Bob Knight and Jay Bilas pointed out on ESPN that the NCAA Basketball selection committee is made up six out of ten people that have no previous experience in college basketball.

Knight said that he would like to see former coaches like Dean Smith have a hand in evaluating the top 64 teams. I like the idea because they can evaluate talent differently than someone like me, however I feel the politics in a back room might make this a bad idea. It would only create more controversy if Smith had a greater hand in choosing teams and it just so turned out that eight ACC teams got in the tournament.

Either way, it is what it is. If you want to get in you have 30 games to do it during the regular season. If you leave some doubt, then there is no one to blame but yourself or your team.

I also like the fact that the selection committee is not shorting the mid-majors from receiving at-large bids if they rightfully earned the spot. We’ve seen what they can do once they get there.

NCAA Basketball Selection Committee Members

Thomas J. O’Connor (2007-2008 Chair)
Director of Athletics, George Mason University

Michael L. Slive
Commissioner, Southeastern Conference

Jonathan B. LeCrone
Commissioner, Horizon League

Christopher Hill
Director of Athletics, University of Utah

Daniel G. Guerrero
Director of Athletics, UCLA

Laing E. Kennedy
Director of Athletics, Kent State University

Stanley M. Morrison
Director of Athletics, UC-Riverside

Eugene Smith
Director of Athletics, Ohio State University

Jeffrey A. Hathaway
Director of Athletics, UCONN

Lynn Hickey
Director of Athletics, UT-San Antonio