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A younger pro league is the XFL. No one watched that. The NFL kills all competition in ratings and money. Colleges can’t compete with them in any way!

The system dictates this. You can argue until the cows come home but the Quad/Net system is what drives the selection metrics. Pitt's OOC schedule was pathetic at best. They played one P6 team of the 4 they played that didn't finish last in their conference. They lost to Missouri at home who...

Pitt could have been in the Playoff game vice UVA. Their OOC schedule was pitiful at best. They lost home games to Missouri (0-18 9n SEC play) and Florida (good team) . They beat Oregon State (5-15 in Pac-12 last place) at home and WVA (4-14 Big 12 - last place) away. Those were their only...

Well put. However the true SEC haters who think the Media controls the selection committees will never acknowledge that the ACC teams need to win more OOC games against quality opponents. I am not a fan of the Quad system but it is the major, not the only metric, but the major one the...

The ACC is a good basketball conference anchored by two exceptional programs, UNC and Duke. Below them there are a number of programs that have good to great years but are not consistently top 10-20 programs. The ACC needs two more programs to step up to be consistent top 20 teams. I sure...

The Washington Post is National. If ESPN is your only source as well as talk radio you get what you get. The preseason polls only had Tennessee in the top 10. No hype there. If you are in the Southeast you get swamped with SEC Hype. That does not exist in basketball anywhere else. Where is...

The media has played up the Big 12 for a number of years. Kansas has been their stud. The SEC got hype last year with Alabama. You all in Atlanta area suffer from local media bias. Here in Northern VA. The SEC gets no basketball hype at all. The Big East, ACC and B1G all get hype. You...

Fans are not relevant in selections. The NET System is a big driver in selections. Not the sole driver but a very important one. The committee could have swapped out Miss St and GLA for Pitt, Wake, St John’s or Seaton Hall. All had resume flaws. The issue I have is the NET like all...

UNC beat a 19 and 9 seed as a 1 seed - met expectations Duke beat a 13 and 12 seed as a 4 seed - met expectations Clemson beat a 11 seed and a 2 seed - met expectations and exceeded expectations NCST beat a 6 seed and a 14 seed - beat and met expectations UVA lost to a 10 seed as a 20 seed -...

8-1 UV lost!

Yea but mature enough to handle GT and have the correct priorities. Frankly that would be a good approach for a lot of young men and women who go to college out of HS because that’s what is expected but have little focus.

UNC is a #1 seed. Hardly considered crappy. NCST’s run is remarkable. Very happy for them. Their ACCT championship run was special. They benefitted playing Oakland vice Kentucky. Of course that’s how the Tourny works. Clemson will be really challenged today. Beating Baylor would be a huge...

Calipari said he is going to rethink his team construction strategy as he has 18 & 19 year old kids playing against 22-23 year old men. He intends to be active in the Portal and not rely as much on just 5 star HS players. Good strategy change. He should have no problem getting elite level...

That counts. They were a10 seed. Last 4 in from non Low Majors get the 10 seed and play Tue/Wed. The ACC still gets the money for them playing a game in the NCAAT. For the Conference $6M spread over 6 years.

85-69 yea they are good.

They are always an elite offensive team. Rarely does their defense match their offense. Still always a very dangerous team

Ratings are mostly driven on time slots. The main time slots will be given to the Tier 1 teams and the rest get the 1200 or on ESPNU at some strange hour. Look at the times of the major viewed games. Besides OSU-Michigan which is always 1200 the major viewed games are at 3:30 Eastern time...

Nailed it. The Low Majors get 1 team in the NCAAT. Ther earn it via winning their Conference Tournament. JMU and Grand Canyon had to win their Tournaments unlike UNC, Duke, Clemson or UVA. Not to mention half the SEC.

The roblmbecomes TV viewers are highly concentrated on Tier 1 in your scheme. Tire 1 schools then will want proportional money commensurate with viewers. TV networks will agree as that is where their money comes from. Soon there after Tires 2-4 are FCS and Division II level schools.