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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 1690211, member: 1969"]
4-5 vs top 50
8-8 vs top 100
Only 2 sub 100 losses were to Memphis

They are very competitive in terms of quantity and %.  But the 4 wins when you look at them are meh -- UConn, Wichita St, SMU, and Cincy at home.

It as the same for Temple who was 5-6 vs top 50, and 7-9 vs top 100.   It was clear that they accepted the AAC RPI's at face value this year like any power conference.

Nobody on the outside had 4 top 50 wins that was in the discussion.   The little guys certainly didn't.  Only one who was close was St. Bonaventure who was 3-2 and 7-5 respectively.  The one P5 school who was in the discussion that did not make it  was South Carolina, and they only had 1 top 50 win.

[B]It seems that once you were placed on the bubble this entire selection came down to # of top 50 wins.   Not that unusual, and in retrospect since this was the reason that the committee settled on Syracuse, Michigan, and Vanderbilt, it probably should not be shocking that they followed up with Temple and Tulsa.

They used the same methodology throughout.   I think some just thought they would mix it up a bit, but in the end they went with the old standard and did not veer from it at all.  [/B]

It's probably why we are not even in the play in game.    Personally I still like St. Bonnies over Tulsa if you are going to focus purely on quality games.   2 top 50 wins away from home.
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