College basketball scandal will do little to decrease interest in March Madness
by David Wharton, Los Angeles Times
Mar 14, 2018
3 minutes
When the NCAA selection committee hunkered down last weekend to make sense of March Madness, choosing 68 teams for the men's basketball tournament, its members considered a wealth of information.
RPI rankings and strength of schedule figured into their debate. So did injuries, road records and head-to-head results.
They insist that one thing did not matter: the scandal enveloping the sport with coaches, agents and others accused of funneling cash to recruits and players.
When asked about this shadow looming over the tournament, committee chairman Bruce Rasmussen acknowledged
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