Trove: What metrics or statistics do you favor or prefer when it comes to the selection process? Is there anything that stands out to you that is more predictive and reliable?
Rothstein: At the end of the day, I’m still someone that looks for good wins and bad losses and I think that stands out on resumes come tournament time. If you look at the dynamics of Seton Hall’s case, Seton Hall was lumped in with several other teams, but Seton Hall had a win, a decisive win over number one UConn, who was the number one overall seed, and also had a win over Marquette, who was ranked and a two-seed. So, Seton Hall had chips to play with because of its wins over eventual national champion UConn as well as Marquette. That to me separated the Pirates from the rest of the teams on the bubble. For me, Seton Hall definitely should have been in Dayton over Virginia.
Rothstein: At the end of the day, I’m still someone that looks for good wins and bad losses and I think that stands out on resumes come tournament time. If you look at the dynamics of Seton Hall’s case, Seton Hall was lumped in with several other teams, but Seton Hall had a win, a decisive win over number one UConn, who was the number one overall seed, and also had a win over Marquette, who was ranked and a two-seed. So, Seton Hall had chips to play with because of its wins over eventual national champion UConn as well as Marquette. That to me separated the Pirates from the rest of the teams on the bubble. For me, Seton Hall definitely should have been in Dayton over Virginia.
