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https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...-tournaments-says-basketball-chief-dan-gavitt:
"Gavitt said NCAA officials continue to track developments and make adjustments as necessary. Earlier this week, he told Sports Illustrated that he'd proposed a late-October start -- two weeks earlier than normal -- for college basketball to Division I officials. Gavitt said, however, he pitched that proposal in early June and it has failed to gain support over the past month.
He said the NCAA's plan to host a tournament in March and April will come with a variety of contingencies. He said the NCAA will allow conferences to apply for waivers "into February" if they decide to give their league's automatic qualifier to the top team in their standings instead of hosting a conference tournament.
'We are going to be very flexible,' he said.
Gavitt also said the NET (NCAA evaluation tool) ranking system, which has replaced the RPI as a central metric for the NCAA tournament selection committee, might not carry the same weight if conferences don't play balanced and equitable schedules. He said NCAA officials have contacted Google, which helped develop the NET, about the potential impact of a chaotic season.
'If it does happen, we would have to use different tools and maybe even use more observation,' he said."
"Gavitt said NCAA officials continue to track developments and make adjustments as necessary. Earlier this week, he told Sports Illustrated that he'd proposed a late-October start -- two weeks earlier than normal -- for college basketball to Division I officials. Gavitt said, however, he pitched that proposal in early June and it has failed to gain support over the past month.
He said the NCAA's plan to host a tournament in March and April will come with a variety of contingencies. He said the NCAA will allow conferences to apply for waivers "into February" if they decide to give their league's automatic qualifier to the top team in their standings instead of hosting a conference tournament.
'We are going to be very flexible,' he said.
Gavitt also said the NET (NCAA evaluation tool) ranking system, which has replaced the RPI as a central metric for the NCAA tournament selection committee, might not carry the same weight if conferences don't play balanced and equitable schedules. He said NCAA officials have contacted Google, which helped develop the NET, about the potential impact of a chaotic season.
'If it does happen, we would have to use different tools and maybe even use more observation,' he said."
