ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com - 7/2/2009
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by Chas Rich Among the many criteria the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee uses to select and seed the 65 teams for the NCAA Tournament, the most statistically irrelevant is the "last twelve games" criteria. The NCAA has finally seen the light and eliminated the last twelve games from the ...
sportingnews.com - 7/1/2009
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The early portion of the season in college
hoops often gives us some of the best games...
you'll see all year. Sure, you get the traditional rivalries in conference play, but those made-for-TV classics in December? Sometimes it's just enough to ...
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NCAA to Stop Ignoring First 20 Games of College Hoops in ...
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BCS Chairman Says That A Playoff Is Not An Alternative To The BCS
FanIQ Blog —
... But aren't playoff berths BASED on the regular season? And the only reason it has diminished the regular season in college basketball is because 1) they have 64 teams, and 2) they emphasized the last 12 games more than the rest of the season. Since they're fixing that, even NCAA basketball will be improved. There's no logical way to say it's bad for student-athletes. They travel 7-8 times a year anyway, what's another weekend or two? With an 8-team playoff (theoretically speaking, of course), the maximum amount of additional games would be ...
The Daily Aggie :: 07/02/09
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... Fanhouse reports that the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee has eliminated the "Last 12 Games" statistic from its selection criteria. ...
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