CHARLESTON W.Va. (WVDN) — West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is asking the NCAA to provide explanations for their selection process for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
West Virginia University’s men’s basketball team had an incredible season and were in every single expert bracket projection leading up to Sunday’s selection show, making their snub difficult to understand.
The Attorney General believes the public deserves to know what objective metrics are used by the committee to ensure the best 68 teams are in the tournament.
“Given the major event that the tournament has become, all fans deserve to know how the selection committee makes its choices,” Attorney General McCuskey wrote in a letter to the NCAA. “Just for the teams, those criteria affect scheduling, lineup choices, and more.”
“And as we look ahead to another season, these student-athletes deserve to know the rules of the game and what they might be up against.”
The Attorney General is optimistic the NCAA will work with the state to provide some clarity about the decision to ensure the process is fair, trustworthy and transparent for all student-athletes and fans moving forward.
Read the letter here.
