Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
It's best resumes, not best teams. Still subjective, but more objective than just 'best teams'. But it's obviously resumes they are comparing.

So if you know the criteria (resume, RPI, SOS, good wins, road wins, etc, all that) and you put yourself at a disadvantage according to that criteria, they're not penalizing you. You're penalizing yourself.

The bottom line is, everyone knows RPI is important going in. So you can't look back and cry foul because they should look at things other than RPI. You already know that going in. If you ignore RPI, that's on you.
Best resumes is subjective if you're not trying to put the best teams in. Is an undefeated resume against weak competition better than a 500 record against good competition? If you're not trying to pick the best teams, there's no non-arbitrary way to answer that.

And nobody's crying foul I don't think over the emphasis on SOS. I agree with it. But that doesn't mean it's can't reasonably be labeled a penalty just because the NCAA emphasizes SOS. That's like saying a technical for calling a time-out you don't have isn't a penalty because you're told about the rule before hand.