The perception is that a .500 record is the threshold for teams to get strong at-large consideration. But with unbalanced schedules and with teams in the same conference playing once or even not at all in some cases, it does create different challenges.
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It's much like the question about injuries - it has to be considered, it has to be brought up. The committee member who has the monitoring assignment for that team and for that conference would be obliged to bring that to the attention of the committee.Craig Littlepage
We look at and put a great deal of weight in the last 10 games. The reason for that The team that plays the last 10 games is, barring injury, the team that, if selected, will play in the tournament.
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(CBS analyst Billy Packer) may have an opinion about that or the two of them may have an opinion about that, and they are certainly free to have those opinions and express those opinions. But to look at this in terms of the partnership, you would hope there would be a little better understanding of what it is that we do and an accurate reflection of the facts as they know them to be. Facts, instead of opinions, would be helpful.
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We endeavor to try to provide as much transparency, within reason, as to how the committee works, why it does what it does.
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This is about a good basketball team that went largely unnoticed throughout the year.
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The power conferences, if you will, can play anybody they want. Anybody they want. They don't have limitations.
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