Duke A.D. Kevin White will be the next NCAA tournament selection committee chair, starting in 2020. He’ll replace Stanford A.D. Bernard Muir.
It’s a professional plumb for the widely respected White, but for Duke and the ACC it’s good news too.
The members are required to leave the room when their teams are discussed and have no input on that seeding or selection.
However, human nature is human nature and there is a certain amount of deference and unspoken reciprocity. We’re not saying anything bad about anyone; it’s the way human societies have always worked.