It was never explicitly stated, but the difference between Boston College's trip to the WNIT and advancing to the NCAA Tournament boiled down to a single game against Florida State in the ACC's conference tournament. The Eagles were a 19-win team and were technically the better seed, but their identical conference record meant the winner held the inside track to the national tournament simply by advancing to a better round in the conference bracket. The expectation heading into the game was that the league would receive eight bids, but with Georgia tEch
The expectation was that the league would receive eight bids, but with Miami holding the three-way tiebreaker by virtue of its two wins over the Seminoles, the only way both BC and FSU advanced required the Hurricanes to absorb a blowout loss against one of the league's bottom six teams.