It's up to Seton Hall, and it's not really up to Seton Hall. They're done playing. It's up to the ones chasing them. (The Big East) will either get in eight or nine, depending on Seton Hall.

It's crazy, isn't it? I'm really unbelievably ordinary.

I think ultimately, with six weeks to go before conference tournament week, a lot of these seeming inequities will even out. The Valley is more likely to get three than four. They are more likely to go down than they are to go up. The Big XII can only go up. The Pac-10 is probably going to get three, because frankly they're not that good, so they'll have to get over it.

Absolutely, that will be a factor.

He said, from a public relations perspective, all of the things you would script if you had a chance to script it -- and they didn't have a chance to script it.

They have plenty of road chances, but there's no reason to think they're suddenly going to become a good road team without their best player. No one would bet on it unless you're a blinded Terrapin fan.

Recent history suggests they're in. When you win the championship of a top-10 RPI conference like the Mountain West, you're in.