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Article: Illinois State coach won't shed any tears Passed over for NCAA Tournament, Redbirds open NIT play Wednesday.(Sports)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2008
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Byline: Lindsey Willhite
lwillhite@@dailyherald.com
To be sure, some coaches across the country railed at their team's exclusion from the NCAA Tournament field.
Illinois State's Tim Jankovich, though no less disappointed than the rest, chose a more philosophical and mathematical bent.
"I understand that we deserve to chosen for the NCAA Tournament," Jankovich said, "but so do some other teams that did not get selected as well.
"At some point, the curves meet and there's not enough spots for all the deserving teams."
Even though the NCAA Tournament committee appeared to grade on a curve that benefited big-name schools ...