Blind Resume (Part 2)

Excluding weekends, I'll roughly do a couple per day (1 morning, 1 afternoon) throughout the next couple weeks as we head toward Championship Week (begins Feb. 27).

I'll provide the resumes of 3 bubble teams & in each scenario you're the Selection Committee and you can only choose 1 of the 3 for inclusion in the NCAA Tournament. (you have to trust me that the teams are not considered locks for the NCAA Tournament) I will not list the team's RPI but will provide some of the basic things that I look at when selecting the 37 at-large teams. You have about 3 hours to submit your selection here. I will disclose the teams at approximately 4 p.m.

Which 1 of these 3 would you select if you only had 1 spot left for your NCAA Tournament field?

Team A
Record: 18-9
Strength of Schedule (SOS): 42
Nonconference SOS: 31
Road/Neutral Record: 6-4
Record vs. RPI Top 50: 1-7
Record vs. RPI Top 100: 4-7
Bad Losses (RPI 101+): 2
Best 3 Wins by RPI: @ #47, vs. #51, #95 (total = 193)

Team B
Record: 18-10
Strength of Schedule (SOS): 51
Nonconference SOS: 44
Road/Neutral Record: 7-8
Record vs. RPI Top 50: 1-5
Record vs. RPI Top 100: 6-7
Bad Losses (RPI 101+): 3
Best 3 Wins by RPI: @ #28, #71, #73 (total = 172)

Team C
Record: 19-8
Strength of Schedule (SOS): 69
Nonconference SOS: 58
Road/Neutral Record: 4-6
Record vs. RPI Top 50: 0-4
Record vs. RPI Top 100: 3-8
Bad Losses (RPI 101+): 0
Best 3 Wins by RPI: #55, @ #67, #67 (total = 189)

I ask that if you think you've figured out who these teams are, please do not post the team(s) name, as that could influence people's selection.

A - Close enough record and better SOS.

None of them are top 50 impressive. A looks pretty good, with the +.500 road/neutral record, a few good wins, but Team B has the most top 100 wins, the most road/neutral wins, and also the "best" win. But they have 3 bad losses, which gives me pause. C doesn't appear to have a ton of quality on their resume, but they haven't tripped up either.

I'll settle with B.

I'm going B once again I think.

I'll go with team B

B

Stevie Wonder?

I struggled with this one a lot more than with Part 1; these 3 teams are much more similar. In the end, I went with A largely because they've played the strongest overall and nonconference schedules, and they've played over .500 ball away from home. The tipping point for me was their best 2 wins are a true road game and a neutral-court game.

Final tally for Part 2 is 4 votes for B and 2 votes for A.

B = Saint Joseph's (4)
A = NC State (2)
C = Washington (0)