Your point WAS ORIGINALLY that legitimate national championship contenders, teams who could win 5 straight NCAA tournament games, were being left out which I asked for an example.smoova wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:03 pm My point is that the AQ system eliminates teams that would likely be competitive in the tournament in favor of teams that have no shot at all. You'd like to discuss the merits of each team that I point to as being inappropriately denied a tourney bid. I think that is exactly what the NCAA should do before releasing the tourney field.
Do you think anyone who knows how to spell lacrosse would think that Piedmont (https://piedmontlions.com/sports/mens-l ... edule/2019) was even remotely more likely to make it into the 2019 final 4 than Bates, Endicott, Midd and Colby?
I don't think there's any argument that there are teams every year getting into the tournament through AQ's that teams not in the tournament would beat handily, no one can argue that. But you are rewarding teams for regular season success, which isn't the end of the world in my opinion