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A team that made history deserved better.
Miami (OH) should’ve been rewarded, now they must fight their way in originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Miami (OH) has done something no MAC school ever has in their over 80-year existence.
Make no mistake about it, making history should add to a team’s tournament resume. The committee’s seeding decision for the Redhawks, suggests the regular season doesn't matter. There has always been a growing perspective that big programs in big conferences are valued above what many still refer to as a “mid-major”.
If Duke or Arizona or even a Georgetown went undefeated for their regular season, that team with that achievement would and should be seeded higher than a Miami (OH). Even if the big program bias is universally accepted, none of those teams went undefeated. Every single team, regardless of conference, in the current AP Top 25 had somewhere between two and seven losses.
The Redhawks played and beat every team in front of them. MARCH MADNESS HQ: Live NCAA bracket | Full TV schedule | Printable bracket Due to the conference bias, no one was expected a top 3 seed in any region for the Redhawks. That is not the question.
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