Basketball
Is the DIII men’s basketball tournament selection process geographically biased?
NCAA Division III released the 2023 men’s basketball tournament bracket on Monday. The method of selecting at-large teams isn’t perfect, but is it biased against some regions based on geographics? Division III coaches give their thoughts on the selection process.
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The NCAA released the bracket for the 2023 Division III men’s basketball tournament on Monday afternoon and placed all four teams selected from Texas into the same pod, which means that only one team from Texas will play past the second round.
“It stinks because there are some really good teams in Texas that could make a run, but we’re limited to one team making a deep run every year,” one coach said.
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