As the MAC women proved last season, there is the possibility for the MAC to be a two-bid league in the NCAA tournament. In fact, I am almost guaranteeing it again this season. The men, of course, have been shut out of that second bid for a long, long time. I am not exactly sure how long. Ask Keith Dambrot, he probably knows. Ok, I am sure, and it wasn’t this century.
There are a variety of factors, and strength of schedule is part of it. Well, not really, as this article from Cleveland.