Knight, you are right . The NCAA does not provide the best 68 teams , despite the hoopla the Networks create . Regular Season Champions May be on the outside looking in , if they are upset in their post season tourney and their League is only a 1 team league . Also too ,many of the 15-16 seeds are from those lower tier Conferences that are not on a Par with the BE, ACC, etc . As a result , teams like St .Mary’s who have great records in the WCC, 28-5, lost out this year . Of Course, the Gaels usually cannot beat Gonzaga in that Conference and usually finish second . Some years that is enough to get them in . Not this year . And , there is always the controversy about this team got in and another team didn’t . For example , Syracuse got in , ND didn’t despite the 1/2 season injury to Bonzie Colson . And , lots of questions about Oklahoma getting in , with a disastrous late season collapse . I think they are enamored with Trae Young playing his 1 and only College Season and selected the Sooners as a result . It makes you wonder if we had split with G Town , instead of losing that 2 OT game . Beat DePaul twice . Split with Creighton or Xavier which we had close games with in the regular season . If we had 3 more wins , wrapped around our signature Wins against Nova and Duke , would we have landed a bid ? Why not ? And , certainly a NIT berth , if not .
