Joni Comstock Quotations

Rutgers was another team that posed a great challenge to us. Rutgers had two really tough losses during the season ... It was really close.

Certainly, they have good strength-of-schedule and a good RPI. But it certainly helps to win the tournament.

Western Kentucky really didn't have the strength of schedule we really were looking for.

We start with the win/loss record, and the strength of schedule for the team, and its opponent's strength of schedule. We also consider RPI, but a team is not in or out based solely on RPI. It is just a tool we use to organize the information. We also look at how well they are playing in the last half of the season to see if the team is improving.

South Florida was a very interesting team for the committee to review. They had some good wins that were important to us.

There are more than four teams under consideration for the four No. 1 seed slots, and there is nothing that would prevent the Atlantic Coast Conference from claiming three of those No. 1 positions.

In looking at Ohio State and Maryland, it was very, very close. Maryland was one of the teams the committee looked at very carefully in terms of consideration for a No. 1 seed. In our final judgment, two of the things that worked against Maryland were the four losses and it did not bring quite the strength of schedule as the other teams.

Strength of schedule is something we look for.

We felt that Tennessee was a two-seed this year.

We chose this point of the season to release the RPI because the composition of each team's schedule is comprised of a blend of non-conference and conference games.