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How About We Play a Little of Bilas' "Who should be in?"

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By Glenn Logan
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Jay Bilas famously played a "Who should be in?" comparison between Kentucky and Villanova the other day during the Villanova-Syracuse game, claiming that Villanova had a better argument for getting in the NCAA tourney than UK.  How about we play a little of that ourselves?

Here are Kentucky, Villanova, and three other teams who are expected to be in the tournament:

School
School
 Kentucky
 School K
 School B
 School C
 Villanova
Region
 KY
 Midwest Southwest
 West
 PA
Founded 1865 1863 1845 1880 1842
School Type Public Public Private Private Private
Enrollment 26,545 23,182 13,799 32,000 6,250
Rankings
Conf Standing 2 3 4 3 8
AP Rank 0 0 0 0 0
RPI 0.5778 0.5817 0.5912 0.5915 0.5761
RPI Rank 48 45 32 31 50
SOS 0.5776 0.5676 0.5661 0.5741 0.5543
SOS Rank 12 24 29 14 52
Wins & Losses
Overall 18-11 (62.1%) 20-10 (66.7%) 21-9 (70.0%) 20-10 (66.7%) 20-11 (64.5%)
Home 14-4 (77.8%) 15-2 (88.2%) 12-4 (75.0%) 10-5 (66.7%) 12-3 (80.0%)
Away 4-6 (40.0%) 3-5 (37.5%) 6-4 (60.0%) 7-4 (63.6%) 4-7 (36.4%)
Neutral 0-1 (0.0%) 2-3 (40.0%) 3-1 (75.0%) 3-1 (75.0%) 4-1 (80.0%)
Conference 12-4 (75.0%) 10-6 (62.5%) 9-7 (56.3%) 11-7 (61.1%) 9-9 (50.0%)
Top 25 2-4 (33.3%) 2-3 (40.0%) 2-4 (33.3%) 3-6 (33.3%) 2-4 (33.3%)
Blowout (> 19) 5-1 (83.3%) 9-1 (90.0%) 6-0 (100.0%) 6-1 (85.7%) 4-1 (80.0%)
Close (< 6) 5-3 (62.5%) 2-2 (50.0%) 2-3 (40.0%) 1-2 (33.3%) 4-3 (57.1%)
Overtime 1-1 (50.0%) 1-1 (50.0%) 1-1 (50.0%) 1-1 (50.0%) 0-0 (0.0%)
NCAA Tourney 0-0 (0.0%) 0-0 (0.0%) 0-0 (0.0%) 0-0 (0.0%) 0-0 (0.0%)


Who is the better team among these 5?  Who is the most deserving of an invitation to the tournament?  Let's have some sound reasoning and brilliant arguments.

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