Valparaiso faces schedule challenges in shifting college hoops landscape
Games against non Division I teams didn’t used to count toward postseason selection, and they still aren’t counted by rating systems like the NET. That has twisted incentives, however, as teams can avoid hurting their ratings by playing games that effectively didn't happen instead of facing low-major teams like the SIU-Edwardsville and UC Riverside squads Valparaiso faced this season.
According to VU director of athletics Mark LaBarbera, that has changed.
Bradley's Chris Reynolds, a fellow Missouri Valley Conference athletic director and a member of the NCAA's selection committee, told LaBarbera the committee now disapproves of scheduling non-Division I teams.
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