All this numbers stuff re: the MAAC is ridiculous. You are wasting your
time. The only fact that counts is that no MAAC team has beated a D1 that
is under consideration for the tournament.
The whining about schedules is irrelevant. The MAAC is a brand new D!
conference. In time, over a few years, they will hopefully play and defeat
teams from the other conferences and establish their credibility. Until
that happens, they just don't belong.
To deny the the 12th ( or 13th) ranked team in the country a bid to throw a
bone to Quinnipiac is an injustice to that team which has proved it is
worthy throughout the year by playing and defeating superior competition.
Greg Ambrose
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