Team sends 10 to compete in championship
By Megan McDonald | March 20, 2008In addition to betting, griping usually follows Selection Sunday. The decision regarding which 34 teams will receive at-large bids to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is necessarily subjective -- teams wait to learn their fate, unsure if the selection committee will give them a March Madness berth. Virginia freshman Claire Crippen, on the other hand, has known she would be competing in the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming Championship since December. Using objective time standards, the NCAA Championship features the top 30 athletes nationwide in each event, and Crippen demonstrated she deserved a place among the best during December's Georgia Invitational.


