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   Michael Falkner to The NOTBCS Guy   
   Re: Who was the idiot(s) who decided the   
   04 Dec 23 13:44:53   
   
   From: darkstar7646@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 12:24:58 PM UTC-8, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:   
   > "The committee...selects the best teams." It says so in the Principles and   
   Procedures for Establishing the Bracket.    
   >    
   > Oh, wait...my mistake...those are the principles and procedures for   
   establishing the men's basketball tournament bracket. Nobody seems to mind   
   that they don't choose the "most deserving" or "best when you look at their   
   entire body of work" at-large    
   teams. After all, they don't play the tournament over the entire season - just   
   at the end.   
      
   Which is one of the reasons that same committee will look at the last 5 or 10   
   games as either a tiebreaker for seeding or to get in.   
      
   Mike   
      
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