(08-09-2021 10:20 AM)Wedge Wrote:  

(08-09-2021 08:44 AM)BKTopper Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 11:12 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(08-08-2021 09:29 PM)BruceMcF Wrote:  It wasn't rubber stamped. They had to argue their case.

IMO a huge factor in favor of the Big East winning their argument was that giving them an autobid in men's basketball is no big deal. Because they always have teams that are at-large worthy, giving one of them an autobid isn't taking away a bid from teams on the bubble.

In fact, the Big East has sent at least four teams to March Madness every year since the divorce from the AAC. In contrast, letting CUSA split into two conferences each with an autobid is like giving the current CUSA two autobids, because they don't have at-large teams. It amounts to taking an at-large bid away from the rest of D-I, whereas giving the Big East an autobid doesn't do that because the Big East's autobid team would always get an at-large bid even if the conference had no autobid. Maybe some people think that shouldn't matter, but it matters a lot to conferences that usually or always have teams on the March Madness bubble.

You’re right, CUSA has gotten screwed out of an at-large bid year after year after year.

Doesn't every conference think they should get at least one more at-large bid every year? Even coaches of teams that are not on anyone's list of "first four out" or "next four out" say they should have been in. If they gave out at-large bids to everyone who says they got screwed, there would be 100 teams in the tournament every year.

To be fair, CUSA probably should have gotten multiple bids, but that can’t happen and there be enough spots to give all those .500 power conference teams.