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All 7 ACC teams top 3 seeded, Big 10 got 8 teams, only 1 by Domerduck
seeded, #4 Minnesota. Seven unseeded Big 10 schools made it including Michigan who is ranked 49 RPI. The early win against ND when Olmstead was out must have got them in.
I don't understand how committee believes ACC has 7 of the top 12 programs in the country but none of the lower programs who have to play all those 7 can sniff the tournament. I would have expected Va Tech (RPI 39) and/or NC State (RPI 45) to have made it. The following Big 10/12/SEC invitees had worse resumes: Texas Tech (RPI 42), Missouri (RPI 44), Michigan (RPI 49), Oklahoma State (RPI 55), and Texas A&M (RPI 57). I am not sure how the politics work here but maybe the ACC traded the high seeds (and more home games) to let the other conferences get more teams in. It just doesn't seem fair.