(06-10-2019 03:20 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 01:14 PM)mikeinsec127 Wrote:  True for NCAA team championships. However, since 1949 RU won 2 national championships in sports that did not have NCAA tournaments or were not compulsive at the time. The NCAA simply ignores these.
1. 1982 AIAW womens basketball
2. 1955 USILA mens lacrosse

In fairness, the 1982 NCAA champions, Louisiana Tech, were surely better than Rutgers that year. They were #1 in the AP poll the entire year, Rutgers IIRC never was ranked higher than #7 or so.

Yes, I understand that. However, in fairness, in 1982 the AIAW was on par with the NCAA nad you never know what could happen in a one game match-up in a single elimination tournament. This surely isn't a case of NIT vs NCAA on the men's side. Speaking of which, the NIT was the superior tournament to the NCAA for MANY years, again until the NCAA compelled member schools to accept a bid. Still the NCAA official record book simply ignores that its tournament was the second choice.