Brad has been pretty consistent that he would call Seton Hall a lock, but for the possibility of the rest of the bubble racking up wins in the tournament.
Makes logical sense. What differentiates Seton Hall is that it beat UConn and Marquette. So if Miss St beats Tennessee, A&M beats Kentucky, Providence beats Marquette, Ohio St beats Illinois, Mich St beats Purdue, Pitt beats NC, and obviously if St. John's beats UConn then the strong points of Seton Hall's resume look less and less special.
He's also now insisting that NET has nothing to do with selection, but it does with seeding. I also don't think it has anything to do with seeding on the team level. NET only matters if a conference pretty much conspires to all schedule weak and beat up on teams (this is what Clemson's coach rightly accused the Big 12 of).
As of right now it's bizarre how some people have St. John's seeded over Providence, which has now beaten Creighton twice (once neutral) and Marquette while St. John's has only beaten Creighton once at home. Outside of Creighton, St. John's swept NIT-bound Villanova, beat NIT-bound Utah on a neutral court, split with Providence, and went 1-2 (1-1 at home) to Seton Hall.
