Quote from: Christan Shirk on November 11, 2013, 01:59:13 PM
Carthage, even though I predicted the committee would select them, isn't a big surprise to be left out given the 7 losses, and personally I agree with it. I just figured the Central region was still good for two at-large selections. North Park as the No. 2 team in the Central region is a surprise omission.
And who is the surprise inclusion? Misericordia from the Mid-Atlantic. After Messiah and then the Centennial pair of F&M and Dickinson, I thought the Mid-Atlantic was rather weak. So I figured maybe Catholic, but not Catholic and Misericordia. I'll have to review how their number compare to North Park and Carthage as well as some of the other teams I had on my "bubble".
Overall, though, rather predictable selections based on the regional rankings and knowledge of past year's selections. And that's the intent: that there's no real surprises and teams have a good sense where they stand before today.
Interested to get your thoughts on having Ohio Wesleyan, Messiah and Wheaton all in the same quarter of the bracket.