NCAA Tournament Selection

I don't like the NCAA, and one of the main reasons is the lack of transparancy they have. Even our federal government gives us some view of what they are doing, with the NCAA everything is behind closed doors and there is no way for anyone to find out what is going on - or why a decision was made. There are always teams that feel they got snubbed this time of year, but there is no real explainations given, we can't view the committee member's voting or reasons why a team is in or out. This has got to stop.

My second gripe is the method they use to select the teams. The last few years it's been all about 'body of work'. Well that is really dumb. Think about it. A team starts out in November, they play together, they mold themselves and create an identity in December. They stedily improve in January. They hit their stride in February, they are a complete team in March. But wait, this team lost a couple bad games in November....or they didn't play a tough enough schedule in the non-conference - although they did it on purpose because they knew they had a team that hadn't played together much.

If it takes the Miami Heat all season to gel then I think it would take a lot longer for a college team. The selection committee needs to go back to placing a lot of emphasis on the last 10 games of the year. RPI is fine, resumes are fine, all that is well and good but there also needs to be a line for the last 10 games...how is that team playing now...because, after all, right now is what they have been building up to all year.

I hate the NCAA with a passion for living. Everything they do is crap. Tournament selection is up there with the stinkiest bunch of crap they are involved in. No transparancy, bad picks, under the table deals. If you want to have a committee fine, but put up a board like the BCS does and let people know who is in and out during the last few weeks of the season. Instead of us assuming the UGA vs. Bama game is for a spot in the tourney, and after Bama beats them for the second time in one week UGA makes it easy and Bama stays home. Doesn't make too much sense to me.

JB