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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3604402, member: 27"]
I think fan following it is a worthy metric when trying to rank college basketball programs in terms of their greatness.  The great programs have great fanbases and great support.

I have lots of other problems with the methodology.  An NIT Title should not have the same value as getting to the Elite Eight.  Yes, the NIT used to be a more important tournament but winning one now is essentially meaningless in terms of establishing greatness.  If you have to give credit for this, it should only be for the early years.  3 points for winning the NIT?

The points for getting to the Elite Eight are too low.  If you get 2 points for getting an NCAA bid, how can you only get 1 more for getting 3 NCAA wins?  You get 7 points for getting a fourth win, 0 points for getting a fifth win and then 10 points for getting a sixth win.  No, this is poorly thought out.

I have no problem with giving a few more points for getting to the Final Four, the championship game and winning a title, but for me, there should be a consistent setup.

This is how I would do it:
Getting an NCAA bid gets 2 points.  That part is okay.

You get a point for your first NCAA win in the tournament, 2 for a second, 3 for a third, 4 for a fourth (final four appearance), 5 for a fifth (championship game appearance) and 6 for a sixth.

So getting to the Final 32 gets you 1 point.
Getting to the Sweet Sixteen gets you 3 points.
Getting to the Final Four gets you 1+2+3+4 or 10 points.
Getting to the Championship Game gets you 1+2+3+4+5 or 15 points.
And winning it all gets you 21 points.

That would be a more equitable way of handling points for NCAA appearances.
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