Tournament selection problems
Got this from a PA sports website
The selection committee alleges it does not look at league membership. But it clearly does and some bias is coming to the forefront as they look to balance out the money over not taking the best teams.
There is no question bias is happening, or else, there is no logic behind some of these selections. On Arkansas at 7-9 in the worst RPI BCS Conference, knew it could only take 6 Big Ten teams, and take just four SEC teams when SEC is rated the second-best league in the nation while the Big Ten was fourth. So, to cover this, the committee decided to take a fifth SEC team in Arkansas, even at 7-9 in Conference play???
The selection committee talks a good game about how having a high RPI can put you in the Tourney, but it really only protects BCS Conference schools so they can collect more money. This year the top four RPIs absent from the field were Air Force (30), Missouri State (36), Bradley (38) and Drexel (39). All higher than USC (40), Purdue (44), Vanderbilt (47), Georgia Tech (52), Texas Tech (53), Virginia (55), and Stanford (67) ????
It is clear that the ACC and Big Ten deserved only 5 Teams if the RPI is to be respected, Pac-10 4 Teams, and SEC 4 Teams and Big-12 just 3 Teams, with Big East staying at 6 Teams with RPIs under 40.
But the Committee hides behind closed doors and locked out video. It is time this process opens up and an Anti-Trust Issue is a pretty good threat to open it up too.
Syracuse was screwed since the Orange was 8-8 against the top 100 with wins over Georgetown, Villanova and at Marquette. But there are a massacre of teams in the 64 field that do not have three wins as good as those three especially Stanford.
One thing is clear, RPI no longer means much in the selection committee as bias for conferences overrules RPI ratings. I can see keeping Syracuse out if Stanford, Boston College, and Georgia Tech were kept out too, but that did not happen.
TOP RPI CONFERENCES STATS:
1 Southeastern 0.5820 0.5764 1 12 (5 OF 12 42%)
2 Atlantic Coast 0.5818 0.5743 2 12 (6 OF 12 50%)
3 Pacific-10 0.5701 0.5670 3 10 (6 OF 10 60%)???
4 Big Ten 0.5693 0.5659 4 11 (6 OF 11 55%)
5 Big East 0.5593 0.5577 5 16 (6 OF 16 37%)
7 Big 12 0.5573 0.5525 7 12 (4 of 12 33%)
BIG EAST-PAC-10
PT-IN-2 UCLA 15-4 25-5 0.6612 8 0.5947
BE-IN-5 Pittsburgh 14-5 27-7 0.6462 6 0.6006
BE-IN-9 Georgetown 16-3 26-6 0.6368 14 0.5824
PT-IN-14 Arizona 11-8 20-10 0.6241 2 0.6191
BE-IN-15 Villanova 10-8 21-10 0.6184 7 0.5955
PT-IN-21 Oregon 14-7 26-7 0.6107 64 0.5505
BE-IN-22 Marquette 11-7 23-9 0.6055 17 0.5797
PT-IN-26 Washington St. 14-6 25-7 0.6005 89 0.5372
BE-IN-31 Notre Dame 12-6 24-7 0.5943 107 0.5258
BE-IN-38 Louisville 13-5 22-9 0.5890 36 0.5679
PT-IN-40 USC 13-8 23-11 0.5874 42 0.5649
BE-OUT-50 Syracuse 11-7 22-10 0.5809 46 0.5619
BE-OUT-57 West Virginia 10-8 21-9 0.5754 100 0.5311
PT-IN?-67 Stanford 10-9 18-12 0.5685 35 0.5690
BE-OUT-68 DePaul 9-8 17-13 0.5670 30 0.5699
BIG EAST-BIG-10
BT-IN-1 Ohio St. 18-1 30-3 0.6719 12 0.5848
BT-IN-4 Wisconsin 15-4 29-5 0.6466 25 0.5740
BE-IN-5 Pittsburgh (13) 12-4 27-7 RPI 5
BE-IN-9 Georgetown 16-3 26-6 0.6368 14 0.5824
BE-IN-15 Villanova 10-8 21-10 0.6184 7 0.5955
BE-IN-22 Marquette 11-7 23-9 0.6055 17 0.5797
BT-IN-24 Michigan St. 9-9 22-11 0.6032 9 0.5877
BT-IN-28 Indiana 10-7 20-10 0.5954 52 0.5593
BT-IN-30 Illinois 11-8 23-11 0.5949 24 0.5749
BE-IN-31 Notre Dame 12-6 24-7 0.5943 107 0.5258
BE-IN-38 Louisville 13-5 22-9 0.5890 36 0.5679
BT-IN-44 Purdue 10-8 21-11 0.5857 44 0.5634
BE-OUT-50 Syracuse 11-7 22-10 0.5809 46 0.5619
BT-OUT-54 Michigan 9-9 21-12 0.5789 31 0.5698
BE-OUT-57 West Virginia 10-8 21-9 0.5754 100 0.5311
BIG EAST-ACC
AC-IN-3 North Carolina 14-5 28-6 0.6610 4 0.6035
BE-IN-5 Pittsburgh (13) 12-4 27-7 RPI 5
BE-IN-9 Georgetown 16-3 26-6 0.6368 14 0.5824
BE-IN-15 Villanova 10-8 21-10 0.6184 7 0.5955
AC-IN-16 Duke 8-9 22-10 0.6179 3 0.6095
AC-IN-17 Maryland 10-7 24-8 0.6167 15 0.5820
BE-IN-22 Marquette 11-7 23-9 0.6055 17 0.5797
BE-IN-31 Notre Dame 12-6 24-7 0.5943 107 0.5258
AC-IN-33 Boston College 11-7 20-11 0.5941 11 0.5866
AC-IN-34 Virginia Tech 11-7 20-11 0.5940 22 0.5765
BE-IN-38 Louisville 13-5 22-9 0.5890 36 0.5679
AC-OUT-41 Florida St. 8-10 20-12 0.5867 20 0.5772
AC-OUT 46 Clemson 7-10 21-10 0.5834 50 0.5597
BE-OUT-50 Syracuse 11-7 22-10 0.5809 46 0.5619
AC-IN-52 Georgia Tech 8-9 20-11 0.5803 40 0.5658
AC-IN-55 Virginia 11-6 19-10 0.5787 49 0.5606
BE-OUT-57 West Virginia 10-8 21-9 0.5754 100 0.5311
BE-OUT-68 DePaul 9-8 17-13 0.5670 30 0.5699
AC-OUT 91 N.C. St. 8-12 18-15 0.5481 28 0.5701
TOP TEAM RECORDS & RPI
BT-IN-Ohio St. (1) 15-1 30-3 RPI 1
B12-IN-Kansas (2) 14-2 30-4 RPI 11
BT-IN-Wisconsin (3) 13-3 29-5 RPI 4
SEC-IN-Florida (6) 13-3 29-5 RPI 6
AC-IN-North Carolina (8) 11-5 28-6 RPI 3
BE-IN-Georgetown (9) 13-3 26-6 RPI 9
PT-IN-UCLA (4) 15-3 26-5 RPI 2
BE-IN-Pittsburgh (13) 12-4 27-7 RPI 5
PT-IN-Oregon (16) 11-7 26-7 RPI 21
B12-IN-Texas A&M (7) 13-3 25-6 RPI 18
PT-IN-Washington St. (11) 13-5 25-7 RPI 26
BE-IN-Notre Dame (20) 11-5 24-7 RPI 31
AC-IN-Maryland (17) 10-6 24-8 RPI 17
B12-IN-Texas (15) 12-4 24-9 RPI 25
BE-IN-Marquette (18) 10-6 24-9 RPI 22
BE-IN-Louisville (12) 12-4 23-9 RPI 38
PT-IN-USC 11-7 23-11 RPI 40
BT-IN-Illinois 9-7 23-11 RPI 30
BE-OUT-West Virginia 9-7 22-9 RPI 57
BE-OUT-Syracuse 10-6 22-10 RPI 50
BE-IN-Villanova 9-7 22-10 RPI 15
AC-IN-Duke (21) 8-8 22-10 RPI 16
SEC-IN-Tennessee (22) 10-6 22-10 RPI 13
BT-IN-Michigan St. 8-8 22-11 RPI 24
B12-OUT-Kansas St. 10-6 22-11 RPI 56
AC-IN-Virginia Tech 10-6 21-11 RPI 34
BT-IN-Purdue 9-7 21-11 RPI 44
SEC-IN-Kentucky 9-7 21-11 RPI 12
B12-IN-Texas Tech 9-7 21-12 RPI 53
BT-OUT-Michigan 8-8 21-12 RPI 54
SEC-IN-Arkansas 7-9 21-13 RPI 35
SEC-IN-Vanderbilt 10-6 20-11 RPI 47
AC-IN-Virginia 11-5 20-10 RPI 55
PT-IN-Arizona 11-7 20-10 RPI 14
BT-IN-Indiana 10-6 20-10 RPI 31
AC-IN-Boston Coll. 10-6 20-11 RPI 33
AC-IN-Georgia Tech 8-8 20-11 RPI 52
PT-IN-Stanford 10-8 18-12 RPI 67
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