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How are the at-large bids determined? What about the seeding?

April 26, 2017at-large bids large seeding

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How are the at-large bids determined? What about the seeding?

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There are in fact two distinct phases that must occur before the National Tournament can begin. The first is the selection process which is used to determine which teams will be receiving the at-large bids to the tournament. Some of the criteria evaluated include: • Record • Overall RPI • Non-conference record • Non-conference RPI • Conference record • Conference RPI • Road record • Record in last 10 games • Record against teams ranked 1-50 by RPI • Record against teams ranked 51-100 by RPI • Record against teams ranked 101-200 by RPI • Record against teams ranked below 200 by RPI Once the tournament field has been determined, then the seeding process will begin, again looking at many of the same criteria that were used to evaluate teams in the selection process. Once the National Tournament bids have been handed out, the PostSeason Invitational teams are selected using the same process.