DN picks the NCAA field
With a week until Selection Sunday, the Daily News attempted to do in several hours in our offices what the actual NCAA Selection Committee does in 5 days in an Indianapolis hotel. We selected the 65 teams, seeded them and tried to put them in the correct brackets, taking into account geography and the rules against teams from the same conference playing each other before the regional finals.
Our five-member committee - half the size of the actual committee - was composed of three reporters and two coaches. Daily News college basketball writers Dick Jerardi, Mike Kern and Bob Cooney were joined by Temple coach Fran Dunphy and Saint Joseph's coach Phil Martelli. Bob Vetrone Jr. and his laptop helped the committee with which teams were in and which were out and where they were playing.
Here is more on this effort:
Jerardi was our committee chair. To read his column on the proceedings, click here.