Early Sunday evening, the NCAA Tournament’s bracket announced, ESPN’s Andy Katz interviewed Selection Committee chair Scott Barnes concerning the choosing and seeding of the 68 teams that will make up this spring’s March Madness.
When it came time to ask which school would likely have been left out if 2014 national champ UConn had beaten SMU in Sunday afternoon’s American Athletic Conference final, Barnes replied, “Likely Dayton.”
The No.1 seeds
* Midwest: Kentucky* West: Wisconsin* East: Villanova* South: Duke
Yet where did Barnes and his committee cohorts send the Flyers for their play-in game against Boise State as co-No. 11 seeds in the East Regional?