Talking with the Omaha Herald, the NCAA tourney committee chair shared what turned out to be a contradictory thought considering his later given explanation about leaving out the boys from Stillwater.
“(Omaha columnist) has certainly given reasons why (non-con SOS) is not a valid number, and the committee recognizes this. I have argued each year that I have been on the committee that non-conference SOS should be taken off the team sheet, but until we develop a new metric it is staying.
However, understand that the committee understands its fallacies (as we also recognize other weaknesses in the current RPI formula) and it is not a prominent factor in decisions.