The Hoops HD Selection Committee – Initial Board

Tonight, our Hoops HD staff members will begin debating the selection of our NCAA Tournament field via Zoom conference call. Before we begin these proceedings – our staff sent two lists to our committee chairman Chad Sherwood – one list (List A) consisted of up to 36 teams that we would consider to be NCAA Tournament locks (meaning they would be in our field no matter what happens the reast of the way). Teams that were listed on all but two ballots on List A were immediately placed in the at-large portion of the Selection Board.

The second list (List B) was teams listed Under Consideration – teams that got at least 4 votes among both boards were placed in the Under Consideration portion of the Selection Board. Teams that won their regular season title (and considered the top seed in their conference tournaments in the event of ties) were automatically added to the Under Consideration board as well.

And here is what our committee came up with:

You may have also noticed a number of teams in the Under Consideration column listed in red – they have all been eliminated from their conference tournaments as of the time this column was published (notable bubble teams include BYU, Michigan, Wake Forest and Xavier).

Tonight, our plan is to name our 2022 Centenary and Stallings Award winners (click HERE for a history of the awards) and do an initial scrub of the teams Under Consideration. Once that is done, we will add at least 4 more teams to the at-large board; more spots could also be filled depending on what happens in conferences like the Big East and Big 12 where a bid thief is no longer possible.