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[QUOTE="obliterata, post: 2120428, member: 1167"]
There was also another prominent factor this year that was mentioned by the Committee on the Selection Show and post-show interviews, it was how you did versus all the teams in the tournament. SU's 5-8 record vs the field was deemed not good enough and was a major reason for the exclusion.

I posted this previously, here's the record of various schools vs all the schools from multiple bid conferences in the field:

SU... 5-8 (.385)

MichSt 5-9 (.357) - 9 seed
KSt...  4-9 (.308)
Ark...  3-7 (.300) - 8 seed
Xav...  5-12 (.294)
WF...  4-10 (.286)
Miami 4-10 (.286) - 8 seed
SCar... 2-5 (.286) - 7 seed
USC... 2-6 (.250)
StM's.. 1-3 (.250) - 7 seed

Clearly this is a [B]pro-SU[/B] stat that should be used in any discussion of bubble teams. Not only was SU better than many of the other teams on the bubble, they were better than half the 7 and 8 seeds plus 9th seeded Michigan State.

For some [B]insane[/B] reason the Committee determined this was an [B]anti-SU[/B] stat and declared so to the media, using it as one of the main reasons why no Orange bid. As far as I know they were never questioned further about it.

If they can turn a simple statistic like this upside-down to suit their needs, their evaluation and judgment of all data cannot be trusted.
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