Just a quick look at the selections here, and if they make sense.
CIT:
New Hampshire at NJIT - Good for independent NJIT getting a bid. UNH was 11-5 in A-East, 4th place, reasonable selection.
Eastern Illinois at Oakland - Oakland was part of the 4-way battle for the Horizon title. EIU faded to 9-7 in the down OVC, questionable selection perhaps.
James Madison at USC Upstate - Upstate had 23 wins on the year, but only 8-6 in the A-Sun...I'd select them. JMU was part of the 4-way tie for the CAA crown and an obvious selection.
Bowling Green at St Francis(PA) - BGU was in contention for the MAC title until the end. St Francis was a .500 team in the NEC and 1 game above .500 overall. Meh.
Norfolk St at Eastern Kentucky - Norfolk was 2nd to NCCU in the MEAC. EKU tied for the East division in the OVC, with Belmont. Both solid selections.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Incarnate Word - ULL was in 4th in the Sun Belt, just 2 games back of the title. IWU was 10-8 in the Southland, but this is their first postseason as a D1. I'm ok with that.
Maryland-Eastern Shore at High Point - UMES finished 3rd in the MEAC...borderline selection but at 3rd place, I'm fine with it. High Point was part of that 7-way race in the Big South.
Dartmouth at Canisius - Dartmouth was a .500 Ivy team. Canisius was 11-9, 5th in the MAAC. Both feel on the edge of being reasonable selections.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at FGCU - FGCU lost the A-Sun title on the final week. TAMU-CC was T3 in the Southland. I approve.
Cleveland St at Western Michigan - Both were contenders for the league title in the final week in the Horizon and MAC, respectively.
Kent St at Middle Tennessee - Kent St was another one of those 6 MAC teams in contention late for that title. MTSU was 6th in CUSA, at .500 in conference. Given the top of CUSA was pretty good, .500 is deserving of a postseason, IMO.
UNC-Wilmington at Sam Houston St - UNCW was part of the 4-way CAA tie, and Sam Houston St was a bubble NIT team. Very solid matchup.
Northern Arizona at Grand Canyon - NAU was part of the 4-way race for the Big Sky title; GCU finished tied for 2nd in the WAC, so I guess they earned their spot. But 2nd in that conference was 8-6. Ew.
IPFW at Evansville - IPFW was 9-7 in the Summit, and might be borderline. Evansville was .500 in the MVC, which isn't borderline.
Sacramento St at Portland - Sac State was another part of the 4-way race in the Big Sky. Portland was above .500 overall, but just 7-11 in the WCC. Borderline.
Tennessee-Martin at Northwestern St - NW State was T3 in the Southland, UT-M was 10-6 in the OVC, T4. Both kind of on the edge, but okay.
By my non-expert eye:
Teams who didn't earn a bid that got it: St Francis(PA), Eastern Illinois
Borderline teams that I don't mind getting a bid, but I hope they didn't get in ahead of more deserving teams: UMES, Dartmouth, Canisius, IPFW, Portland, Tennessee-Martin
CBI:
Gardner-Webb at Colorado - Colorado, 7-11 and 15-17, in the CBI. Yuck. Awful. G-Dub was one of the 7 Big South teams.
Pepperdine at Seattle - Pepperdine was 4th behind the big 3 in the WCC. Seattle was .500 in the awful WAC.
Vermont at Hofstra - Hofstra was 5th in the 4-team CAA race, but did deserve a postseason. Vermont was 2nd in A-East.
Radford at Delaware St - Radford, another team part of the Big South zaniness. DSU, 9-7 in MEAC play, seems aggressively in. 4th MEAC postseason team!
Stony Brook at Mercer - 2nd in A-East for Stony Brook. Mercer was 3rd in the SoCon, at 12-6, so it is a good bid for them despite their RPI.
Eastern Michigan at Louisiana-Monroe - ULM was part of the 4-way race in the Sun Belt. EMU had 21 wins on the year but just 8-10 in the MAC. I guess they have to be in the postseason with 21 wins, to be fair.
Rider at Loyola(Chi) - Loyola was a sub .500 team, but in the MVC. Rider was 2nd in the MAAC. 2 checkmarks from me.
UC Santa Barbara at Oral Roberts - UCSB was T2 in the Big West. Oral Bob was 3rd solo in the Summit. Ok.
By my non-expert eye:
Teams who didn't earn a bid that got it: Colorado, Seattle, Delaware St
Borderline teams that I don't mind getting a bid, but I hope they didn't get in ahead of more deserving teams: none, the other 13 I'm okay with
So with that out of the way, I've got 5 very questionable selections and 6 marginally questionable selections. In another post I'll look at who's sitting out of the postseason, to see if these selections really are questionable.
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