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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish
Lots of sentimentality though. I don't expect them to get a bid, but I don't think the committee will easily discount a great sentimental story.
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crazier things have happened. Didn't some air force team many years back that had no business getting in get inexplicably picked? Not the air force teams that were recently good, but some other air force team that people universally scratched their heads about.
It might take something like that. A low-30 RPI is good, but we usually see a low-30 team get left out about once a year. (though not last year, everyone was picked up to #40, I think)
edit: looked it up, the 2004 Air Force team was an 11-seed and probably got one of the last bids in that tournament. Although they had over 20 wins, they had a pretty bad RPI. Not sure if they had any good wins, but they lost to north carolina in the first round.