Georgetown Hoyas a Major Headache for NCAA Selection Committee

In two weeks, when the seeding committee meets to choose teams for the NCAA Tournament, there's a likely-hood the Georgetown Hoyas will present a problem for everyone involved.

If the 15-12 Hoyas win their last two regular season Big East games against St. John's and Depaul—and there's no reason they shouldn't—they will finish with an 8-10 league record.  

The unwritten rule used by the seeding committee is pretty clear: "Every team must go .500 or better in conference play or they're not going dancing."

However, Georgetown isn't just "every" team.

Presently they have the 40th best RPI in the country and it will get into the 30s with wins over St. John's. and Depaul next week. St. John's is 5-11 in the Big East and Depaul is winless, so the Hoyas really should win these games.

Besides the solid RPI, Georgetown has something else working in their favor: the toughest schedule of any team this year.

These two statistics will catch eyes at the table when the seeding committee meets.

The Hoyas also have some great wins. I guess the buzz word would be "signature wins."

They have beaten UConn, Memphis, Villanova and Syracuse. They also ravaged Maryland by 28 points. That's pretty impressive. No, that's very impressive!

Using the SEC as an example, they have five teams that are presently in or on the bubble(LSU, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida and South Carolina).  The combined signature wins of these five teams can't match what Georgetown has accomplished!

On the down side, the Hoyas tapered off considerably in the second half of the season, having lost seven of eight at one point.

We all know that this team is inconsistent, sloppy and has lost a lot of games that they probably should have won but the body of work they will present at season's end  will still be huge.

Anything can happen when the Hoyas get to the Big East tournament. I'm guessing they'll win one and lose one and finish 9-11 against Big East opponents and go 18-13 overall.

We've seen teams with 18 wins get in the Tournament in the past, but will a team that goes under .500 in their league get an invite?

This will be a real problem for the selection committee.