Monday, March 12, 2018

UPDATE. Evolving mysteries of the NCAA selection committee (part 2)


Sources:  Big 12, Big 10

Actually, there is no mystery here.

Trae Young is Sporting News' 2017-18 college basketball Freshman of the Year.  (Sporting News, 3/9/2018)
The 6-2 point guard has been venerated as the second coming of Stephen Curry, leading the nation in points (27.4) and assists (8.8) per game nearly all season. He's been denigrated as his Sooners have fallen from grace, going from a potential No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament to a bubble team as they lost seven of eight in February, a nosedive that coincided with a dip in his production.

No bubble team here conspiracy alert!  I suspect that CBS made Oklahoma's appearance in the NCAA tournament a non-negotiable item with the selection committee.  (My father-in-law is smiling down on me from heaven right now,)


Original 3/11/20180 post, "Evolving mysteries of the NCAA selection committee", starts here.



NCAA Tournament selection committee leader explains why even easy wins matter.  (CBS Sports, 3/6/2018)
It's all about the eyeballs. And guess who is broadcasting many of the games? Rasmussen has a high opinion of the evolving methods of the selection committee, but he also knows there are still miles to go when it comes to getting the right information and at the same time being open to everyone's opinions and observations in that committee room.


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