Unc is drawn into the NCAA tournament, Tar Heels ad assures that he was sitting out of the conversation

When North Carolina Failed to overthrow Duke in the semi -finals of the ACC tournament On Friday, many assumed that it was the end of the madness of Tar Heels. That was not the case though.

UNC was on In fields 68 teams for the NCAA Tournamentsneaking up as the final big team and saved to play against San Diego State In one of the first four games. Tar Heels, who made a great dance, was the biggest surprise of the selection on Sunday; They hold record 22-13, but in the Quad 1 games they only went 1-12.

Adding to the controversy, UNC Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham was the chairman of this year’s choice of 12 people. When asked about the involvement of the UNC’s carrier during the CBS of the tournament, Bubba said that “all politics and actions” followed and got out of any discussion about his school’s basketball team.

“I wasn’t in the room for anything,” Cunningham said CBS Sports.

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Commissioner Sun Belt Keith Gill, who is the Vice President of the Committee, supported Cunningham’s claim.

“I managed all the conversations we had on North Carolina, and we had a few,” Gill told CBS Sports. “Our policies demand that the advertisement of any school be expressed and actually leave the room for these discussions. They are not allowed to participate in voting. We followed them and we had a lot of discussions about North Carolina. On Saturday night, we went out to the final vote and voted in four teams on the ground and we had a vote in the case.

“Vote in unforeseen situations, it was the last team on the field, and it was based on Memphis–UAB. If Memphis won that match, then it will release the place in the tournament and it will be North Carolina. If the UAB won, then Memphis would be in the tournament, the UAB would be in the tournament and North Carolina would be the first team. “

Fortunately for Tar Heels, there was an expected result of the AAC Conference game Memphis beat UAB. So, there was no theft of the offer on Sunday.

Cunningham’s self-pursuit of all the UNC discussions was a common practice for the members of the Committee who have any affiliation for certain schools. However, Cunningham gave insight into why the first four teams that missed the tournament failed, with Western Virginia to be the first team. Indiana,, Ohio State and The state of Boise Followed by Western Virginia.

“We had a lot of measuring data and we added a couple of this year. We added Torvik (T-Zrank), we added Wab and they were the ones that were often discussed,” Cunningham said. “All predictive metrics, metrics based on the result exist for a long time, so we used several additional. The last four teams that went out, it was a difficult call. The next team was West Virginia. They had an extraordinary year.

“Unfortunately, (Western Virginia keeper) Tucker Devries She was hurt, and the availability of players is something we talk about pretty much. Indiana was close. Ohio State was close. Boise (state) was close. We had a lot of conversations and these teams. “

North Carolina is classified in front of three of these four teams in T-RAG (which measures efficiency while eliminating the tempo) and Wab (wins above the bubble; measures the extra team victories outside what the typical bubble team would have against its schedule). However, Western Virginia was ranked more than UNC both of that measuring information.

While much of the attention on the carrier was focused on the UNC, the sec has made history. He had 14 teams appointed to the tournament, knocking down the record of BIG East of 11 from the 2011 tournament. For the highest schools on one conference ever at the NCAA tournament.

Cunningham said he had to spread 14 teams one of the most difficult parts regarding this year’s carrier.

“We spent a lot of time today,” Cunninham said. “We did not move anyone from the seed line, but we really had to move people to reduce the conflict early. When you have four different regions, we made sure we only had four (sec) teams in one region so we could expand them the best we could.

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