17 Quotes by Joni Comstock

There are more than four teams under consideration for the four No. 1 seed slots, and there is nothing that would prevent the Atlantic Coast Conference from claiming three of those No. 1 positions.

I don't know that there's been a year where there's been greater parity. Strength of schedule is something we do look for and it's important to the committee. The schedule Tennessee played this year and plays most years, however, as close as it was, we felt that Tennessee this year was a No. 2 seed.

It appears to me at this time that it will take up a great deal of the committee's time to really consider all of the factors and make that decision. I think it's going to be a challenge.

I think there will be an awful lot of teams in that conference that will have a very careful review.

Western Kentucky really didn't have the strength of schedule we really were looking for.

We start with the win/loss record, and the strength of schedule for the team, and its opponent's strength of schedule. We also consider RPI, but a team is not in or out based solely on RPI. It is just a tool we use to organize the information. We also look at how well they are playing in the last half of the season to see if the team is improving.

We believe it is ? a good move to further differentiate and improve NCAA women's basketball. We can't predict for sure how it's going to impact the coverage. We're hoping it's going to be a positive thing.

We felt that Tennessee was a two-seed this year.

We chose this point of the season to release the RPI because the composition of each team's schedule is comprised of a blend of non-conference and conference games.