Originally Posted by 224
EDIT: I also think SBU has the Cinderella factor going for them with an at large. Jay Adams has a little Steph Curry in him, and for all those too naive to think CBS and the NCAA wouldn't want them in are wrong. Big ratings = big money. I can already see it "#11SBU - the third smallest school in all of Div 1 lead by Jay Adams, scoring 34 knocking off #6 West Virginia"
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I don't believe that the committee is ever motivated by ratings to get teams in the tournament. They are certainly biased AGAINST non-Power 5 if anything.
But even if they were, I find it hard to buy any argument that says that St. Bonaventure would have a ratings argument in their favor.
