Andy Staples: Study: Unconscious human bias exists in tournament selection

By Yo
for Riotboard.com

Published: March 16, 2010

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In the minutes after the NCAA selection committee announced this year’s tournament bracket on Sunday night, the most curious decisions became instant debate fodder. On CBS, SI’s Seth Davis wondered aloud about the respect given to the Pac-10 — a relatively weak conference this season — in the form of a No. 8 seed for regular-season champ Cal. On ESPN, Dick Vitale railed against the committee for awarding Wake Forest an at-large bid and leaving out Virginia Tech, which had a better overall record, a better ACC record and a head-to-head win against the Demon Deacons.
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