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2026 NCAA Selection Show Discussion / Rants

Had to pause and a little behind as they get through the West Region

This year they finally made the BIG tournament results actually count. They often don't.

Missouri in, Texas In, NC St with a play in, which might be a problem for SMU

(8Teams, 3 Spots)
Santa Clara
Miami
SMU

San Diego St
Auburn
Oklahoma
Stanford
Indiana
 
Now my TV won't fast forward through the commercials. So I'm about 5 minutes behind in my comments
 
The play-in winner of Texas/NC State is getting hosed, play Tuesday night and then have to fly out to Portland to play on Thursday. I get it, they will charter out to Portland but still. The tournament committee is an absolute disaster.

Having put together the puzzle for brackets for many years, the puzzle is not easy for 11 seeds, and Tuesday/Thursday games. I'll give them a semi-pass on this one,
 
Midwest Region

Miami gets in. Wally had mentioned it earlier (he actually provided some insights compared to Seth) that they had a strong WAB, which apparently the committee may have empasized more this year... it was a new metric they picked up last year (comes from Barttorvik)

Santa Clara, Miami, SMU in. Tourney field went per consensus - same as Matrix. Consensus was pretty strong this year.

(5Teams, 0 Spots)
San Diego St
Auburn
Oklahoma
Stanford
Indiana
 

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