Selection committee to actually care about every game now
The Dagger —
... didn't mean as much as a win in
February, and that a win in February meant considerably less than a conference tournament win in March. Now all wins are equal! Glad we
got that out of the way. What's next? Now those disenfranchised December wins can
begin the long, hard road toward equal rights not only in theory but in
practice. If I'm recalling my AP American History correctly, they should get there in about,
oh, three or four generations? Give or take.
(HT: The Sporting Blog)
07.01.09 Fast Breaks
Rush The Court —
... All Games Are Presumed Equal. Even though some are more equal than others. Um, ok. The NCAA revised its Tournament criteria to remove the “last 12″ record analysis (which used to be “last 10″) because the selection committee found it confusing to give more value to games played later in the season over games earlier in the season. In other words, every game is now supposed to count equally in their analysis. The ...
The NCAA Selection Committee changes their last 12 games rule
Ballin' is a Habit —
... stakeholders were confused by the last 12 games being part of the process. “As the committee continues to hone its message regarding how it views the season, parsing a particular segment of games and implying it had greater weight than others seemed misleading and inconsistent,” said committee chair and Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive. “The removal of this reference avoids confusion in the room and brings our reporting in line with our process.”The Sporting Blog likes the change. Rush the Court doesn't. The Dagger does, or ...
The Big Blue Daily Mail -- Matt Pilgrim Moves On, and Other Tidbits
A Sea Of Blue —
... back to the UK team, but it would be heaping insult onto injury if the NCAA forces him to sit out yet another year, which presumably would also cost him a year of eligibility.
Now for the rest of the news, of which there is not too much today.
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Tulsa World: Cowboys gain a Kentucky transfer I think the 5 years to play four rule will make him a senior if he has to sit out another year. I hope that doesn't happen.
The last 12 games don't mean anything special to the NCAA anymore Apparently, ...
