02-20-2018, 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by OSU Flyer
The selection committee will no longer use top 50, top 100, 200 and 201 and above as dividing categories. Instead, the new terminology will be quadrants 1, 2, 3 and 4. The decision is to get away from treating every team the same if the game was on the road, neutral or at home based on their power rating. Now the road/neutral games will matter more.
The breakdown will be as follows:
Quadrant 1: Home 1-30; Neutral 1-50; Away 1-75
Quadrant 2: Home 31-75; Neutral 51-100; Away 76-135
Quadrant 3: Home 76-160; Neutral 101-200; Away 136-240
Quadrant 4: Home 161-plus; Neutral 201-plus; Away 241-plus.
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball...ts-emphasizing
So in this system beating a 15-11 Georgia team (65 RPI) that's headed to the NIT is better than beating Gonzaga (43 RPI) at home. With 10 games on the road in conference play next year, B1G/ACC can feast on mediocre 50-75 RPI to rack up Quad 1 wins
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This really does set the selection committee to pick more middle of the pack p5 schools at or just above .500 over the top teams in the second tier conferences. This is where the bottom of the A10 really drags down the top teams.
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