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During last night's ESPN show analyzing the NCAA Tournament brackets, the subject turned to South Alabama, which made the Big Dance even though half of its wins came against teams that aren't in the RPI Top 200. ESPN analyst Jay Bilas doesn't think that's fair:
"If you're in a major conference you're going to get hammered for not going out and killing yourself in the non-conference. Let's be honest about it. If you're in a mid-major they're going to give you a break. That's OK, I just wish they'd admit it: They give the mid-majors a break. It's OK, but let's not go through this charade of it being the 34 best teams because I don't think that's what we're getting."
Bilas, of course, is a former player and assistant coach at Duke, so to the extent that he's biased, he's biased in favor of the power conference teams.
But with all due respect to South Alabama, I do think he's correct, in that particular case, that the Jaguars (who 75th in the Pomeroy ratings and rank 67th in the Sagarin Predictor) really aren't one of the 34 best at-large teams, and that choosing them in the field of 34 was an attempt to give a mid-major a break.
Jay Bilas Thinks South Alabama Shows Selection Committee Favors Mid-Majors
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