If every conference played a round-robin where every team played every other team once at home and once on the road then I'd say maybe. Because conference schedules are unbalanced, I don't see how a losing record should prohibit a team from making the tournament. If they're good enough, with enough wins (conference and non-conference) to merit inclusion, then they should be in.

 

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Shouldnt the best teams be top 4 in their conference?

 

Irrelevant to deciding the best at-large teams.

No, they shouldn't. Yet, not many teams sub.500 have ever made the NCAA tournament via at large bid. Only a few I can think of. Money makes the world go round in college sports now, though. More "mid-majors" deserve at large births than have been given to them over the last few years. Of course, I hate the term "mid-major" since there is one single division in college basketball: Division 1.

Syracuse was 9-9 in the ACC 2 years ago and made it to the final 4. So if the committee believes you are one the teams deserving of an at large bid then yeah you should get in even with a bad conference record.

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I guess I should ask if we're trying to get the best teams in after the AQs or are we trying to have ever conference equally represented?

 

This!