The committee says - and as far as I know they've never said this before - that once you were picked for the tournament, your wins and losses no longer mattered and it's all about your efficiency per KenPom and other predictive metrics. So OU's four Q1A wins didn't make much difference, nor did OSU's tear through the Big 12 tournament, since their metrics from the early season were so poor that they still ended up 30th in KenPom.
You're better off destroying a bad schedule than barely beating/losing to good teams.
Source:[TWEET]https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/1371269727138500611[/TWEET]