Winning road games will have a greater emphasis than before in the NCAA Tournament selection process.
The NCAA Division I men’s basketball committee is altering its definition of a ”quality win” to highlight the importance of winning on the road.
For the last several years, team sheets used in evaluation of NCAA Tournament contenders were divided into four columns: Results against top-50 teams in the RPI, teams ranked 51-100, teams ranked 101-200 and teams outside the top 200.
Starting in the 2017-18 season, these team sheets will place greater emphasis on where the games are played rather than the ranking of each opponent.