Quote Originally Posted by maroonmania View Post
Part of the problem with these algorithms is they are strictly numbers with no intelligence to them. For example, we were punished more for the OM loss than we were rewarded for the Arkansas win even though OM is a better team right now than Arkansas is.
How would you suggest a system incorporate 'how a team is playing right now' in a way that seems fair and legitimate?

I genuinely struggle to understand why people have an issue with the NCAA Tournament selection process. It is a group of people who are able to consider weird things that won't show up in the numbers but who have a data-driven system to help sort things out in that process. It is pretty much the best possible way to go about this.