Here is, from what I can determine, some factors the selection committee considers (including but not limited to):
NET and other computer rankings
Injured players
Performance in road and neutral-court games
Conference strength of schedule
Non-con strength of schedule
Record against other...
This is a boring game (PUR@UMICH), one boring team and one bad team.
What is Michigan's issue this year? Not enough talent, poor execution/coaching, both?
If we restrict the timeframe to Fran's Iowa career, I actually think I agree this is about as good as the Big 10 has ever been. One great team, two fringe Top 25 teams, and a bunch of mids/bads.
I'm trying to cheer for the Johnnies today since Creighton losing is good for ISU (although I guess they can't be seeded in Omaha anyway), but cheering for a Pitino team is pretty tough.
Maryland I think is an example of how metrics can be misleading. I watch quite a few of their games (am a UMD employee). They are #161 Adjusted Offense and #6 Adjusted Defense on kenpom. Maybe it's just my eyeball test that's off but those #s should be reversed. They have three...
I hope we can get Pav to stick around next year. Minutes will be hard to come by in our guard-heavy lineup and he could definitely get a modest bag and starter-minutes from someone.