One final point on this ...
You saw what just happened to Alabama. In my opinion, there is no way to justify Alabama being seeded behind Florida. But the selection committee used Alabama's #106 NC SOS (not RPI) to justify their seeding of Alabama. Crazy when you look at all of the criteria (it is not even close, actually). But this is the cited reasoning ... and this plays into the Cajuns' favor with respect to the scheduling we were discussing. Why? Because these elite teams are seeing that they cannot simply schedule a cupcake NC schedule, go 32-0, and let their conference games lift them to a top overall RPI. The selection committee is sending the message that it is not enough ... you must go out and schedule solid NC opponents.
And this is not just for Top 8 national seed evaluation, it applies to national seed evaluation and host sites as well.
Glasco should be picking up the phone to speak with Pat Murphy and other elite conference coaches in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...
Brian