Andrew D Williams writes:
>I was rather surprised to hear Laing Kennedy say a couple of things
>about how teams are selected, (Not seeded,) on the Radio Friday night.
>He said it was all selected on clearly defined mathematical methods.
 
Yep, they used their own power rating this year, for the first time.
 
>These methods are made available to every university at the beginning of
>the season.  (I guess we can look forward to an unofficial NCAA
>rating??)
 
The methods/numbers WERE NOT released to anyone this year until AFTER
the selections were made. Perhaps *next season* there will be an NCAA
power rating (who needs a poll?) released during the year.
 
>Next, there are always two teams from a conference chosen.  (I am not
>too sure about Cornell (god bless them) but I guess that explains their
>bid.)
 
Again, this is rumored to going into effect NEXT YEAR. There were no such
guarantees this year.
 
Keith