05-01-2026, 02:40 PM
(05-01-2026, 10:02 AM)Papa John Wrote:(05-01-2026, 09:18 AM)82lsju Wrote: how long until a "deserving team" with a losing record gets an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament?
Not quite the same, but the SMU men's team made the tournament this year with an 8-10 conference record (20-13 overall) as an at-large 11-seed. They lost to Miami (OH) in the first-four round.
(On a related note, Stanford finished with a 9-9 conference record and defeated SMU 95-75 in February.)
of course I would not let any team in the tournament that had a below 0.500 in their conference unless they won their conference tournament championship
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"