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Article: Mid-major leagues feel left out ; Six at-large NCAA tourney bids went to mid-majors in 2007, down from 12 in 2004.
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- November 7, 2007
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DAYTON -- University of Dayton basketball coach Brian Gregory
knows his team has nobody to blame but itself for not making the
NCAA tournament last season, having frittered away a promising start
in nonconference play with a mediocre showing in the Atlantic 10.
But Gregory wonders whether the Flyers would have helped
themselves all that much even with a better finish in league
competition.
The NCAA selection committee doles out 34 at-large bids to teams
that don't automatically qualify for the tourney, but the number of
berths going to schools from non-BCS conferences -- that is, those
not playing in the Big Ten, Atlantic Coast, Southeastern, Big East,