Notables

After compiling 23 wins and a handful of narrow losses, Capital found itself on the outside looking in when the NCAA Tournament pairings were released Sunday night.

The 23 wins by head coach Damon Goodwin's squad were the most among teams that did not get in the tournament, along with Christopher Newport. "One of the things that we wanted to make sure we looked at was their in-region record and we have to regardless of who they lost to, they still compiled those losses," said NCAA men's basketball committee chair Tom Hart in an exclusive live question-and-answer session on D3hoops.com. "There were a couple of criteria that gave pause to the committee. It made us look at Capital hard. We're not really looking at point differentials. It's not one of the criteria."

Capital was 20-5 in the all-important regional record. Hanover, also left out of the tournament despite being the only team to defeat Washington U., having finished 13-5 in the region. Franklin & Marshall was left out despite being 4-2 against NCAA Tournament teams. "While we can talk about how they did against teams in the tournament, there are 10 other pieces of information that are going to be evaluated," said Hart. "We have 11 different pieces of information that we were evaluating and results against teams in the tournament was only one." F&M was 17-5 in its region.

Meanwhile, the women's tournament selections went almost entirely as we expected, as 13 of the 14 at-large bids (Pool B and Pool C) went as projected.