earned at-larges in baseball, does that include Cal State Fullerton? Because ESPN called the Big West a P5 for baseball.