The NCAA Tournament selection committee isn’t backing down from its decision to give Lewis an at-large bid.
Selection committee chairman Ron Shayka said in an exclusive interview with Off the Block on Monday that Lewis became the first non-West Coast school in 20 years to earn an at-large bid in part because of it’s difficult non-conference schedule.
Scheduling big non-conference matches can play a big role when it comes to Selection Sunday.
Lewis coach Dan Friend said in an interview with Off the Block on Sunday that his team was able to receive the at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament because of its quality of non-conference victories.
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All the matches are over and the final Off the Block bracketology is out just hours before Selection Sunday.
Off the Block has released its latest projection of the NCAA Tournament field that the selection committee will announce at 11 a.m. (EST) Sunday.
All the conference tournament matches are completed and now it’s time to wait for Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament field to be revealed.
Off the Block has crunched the numbers using the same criteria as the selection committee to show how the top teams in the nation fare against each other in the race for the two at-large bids and NCAA Tournament seeding.
Only three matches remain before Selection Sunday but there remains an incredibly tight race for the at-large that the NCAA Tournament selection committee will have to sort out.
Off the Block has crunched the numbers using the same criteria as the selection committee to show how the top teams in the nation fare against each other in the race for the two at-large bids and NCAA Tournament seeding.
One week away from Selection Sunday and there is now more clarity to the at-large race but it’s still incredibly tight.
Off the Block throughout each round of the postseason will unveil its latest projections to the NCAA Tournament.