On Monday, Patrick Morrisey, the Governor of West Virginia, put a strong statement; to set an investigation to find reasons behind selecting teams for his year’s NCAA Tournament.
This means that the NCAA and the selection committee have to answer about what went behind their selection process.
Last Sunday, the exclusion of a historical West Virginia school shocked the sporting ecosystem in the United States.
Governor Morrisey strongly believed that there was a place for West Virginia to compete in the tournament.
Morrisey said: “This is a miscarriage of justice and robbery at the highest level.”
This also pictured Morrisey’s love and deep understanding of basketball in general. He pointed out that the selectors should have looked at Quad 1 wins, overall schedule and NET rankings before making decisions.
The sporting debate became bigger on Monday when the Mountaineers did not get the field of 68 as it was given to the North Carolina Tar Heels.
This caused UNC to get the No. 11 seed, making them lock horns against San Diego State on Tuesday (as a part of a First Four game).
On the one hand, West Virginia’s season ended with a 19-13 record (10-10 Big 12). On the other hand, the Tar Heels finished the season with 22-13 (13-7 Atlantic Coast Conference).
But the major problem took place when the Quad 1 wins metric was used, West Virginia had 6-10 and North Carolina had 1-12.
He added: “We keep hearing about the importance of these Quad 1 wins, but UNC couldn’t even get more than one.”
Now Attorney General JB McCuskey will head a team to find out the overall section process with the NCAA. Morrisey sees this as a door to make the selection process crystal clear to all.
This is not the first time when Morrisey has had problems with the NCAA. Back in 2023, when he was West Virginia’s Attorney General, Morrisey, with other state AGs, pushed the NCAA back and asked questions about their ability to pick and select the right teams.
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