In Waymanfan's defense, I think most college basketball fans have become so conditioned to the traditional criteria (good wins, bad losses, conference record, your record the last 10 games, etc.) that had been used for so long, that it's difficult to unlearn or deprogram from that line of thought. I, myself, needed to brush up on the new processes and criteria being used this year (NET and quadrants) so I could better understand.
As an example, we would probably be an 8/9 seed if the selections were released today. But initially, one might think how in the world is that possible? I mean....my lord, we are 5-9 in conference and our best win is at home against Wofford. But as you mentioned, the criteria has really changed this year and in recent years as a whole. Conference season is virtually meaningless and the committee is supposed to look at the entire season on the whole (i.e. a win in late November is just as meaningful as a win in early March).
I think it will take another year or two for the perception/mindset of the casual or even some diehard college basketball fans to really buy into this new process brought on by the NET rankings. And as another example, once people see that KU will probably be seeded higher than KSU (even though KSU might win the league) because KU had a better OVERALL seasson, it will begin to convince most fans that the process has actually changed in regards to selection criteria.
