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The way the system is structured explains the public relations/media blitz by the Uber-conferences (BIG & SEC) to enhance perception of conference strength in the preseason and early pre-conference season. The NCAAT payouts are based on games played. The more teams from a particular conference...

I really don't have a horse in this race, but I see both sides. I agree that the seedings are based on a statistical algorithm and that the committee has pretty much stuck to the output of that process. So, in that regard there is no bias. However, the selection and seeding algorithm is...

Exactly! trying to pound the round peg of linear mathematics into the square hole of non-linear (chaotic) systems is doomed to fail. It is done for ideological reasons and not scientific ones. It is the difference between Scientism and science. Amazingly, it does apply to the NCAAT seedings...

Thanks for compiling the number Stinger78. I take a lot away from the numbers. During conference play conference teams "beat each other up." The debate is always whether it is parity or mediocrity. Pessimists and critics always interpret parity as mediocrity. ACC coaches always talk about...

I have a guess. Because ACC fans are used to being dominant, they are NCAAT obsessed. Because the NCAAT selection weighs early season games equally, and the ACC has a recent history of enduring tough early season losses, ACC fans get down on their conference because of the negative impact of...

The highest seeds to push through to the Sweet 16 were Clemson (6) and NCSt (11). Only Duke (4) and SDSt (5) were above a 3 seed among the rest. The ACC was woefully underrated yet again. I agree with ESPN, ACC fans are their own worst enemy, being so impatient with early season losses. It...

Hewitt's teams after 2005 really struggled to inbound the ball. The struggles continued under Brian Gregory. Pastner cleaned-up the problem immediately and decisively. His teams rarely struggled to get the ball in bounds. Last year it was a problem again. My observation is that teams that...

Finger Fart! James Madison. They are good!

Seriously, how could Old Dominion be a 12 seed? Do these computer algorithms even watch the teams play?

Yale over Auburn:

This isn't limited to college athletics, it is everywhere! You are citing some of the founding sacraments of bureaucracy. Use revenues to establish departments who's sole purpose is to justify larger budgets. The diffusion of accountability is the Holy Grail of deeply bureaucratic organization.

Directed at no-one post in particular: In any team endeavor there is a balance between goals and ambitions of any individual in the group and the goals and success of the team. I think that the point here is that this balance has been lost. I think the interest in team sport exists, whether...

What are the takes among us about the effects on the men's game of the portal and NIL? I intentionally link the two (NIL and the portal) because the effects on the game of the two changes seem to be synergistic. I thought going in that the increased player mobility combined with a free market...

If Gapare is looking around again then that tells us all we need to know. The program desperately needs players who are going to buy-in. While Gapare has upside, he is still a 6ppg project. That kind of production should not come with a NIL price tag. He is good in transition but pretty much...

MSU vagueries abound!

Well the NCAA decided that seedings would be based on the "total body of work" and not recent play. But that doesn't mean Vegas can't take into account trends. Interesting that the NCAA Football Playoff committee could take into account late season injuries in their selections but that isn't...

They can formalize the selection criteria all they want, but they have not implemented a scheduling technique to eliminate the bias of initial rankings. Gaming the system is clever. Until you devise a systematic non-conference scheduling procedure to eliminate the bias, clever coaches will...

I haven't seen or followed Memphis this year but the beef with Hardaway has been that he recruits a lot of firepower but then they struggle to score. He wins decently with tough defensive squads but their offense is ugly. Didn't he dig up Larry Brown from some mausoleum to fix the offense...

"Strategy doesn't figure into it unless you play hard." "You have to get tired of losing." "If Someone pokes you in the chest, you have to poke them back." "If you can't play for the name on the front of your jersey, then you have to be willing to play for the name on the back of your...

Could it be that Jalon Moore left because his desired position was the same as Miles Kelly?