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Good Quote by Tiffany; Interesting Note on Scheduling by dillon77

“We may need to recognize that we need a subjective, human-based element to the selection criteria.”
— Lars Tiffany

My only quibble is with the "may." As in committee members could .. and should .. be able to note trends, reasons not available via statistics-based reports. As in winning six straight. Losing a game to ranked opponent in Arctic-based conditions. Making changes to lineups that result in significant changes.

Schedules

I thought the comparison between Duke's approach to scheduling vs. ND's was interesting. I've cut and pasted:

"There’s an interesting dynamic of having Duke and Notre Dame getting snubbed that has nothing to do with the ACC or the Irish’s sweep of the Blue Devils. Duke routinely plays as many games as it possibly can each season. That’s more opportunities to play — and more opportunities to trip up, as the Blue Devils invariably do just about every February.

"Notre Dame, meanwhile, plays a more truncated schedule, especially since the ACC tournament disappeared last season. The Irish logged 14 games prior to the NCAA tournament in 2018 and 2019, then 10 a season ago (albeit under pandemic conditions) and 12 this year.

"Fewer games mean fewer opportunities to impress, though Notre Dame is a bit more isolated geographically and doesn’t seem especially interested in a barnstorming tour. It’s an understandable conundrum.

"Too many games? Too few games? Maybe. Maybe not. It’s just curious that neither approach worked out for selection purposes this season."

I've been of the impression that ND and Duke could split the difference. Play around 14 or 15 games against challenging out-of-conference opponents and, no, I don't mean the toughest ones you can find (Corrigan does that enough with Maryland, G'Town, etc.).

ND already does this with Marquette and Ohio State and Cleveland State.
Do you get a recurring (over the years) schedule with Robert Morris, Bellarmine, etc?

Or you emulate what ND girls do? Take a spring trip to Florida or somewhere temperate and get a few games at neutral sites (Those who played club ball for ND will remember this trick).

Any other thoughts?