Us beating Colorado was not in play:
Bubba Cunningham, the Tar Heels athletic director who also happens to be the chair of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, explained the process that went into UNC making it in.
"Obviously, I’m going to defer that to [vice committee chair] Keith [Gill]," Cunningham responded after being asked about UNC getting in and how it wasn’t a conflict of interest. "But all the policies and procedures were followed. And Keith can address exactly how North Carolina was discussed because I was not in the room for any of that."
Gill responded, "Our policies require the AD of any school to recuse themselves and actually leave the room for those discussions. And they're not allowed to participate in any vote as well. ... We voted in four teams in the field on Saturday night, and we had a contingency vote.
"The contingency vote, that was the last team in the field. And it was based on Memphis-UAB. If Memphis won that game, then that was going to free up a spot in the tournament and that was going to be North Carolina."
Keith Gill, the Sun Belt Commissioner and Vice Chair of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, explained the reasoning behind UNC earning a spot.
"Memphis won and that put North Carolina in the field," Gill said during the Selection Show. "If UAB had won, then Memphis was going to be in the tournament. UAB would have been in the tournament (as an automatic bid) and North Carolina would've been the first team out."
UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham, chair of the Selection Committee, also pointed to additional metrics playing a factor in which teams made the NCAA Tournament.
"We have a lot of metrics," Cunningham said. "We added a couple this year. We added Torvik, we added the WAB and those were the ones that were discussed frequently. All of the predictive metrics – the result-based metrics – have been around for quite some time, so we used a few additional ones. The last four teams that were out, it was a tough call. The next team out was West Virginia."
Bubba Cunningham, the Tar Heels athletic director who also happens to be the chair of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, explained the process that went into UNC making it in.
"Obviously, I’m going to defer that to [vice committee chair] Keith [Gill]," Cunningham responded after being asked about UNC getting in and how it wasn’t a conflict of interest. "But all the policies and procedures were followed. And Keith can address exactly how North Carolina was discussed because I was not in the room for any of that."
Gill responded, "Our policies require the AD of any school to recuse themselves and actually leave the room for those discussions. And they're not allowed to participate in any vote as well. ... We voted in four teams in the field on Saturday night, and we had a contingency vote.
"The contingency vote, that was the last team in the field. And it was based on Memphis-UAB. If Memphis won that game, then that was going to free up a spot in the tournament and that was going to be North Carolina."
Keith Gill, the Sun Belt Commissioner and Vice Chair of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, explained the reasoning behind UNC earning a spot.
"Memphis won and that put North Carolina in the field," Gill said during the Selection Show. "If UAB had won, then Memphis was going to be in the tournament. UAB would have been in the tournament (as an automatic bid) and North Carolina would've been the first team out."
UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham, chair of the Selection Committee, also pointed to additional metrics playing a factor in which teams made the NCAA Tournament.
"We have a lot of metrics," Cunningham said. "We added a couple this year. We added Torvik, we added the WAB and those were the ones that were discussed frequently. All of the predictive metrics – the result-based metrics – have been around for quite some time, so we used a few additional ones. The last four teams that were out, it was a tough call. The next team out was West Virginia."
