It’s clear Arkansas should not schedule 4 game series with low RPI teams moving forward. West Virginia canceled 5 games this season - all quad 4. Not playing them kept their SOS in the 50s so despite 10 fewer wins (and 18 fewer games) against quad 1 than Arkansas, they host.
The NCAA Selection committee gave the SEC seven of the 16 host sites.
Mississippi State got the last spot. They finished one game behind Arkansas in the standings, lost head to head series in Fayetteville, and went 1-1 in Hoover.
I guess they couldn’t keep a 40 win team from hosting. Their RPI was 13 and they had 9 quad 1 wins.
Arkansas RPI was 21 and 18 quad 1 wins. The only teams in the top 18 of the RPI not to host are USC (9) and Ole Miss (16). Kansas at 18 had lowest RPI of any host.
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- Led SEC in scoring and assists
- SEC Tournament MVP
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