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Something to kind of keep an eye on:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... ion-system

Creighton AD Bruce Rasmussen will be vice chair this year and chairman of the NCAA selection committee the following year....

http://gocreighton.com/news/2016/7/18/-m-basketball-bruce-rasmussen-named-vice-chair-of-ncaas-mens-basketball-committee.aspx

Jet, did you see this from your story?
The committee decided that the overall No. 1 seed would be provided the opportunity for institutional preference in their geographic assignment to first- and second-round and regional sites. Preferences would be communicated by teams in contention for the overall No. 1 seed far in advance of Selection Sunday in a process to be determined.

The committee also reaffirmed its principle to give equal weight to conference tournament and regular-season results, and agreed to provide NABC ad hoc group members a mock selection exercise in both February for administrators and May for coaches.

The most significant and comprehensive NABC recommendations on the selection, seeding and bracketing process involved revising the analytic metrics used by the committee and prioritizing certain criteria in the principles and procedures. The basketball committee supported in concept revising the current ranking system utilized in the selection and seeding process, and will work collaboratively with select members of the NABC ad hoc group to study a potentially more effective composite ranking system in the coming months for possible implementation no earlier than the 2017-18 season. The committee also agreed in concept with the NABC recommendation, as evidenced by past practice in the process, that criteria such as quality wins, overall and non-conference strength of schedule, and road/neutral wins were primary criteria in selecting and seeding the tournament field. Further analysis and study of refining and possibly redefining those specific criteria for the future in the process will be considered by the basketball committee and ad hoc group representatives also over the next year. Finally, a longer-term discussion will be ongoing regarding the use of geography and impact of intra-conference match-up possibilities in the principles and procedures for bracketing.


the composite ranking system would be really interesting.

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/07/18/overall-1-seed-choose-location-first-second-round-ncaa-tournament

The #1 seed getting to pick it's site won't be that big a deal. If you are Duke, you're going to Greensboro whether you pick it or the committee picks it. If you are Kentucky, it's Indy either way.

Creighton A.D. Bruce Rasmussen willing to take heat as NCAA committee chair in 2017.

http://www.omaha.com/creighton/mens-basketball/creighton-a-d-bruce-rasmussen-willing-to-take-heat-as/article_a975968d-4dd2-579b-9f8c-e9627e694007.html