re: Look on the bright side, this is better for us in the long run

They don't know how the committee will look at each's resume.

It isn't cut and dry and often will come down to "who did you play? who did you beat?".

Sometimes the numbers are enough (RPI, SOS, Sagarin)

They also will look at the last 10-12 games but are not limited to only those games now.

It doesn't matter, Arkansas gets in, that's great, #1 seed in the NIT, OK, I'm not being picky considering Arkansas hasn't made any post season play since Heath's final squad exhausted their eligibility.