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[QUOTE="NineOneSeven, post: 2117093, member: 871"]
In comparison to other "metrics".

*disclaimer- absolutely understand we played ourselves into this situation*

Team 1- record 18-14 (10-8), 2 wins road/neutral, key wins Duke/FSU/UVA/UM

Team 2- record 18-14 (10-8), 5 wins road/neutral, key wins Duke/FSU/UVA/UM

Which is better? Team 2 looks better with those 5 road wins right? What if I told you each team had the exact same victories though? If we beat Pitt, Ga tech, and BC on the road but lost at home, that's the difference for team 2 above.

Would the argument then be we weren't that great at home? The "bad losses" still exist either way in this scenario.

NCAAT is great but anytime you are using a subjective system to determine, and seed, matchups, it's so much more difficult to win championships than in other sports, especially pro level. Part of the excitement.

Here's a fact- in the NCAAT you play good teams that are not on the road. Yet we use bad losses and games on the road to determine teams. Yes, you need multiple ways to determine teams or else teams would just manipulate the scheduling, but like Bilas said, some consistency year to year would benefit a lot. There is always going to be subjectivity here, no way around it. I think having all basketball people in the room though is definitely an interesting thought.
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