Andy Glockner wrote this over at The Cauldron https://thecauldron.si.com/nevermonmouth-6d2e8a71ea27#.uo7cjckjq
Basically, Glockner points out how the Power 5 conferences can game the RPI, especially the Pac-12 who is wildly over seeded in almost every instance. He also points out what we mostly already know, low-to-mid majors are screwed when it comes to scheduling. While Power 5 conferences can build RPI equity in conference, the others can't. Monmouth played two home games before conference play.
Using the RPI has gotten beyond ridiculous. It's not a good metric. There's enough chatter about gaming the RPI, you can expect the same moves from the Big 14, SEC & ACC.
Amazingly, the AAC got 4 teams in. Professional buffoon, Jon Rothstein proclaimed this a referendum for the league. Never mind none of the teams are greater than a 9-seed. Tulsa is the most talked about since zero people outside the committee chose them. They don't belong but neither does Temple who might be the worst at-large selection ever based on KenPom. He's not the only one who doesn't like them, Sagarin crushes them, too. They got a favorable unbalanced AAC schedule.
Ultimately, like always, the snubs are forgotten by tip-off Thursday. That's fine. What isn't fine, is the domination of college athletics by the Power 5. There's another seismic realignment percolating and when that happens, there will be no at-large bids for mid-majors and even the AAC's and Big East's of the worlds will be stuck outside with their faces against the window looking in. When that happens, the tournament and sport will be pretty disinteresting to me.
I'm adding this link to a Pat Fords article about Monmouth scheduling versus Syracuse and Vandy scheduling
The deck is stacked
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