>How I thought actual selection was done. (Note: NOT the ordering of
bids
>-- that's all black magic and gallons of tequila in the committee hotel
>suite...)
Not exactly ... it's always explainable through logic, using the
criteria handed to the committee, agreed upon by the schools as a
whole --- the public just doesn't always know or agree with that
criteria.
>First step: ignore the PWR. Give every RS and PS champ a bid.
>
>Second step: look at the PWR.
>If any conference had the same winner for the PS/RS, take that
conference's
>best (by PWR) other team and give them a bid.
>
>Last step: just start at the top of the PWR and assign bids until you
have
>12. Done.
>
>No muss, no fuss. Is this not reality?
That's about it ... more or less.
AW
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