NEW YORK -- Tulsa was the last team put in the NCAA tournament field of 68 and would have been bumped out by fellow American Athletic Conference member Memphis had the Tigers beaten UConn earlier Sunday in the AAC tournament title game in Orlando, according to NCAA tournament selection committee chair Joe Castiglione.
Had that occurred then VCU would have been in the First Four in Dayton and Memphis as the automatic qualifier into the general field. VCU was a No. 9 seed in the West.
Castiglione said Tulsa got in over its competition because of four top 50 wins.