In the interest of greater transparency between blog and reader, we present this transcript of debate at a recent STF editorial meeting.
Eric: Now that we've completed the secret handshake, group chant and traditional Pete Maravich seance, let's begin.
Marco: Our first order of business -- who among us will lead coverage of the seven teams in the new Great West conference, which play their inaugural conference season this year?
Jacob: I think that's pretty obvious; that grave responsibility should fall to West Coast Editor Seth.
Seth: Hang on a New York minute, there, Mr. Big City. The western-most team in the "Great West" is the Utah Valley Wolverines of Orem, Utah, which Google Maps says is a 12-hour drive to the nearest coast. And look at Utah Valley coach Dick Hunsaker's jacket! That ain't West Coast style. The North Dakota Fighting Sioux and South Dakota Coyotes are in the league, maybe new Midwest editor Jonathan should take it.
Jonathan: Hey! What? If Utah isn't West Coast, North Dakota isn't Midwest. Jacob is "East Coast" editor, right? Well, the New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders are in the Great West, and they're in Newark. Can't get much more East Coast than that.
Eric: Guys, guys, you're both wrong. The Houston Baptist Huskies and Texas Pan-American Broncs are both in the league, so this should really go to our South editor.
All: We don't have a South editor.
Eric: Oh.
Marco: Well someone's got to cover the Great West. Who's going to write the team preview when their conference tournament winner automatically qualifies for March Madness (TM)?
Jonathan: I know I'm new, but do we really have to use the "TM" after March Madness when we're just talking?
All: Yes.
Seth: Marco, the Great West winner won't qualify for the NCAA tournament. Because of the arcane NCAA bylaws which require seven members of a new conference to have been fully D1 qualified for seven years before the league is fully recognized, they won't have an auto-bid until 2020.
Eric: So, maybe no one covers the Great West?
Marco: Wait, guys, I see here that the Great West winner will get an automatic bid...to the CollegeInsider.com tournament.
Eric: Riiiight. So, maybe no one covers the Great West?
Jacob: Until 2020.
Jonathan: Unless they have a player with a funny name.
All: Agreed.
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Luckily, Boyee, we won't have to worry about this for another decade. Kyle Whelliston's article on the Great West contains some interesting comments about what might happen if a new conference came in -- rather than take away an at-large bid, the tourney might expand the play-in round to four teams.
This conference is a joke and will steal a Tournament spot from a deserving at-large team. How can a league with only 7 full members get an auto-bid. They'll only have to beat 6 other teams.
Actually, Brian Moynahan and I just decided by fiat that the Great West will be his territory, since he tracks the last DI team to win a game each year. He'll be writing about this conference a lot anyway.