Both the Shockers and Eagles crushed their opponents on Tuesday to move on to the Round of 64.

Since I continue to moan, I will continue with my jabs.   This year, there were six regular season conference champions from the smaller conferences (excluding Atlantic 10 and American which got multiple bids) that then needed an at-large bid when they lost their conference tournament championship that had an RPI < 60

Only 1 of them actually got into the field – and the committee made them play their way into the final 64 teams.   And that team got there by beating a major conference team with an RPI > 60 tonight in Dayton by 20 points.

Wichita State showed without a doubt that they are one of the best 64 teams.  Maybe the rest of the major conference schools should thank the committee for having the wisdom of only inviting one of these talented teams to the tournament.   Well, all those schools except Arizona – who was already mis-seeded as a 6 seed and now has to play the Shockers on Thursday.  And maybe Miami FL, Villanova and Kansas in case the Shockers continue to demonstrate they belong.